Week 2: American History to 1800: Colonies, Revolution & the Constitution
Saturday classes warm up with civics. Type your best answer, then reveal and check yourself. Score: 0 / 5
Civics & History
N-400 Interview Prep
This week we start walking through the N-400 application itself. The first sections ask for your identity: your full legal name, other names you have used, date of birth, physical address, mailing address, and how long you have lived at each address for the last 5 years. We'll walk through the exact spellings and dates together in class — no prep needed on your end.
N-400 checklist for this week
- Match every name on your N-400 to the exact spelling on your Green Card and passport
- List every U.S. address for the last 5 years — no gaps, even short ones
- Write down every phone number and email address you use — USCIS will confirm these at the interview
- If you have used any other name (maiden name, nickname on documents), list it in Part 2
English Lesson
Vocabulary
- Colony
- A place ruled by another country far away
- Independence
- Being free from the control of another country
- Declaration
- An official written statement
- Revolution
- A war or big change to remove a government
- Founding Fathers
- The leaders who helped start the United States
- Convention
- A large meeting where important decisions are made
- Taxation
- Money people must pay to the government
- Representative
- A person chosen to speak or act for others
Example sentences
- The colonists wanted freedom from Britain.
- Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence.
- The Constitution was written in 1787.
- George Washington was the first President.
Read-aloud passage
In 1776, the American colonists declared their independence from Britain. They fought the Revolutionary War to become a free country. After the war, the leaders met in Philadelphia in 1787 to write the Constitution. George Washington became the first President of the new United States.
Reading & Writing Practice
Read aloud
- The colonists wanted freedom.
- Adams was one of the Founding Fathers.
- Washington was the first President.
Write the sentence
6 questions. Answer them and submit — you only need 4 correct once to move on, but you can retake as many times as you want. Every attempt is saved so you can track your growth.