A: Colonial Period and Independence

freedom

political liberty

religious freedom

economic opportunity

practice their religion

escape persecution

American Indians

Native Americans

Africans

people from Africa

because of high taxes (taxation without representation)

because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)

because they didn’t have self-government

New Hampshire

Massachusetts

Rhode Island

Connecticut

New York

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

Delaware

Maryland

Virginia

North Carolina

South Carolina

Georgia

The Constitution was written.

The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.

(James) Madison

(Alexander) Hamilton

(John) Jay

Publius

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