All 128 questions · American History / A: Colonial Period and Independence
2025 Civics Test · Question 82 of 128
What founding document was written in 1787?
En español: ¿Qué documento fundacional fue escrito en 1787? — ver en español
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Accepted answers (USCIS M-1778)
- (U.S.) Constitution
Why this is the answer1787, in Philadelphia — eleven years after the Declaration. If you can hold 1776 and 1787 apart, a whole group of questions sorts itself out.
This answer is free — here and everywhere else on the internet. Still having it in the interview room, out loud, in English, under pressure: that’s what Naturalizer trains.
In the Naturalizer app, this question is taught inside “The founding” — the story of how thirteen colonies became a nation with a Constitution. On the real test, an officer asks up to 20 of the 128 questions out loud; 12 correct answers pass.
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