US Citizenship Civic Test – American history: Colonial Period and Independence

Question 1

What is one reason colonists came to America?

Accepted Answer

Freedom

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To fight in the Civil War

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To evade taxes

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To fight the British

Question 2

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

Accepted Answer

American Indians

Answer

No one

Answer

Canadians

Answer

Mexicans

Question 3

What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?

Accepted Answer

Africans

Answer

Canadians

Answer

Mexicans

Answer

American Indians

Question 4

Why did the colonists fight the British?

Accepted Answer

Because they didn't have self-government

Answer

To free the slaves

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To save the Union

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To obtain civil rights

Question 5

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

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James Madison

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Benjamin Franklin

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George Washington

Question 6

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

Accepted Answer

July 4, 1776

Answer

July 4, 1782

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July 4, 1774

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July 4, 1789

Question 7

There were 13 original states. Name three.

Accepted Answer

New York, New Jersey and Virginia

Answer

Delaware, Maryland and Ohio

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Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Ohio

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Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Mexico

Question 8

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

Accepted Answer

The Constitution was written

Answer

The Declaration of Independence was written

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The Federalist Papers were written

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The Emancipation Proclamation was written

Question 9

When was the Constitution written?

Accepted Answer

1787

Answer

1774

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1789

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1776

Question 10

The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.

Accepted Answer

John Jay

Answer

Abraham Lincoln

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Thomas Jefferson

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George Washington