Welcome to your Colonial Period and Independence 1. What happened at the Constitutional Convention? the Constitutional Convention The Constitution was written. started the first free libraries The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution. None 2. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? July 5, 1776 July 4, 1777 July 4, 1778 July 4, 1776 None 3. Who was the first President? (George) Washington Mr. Beast Trump Bush None 4. What is one reason colonists came to America? freedom political liberty religious freedom economic opportunity None 5. What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for? U.S. diplomat oldest member of the Constitutional Convention first Postmaster General of the United States writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac” None 6. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? American Indians Native Americans Africans people from Africa None 7. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? Jack (Thomas) Jefferson John Mr. Beast None 8. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers. (James) Madison (Alexander) Hamilton (John) Jay Publius None 9. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves? Africans people from Africa American Indians Native Americans None 10. There were 13 original states. Name three. New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island New Jersey None 11. Why did the colonists fight the British? because of high taxes (taxation without representation) because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering) because they didn’t have self-government taxation without representation None Time's up
