North America and the founding of the United States
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Find five of the thirteen colonies on a map and list them.
Sample: Virginia, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Georgia.
2
War chronology: 1774, 1775, 1776, 1781, 1783.
1774 Congress; 1775 war; 1776 Declaration; 1781 Yorktown; 1783 Treaty of Paris.
3
Write two main ideas of the Declaration.
Popular sovereignty; the right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.
4
Write 2 sentences about the fate of the native peoples.
Their lands were increasingly taken and diseases and conflicts reduced their numbers.