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Colonial Period and Independence

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  1. There were thirteen original states. Name three.
  2. On the U.S. civics test, what group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
  3. When was the Constitution written?
  4. On the U.S. civics test, what happened at the Constitutional Convention?
  5. On the U.S. civics test, who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
  6. On the U.S. civics test, who was the first president?
  7. On the U.S. civics test, when was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
  8. What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
  9. Who is the Father of Our Country?
  10. Why did colonists come to America?
  11. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of which document?
  12. On the U.S. civics test, why did the colonists fight the British?
  13. On the U.S. civics test, who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

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