Answer(s)
Started the first free public libraries
Oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
First Postmaster General of the United States
Writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac”
Inventor
U.S. diplomat
Government
Q67 – The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
Answer(s)
(James) Madison
(Alexander) Hamilton
(John) Jay
Publius
Q66 – When was the Constitution written?
Answer(s)
1787
Q65 – What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
Answer(s)
The Constitution was written.
The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.
Q64 – There were 13 original states. Name three.
Answer(s)
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Virginia
Q63 – When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
Answer(s)
July 4, 1776
Q62 – Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Answer(s)
(Thomas) Jefferson
Q61 – Why did the colonists fight the British?
Answer(s)
High taxes
Taxation without representation
British soldiers stayed in Americans’ houses (boarding, quartering)
They did not have self-government
Q60 – What group of people was taken and sold as slaves?
Answer(s)
Africans
People from Africa
Q59 – Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
Answer(s)
American Indians
Native Americans