1) The government is the group of people who makes decisions and laws for a larger group of people. a) Yes b) No 2) Representatives are the people we send to speak for us in the government. a) Yes b) No 3) Spies need to work quietly so the people they are watching don't see them. a) Yes b) No 4) The Declaration of Independence is a song that was written by the King of Great Britain. a) Yes b) No 5) The Stars and Stripes is the name given to a poem the American colonists wrote. a) Yes b) No 6) Washington DC is the capital of the United States. a) Yes b) No 7) The president of the United States is a very important leader of our government. a) Yes b) No 8) When people receive justice, it means they are treated fairly. a) Yes b) No 9) The bald eagle is a national symbol for the King of Great Britain. a) Yes b) No 10) The letter of our alphabet are symbols for sounds we hear. a) Yes b) No 11) People usually get more freedoms, or rights, as they get older. a) Yes b) No 12) Someone who is independent needs help to do everything. a) Yes b) No 13) The mountain climbers struggled to climb the very high mountain. a) Yes b) No 14) It is wise to go outside on a very cold day with short sleeves. a) Yes b) No 15) The fourth of July is an important anniversary Americans celebrate every year. a) Yes b) No 16) There were 13 British Colonies in North America. a) Yes b) No 17) The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson to declare independence from Great Britain. a) Yes b) No 18) The Boston Tea Party was a fancy party where the colonists and the king of Great Britain sat down and drank tea together. a) Yes b) No 19) Paul Revere made his ride to warn the colonists that the Redcoats are coming. a) Yes b) No 20) One, if by land, and two, if by sea, was a song that the Redcoats sang when they were marching. a) Yes b) No 21) According to a legend, Betsy Ross refused to make a flag for the new nation. a) Yes b) No 22) The shot heard around the world was the end of the fighting between the Minutemen and the Redcoats.   a) Yes b) No 23) "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal" are the beginning words of the Declaration of Independence. a) Yes b) No 24) Our nation's capital, Washington DC was named for Thomas Jefferson. a) Yes b) No 25) Native Americans, African Americans and women were not given the same freedoms that colonial men enjoyed in colonial America. a) Yes b) No 26) The original 13 colonies became the first 13 states of the United States of America. a) Yes b) No 27) I was commander in chief of the continental Army that defeated the British army at Yorktown, winning the war for the Americas. a) Benjamin Franklin b) Thomas Jefferson c) George Washington 28) I invented many things including bifocal glasses, the rocking chair and the lightning Rod. a) Benjamin Franklin b) Thomas Jefferson c) George Washington 29) I left Monticello to become the third president of the United States. a) Benjamin Franklin b) Thomas Jefferson c) George Washington 30) I loved spending time with my wife Martha. a) Benjamin Franklin b) Thomas Jefferson c) George Washington 31) I wrote the Declaration of Independence. a) Benjamin Franklin b) Thomas Jefferson c) George Washington 32) I wrote wise sayings and included them in my famous book, Poor Richard's Almanac. a) Benjamin Franklin b) Thomas Jefferson c) George Washington 33) I was the first president of the United States of America. a) Benjamin Franklin b) Thomas Jefferson c) George Washington 34) We were Patriots and the Founding Fathers who signed the Declaration of Independence. a) Benjamin Franklin b) Thomas Jefferson c) George Washington d) all of the above

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