United StatesQuestion 73 (2025 list) · Colonial period and independence
The colonists came to America for many reasons. Name one.
- aTo fight in the Civil War
- bReligious freedomCorrect answer
- cTo escape World War I
- dTo work in car factories
Why?
Many colonists came for religious freedom, to worship as they chose. You could also say freedom, political liberty, economic opportunity, or to escape persecution. The other choices happened long after the colonial period.
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Questions and answers: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version), M-1778, and Civics Questions and Answers (2008 version), rev. 08/21 — public domain. USCIS accepts other answers too; we show one of them. The wrong options and the explanations are ours. Not affiliated with or endorsed by USCIS.
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