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Colonial America & Independence
7 official civics questions from the 2008 version (100 questions) of the USCIS naturalization test — the 2008 test applies if USCIS received your Form N-400 before October 20, 2025. Topic area: american history — a: colonial period and independence. On test day the officer asks 10 questions from the full bank of 100 and you need 6 correct.
What is one reason colonists came to America?
Answer: freedom
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
Answer: American Indians
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
Answer: Africans
Why did the colonists fight the British?
Answer: because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Answer: (Thomas) Jefferson
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
Answer: July 4, 1776
There were 13 original states. Name three.
Answer: New Hampshire
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- The Constitution & the Rule of Law
- The Declaration & Your First Freedoms
- Three Branches, Checks & Balances
- Congress: Senate & House
- The President: Elections, Powers & Cabinet
- The Courts & Federal vs State Powers
- The Questions That Change (your officials)
- Rights & Responsibilities of Citizens
- Civic Duties: Vote, Taxes, Selective Service
- Colonial America & Independence — you are here
- The Constitution's Birth & the Founders
- The 1800s: Louisiana, Civil War & Lincoln
- The 1900s: World Wars & the Cold War
- Civil Rights, 9/11 & American Peoples
- American Geography
- Flag, Anthem & Holidays