(2A) Colonial Period & Independence Flashcards
What is 1 reason colonists came to America?
Freedom Political liberty Religious freedom Economic opportunity Escape persecution
Who lived in America before the Europeans?
American Indians/Native Americans
What group of ppl were taken to America and sold as slaves?
Africans
Why did the colonists fight the British?
High taxes
Taxation w/out representation
British army boarded in their houses
No self-gov’t
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
July 4, 1776
There were 13 original states. Name 3.
MA NY NJ PA DE MD VA NC SC GA
What happened @ the Constitutional Convention?
The Constitution was written
by Founding Fathers
When was the Constitution written?
1787
Name 1 of the writers of the Federalist Papers.
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
What is 1 thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
Oldest member of Constitutional Convention
U.S. diplomat
First postmaster general
Started the first free libraries
Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
George Washington
Who was the first President?
George Washington
