Early American History Online Quiz

George Washington was unanimously elected as the first President of the United States under the new Constitution in 1789.

The United States Congress is a bicameral legislature composed of the House of Representatives and the Senate, as established by Article I of the Constitution.

The Three-Fifths Compromise was an agreement reached during the 1787 Constitutional Convention that counted three-fifths of the enslaved population for the purposes of legislative representation and taxation.

Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution explicitly states that no title of nobility shall be granted by the United States.

Although the Constitution was written in 1787, it required ratification by nine states to take effect. It officially came into force on March 4, 1789.

The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia in 1787, where the document was drafted and signed.

The Declaration of Independence is a statement of principles and a list of grievances against the British Crown, but it does not serve as a legal framework or governing document for the U.S. government.

The phrase 'We the people of the United States' is the opening of the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution, not the Declaration of Independence.

The phrase 'that all men are created equal' is a foundational statement found in the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence.

George Washington was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army by the Second Continental Congress in 1775.

The American Revolution was largely sparked by colonial opposition to British policies, specifically the imposition of taxes without colonial representation in the British Parliament.

The American Revolutionary War was the conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen North American colonies that sought independence.

The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty against the Tea Act, which allowed the British East India Company to sell tea in the colonies without paying taxes, effectively undercutting local merchants.

There were thirteen original British colonies in North America that declared independence from Great Britain in 1776.

The French and Indian War was the North American theater of the Seven Years' War, pitting the British colonies and their mother country against the French colonies and their indigenous allies.