Early Explorers
Bering Land Bridge
First lasting English colony in America
Trial in Massachusetts Colony that started when several girls accused various people of casting spells on them
Salem Witch Trials
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Leader of American Navy who said "I have not yet begun to fight!"
John Paul Jones
Name of the passageway through the Appalachian Mountains discovered by Daniel Boone
Cumberland Gap
Inventor of the cotton gin
The Christian Viking who discovered Vinland
Leif Erickson
Name of the Lost Colony
Roanoke
City of Brotherly Love
Philadelphia
First and largest signature on the Declaration of Independence
John Hancock
City where Cornwallis surrendered to the Americans ending the war on land
Yorktown
Explorers sent by Jefferson for the Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark
Inventor of the steam engine
James Watt
Name of Columbus' three ships
Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
Leader of the Jamestown settlement who said "He who will not work, shall not eat."
Captain John Smith
Leader of the Quakers
1st Battle in the War for Independence
George Washington
Indian guide for the Louisiana Purchase expedition
Sacajawea
Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Date Columbus spotted land
October 12, 1492
Group of people who wanted to separate themselves from the Church of England
Separatists
Leader in the French and Indian War from Virginia
George Washington
Patrick Henry
Seamstress for the first American Flag
Betsy Ross
Writer of the Star Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key
Led many slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad and was called Moses
Harriet Tubman
San Salvador
First governing document that was written by the Pilgrims before building their settlement
Mayflower Compact
Harbor where tea was dumped overboard in reaction to taxes from the King of England
Boston
Write of Poor Richard's Almanac
Benjamin Franklin
Colonist who became a spy for the British government
War during which Star Spangled Banner was written
War of 1812
Journey taken by the Indians when their land was taken by the government
Trail of Tears
Explorer who was looking for the Fountain of Youth
Ponce de Leon
Name of Pilgrims' Colony
Plymouth Rock
Warned the colonists that the British were coming on horseback
Paul Revere
Date Declaration of Independence was signed
July 4, 1776
Location for the signing of the US Constitution
Independence Hall
Famous battle against the Mexican army for Texas independence
Alamo
President who signed the Indian Removal Act
President Andrew Jackson