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AZ CIVICS TEST 2025 BRAND NEW
ACTUAL EXAM WITH ANSWERS.
What is one reason colonists came to America? - correct answer -
religious freedom
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? - correct
answer -Native Americans/American Indians
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves? -
correct answer -Africans
Why did the colonists fight the British? - correct answer -Because
of high taxes (taxation without representation).
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? - correct answer -
Thomas Jefferson
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When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? - correct
answer -July 4, 1776
There were 13 original states. Name three. - correct answer --
New Hampshire
-Massachusetts
-Rhode Island
-Connecticut
-New York
-New Jersey
-Pennsylvania
-Delaware
-Maryland
-Virginia
-North Carolina
-South Carolina
-Georgia
What happened at the Constitutional Convention? - correct
answer -The Constitution was written.
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When was the Constitution written? - correct answer -1787
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S.
Constitution. Name one of the writers. - correct answer -James
Madison
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for? - correct
answer -Oldest member of the Constitutional Convention.
Who is the "Father of Our Country"? - correct answer -George
Washington
Who was the first President? - correct answer -George
Washington
What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803? -
correct answer -Louisiana Territory/Purchase
AZ CIVICS TEST 2025 BRAND NEW
ACTUAL EXAM WITH ANSWERS.
What is one reason colonists came to America? - correct answer -
religious freedom
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? - correct
answer -Native Americans/American Indians
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves? -
correct answer -Africans
Why did the colonists fight the British? - correct answer -Because
of high taxes (taxation without representation).
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? - correct answer -
Thomas Jefferson
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When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? - correct
answer -July 4, 1776
There were 13 original states. Name three. - correct answer --
New Hampshire
-Massachusetts
-Rhode Island
-Connecticut
-New York
-New Jersey
-Pennsylvania
-Delaware
-Maryland
-Virginia
-North Carolina
-South Carolina
-Georgia
What happened at the Constitutional Convention? - correct
answer -The Constitution was written.
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When was the Constitution written? - correct answer -1787
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S.
Constitution. Name one of the writers. - correct answer -James
Madison
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for? - correct
answer -Oldest member of the Constitutional Convention.
Who is the "Father of Our Country"? - correct answer -George
Washington
Who was the first President? - correct answer -George
Washington
What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803? -
correct answer -Louisiana Territory/Purchase
