WorksheetsCivics Exam Review-Section 4-Am. History-Colonial/Indep.
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is NOT a reason colonists came to America?
Better retirement benefits
Freedom
Economics Opportunity
To practice religion
To escape persecution
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
Bostonians
The Pilgrims
Native Americans/American Indians
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
Africans
Criminals
Latvians
Which is NOT the reason the colonists fought the British?
Because of high taxes without representation.
Because of restricted access to the Mississippi River.
Because the British army stayed in their houses.
Because they didn't have self-government.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
December 7, 1941
July 4, 1776
September 17, 1787
There were 13 original states. Name three.
Arkansas
Virginia
Massachusetts
Texas
New York
What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
Abraham Lincoln debated Stephen Douglas about the Emancipation Proclamation.
The Constitution was replaced by the Bill of Rights.
The Constitution was written.
The Constitution was replaced by the Declaration of Independence.
When was the Constitution written?
1787
1865
1911
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Which of the following were the writers? (choose 3)
Alexander Hamilton
Benjamin Franklin
James Madison
John Jay
Thomas Jefferson
What is NOT something Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
Being a U.S. diplomat.
Being the author of "Poor Richard's Almanac."
Being the first Postmaster General of the United States.
Conducting scientific experiments.
Saying, "Give me liberty, or give me death."
Who is the "Father of our Country?"
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
John Adams
Who was the first President?
George Washington
James Madison
John Adams
