Civics Questions 61-70

61. Why did the colonists fight the British?

Because of high taxes (taxation without representation, because the British army stayed in their houses (the Quartering Act), and because they didn't have self-government.

69. Who is the "Father of Our County"?

George Washington

70. Who was the first President?

George Washington

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

James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Publius

63. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

July 4th 1776

64. There were 13 original states (colonies). Name three.

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia.

66. When was the Constitution written?

September 17, 1787

65. What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

The Constitution was written, and the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.

62. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson

68. 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", started the first free libraries.