💰Founding Fathers 💰
This man served as the second President of the United States after George Washington.
John Adams
This is the famous document that announced the American colonies were a new, independent nation.
Declaration of Independence
TRUE OR FALSE:
The first two political parties in the U.S. were the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans.
TRUE
Name all 3 Schuyler Sisters
Peggy, Angelica & Eliza
To protest a new tax on tea, members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Native Americans, threw 342 chests of this product into Boston Harbor.
tea aka The Boston Tea Party
This British king ruled during the American Revolution
King George III
Who plays the role of Alexander Hamilton in the musical "Hamilton"?
Lin-Manuel Miranda
He was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.
HINT: His face is on the $1 Bill
George Washington
This famous Virginian is known as the "Father of the Constitution."
James Madison
True or False: Eliza Hamilton helped raise money for the Washington Monument
TRUE
What historical source is considered the most reliable for historical facts? A) A diary, B) A movie, C) A textbook
C) A textbook
This act by the British Parliament, passed in 1765, placed a tax on almost all printed materials in the colonies.
The Stamp Act
A writer, inventor, and diplomat, he is the only Founding Father to have signed all four major documents that established the United States, including the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
HINT: He is on the $100 bill
Benjamin Franklin
The British surrendered to the Americans at this final major battle of the Revolutionary War.
Who was the third president of the United States and a major political rival of Hamilton?
HINT: His face is on the $2 Bill
Thomas Jefferson
What was the name of Alexander Hamilton's wife?
Eliza Schuyler Hamilton or Elizabeth Hamilton
Who was the man who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel in 1804?
Aaron Burr
British soldiers were nicknamed this because of the color of their uniforms
Redcoats
Who is the founding father on the $10 bill?
Alexander Hamilton
The Marquis de Lafayette was a military officer from this country who helped the American cause.
France
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are known by this name.
The Bill of Rights
This first First Lady of the United States was married to George Washington. She named her feral tom cat after Alexander Hamilton.
Martha Washington
Who was the fourth President of the United States, who also helped write the Constitution?
James Madison
The American colonists protested "taxation without this" because they didn't have representatives in the British Parliament.
A collection of 85 essays, mostly written by Hamilton, that were published to convince New Yorkers to support the new U.S. Constitution.
The Federalist Papers
This is the name for colonists who remained LOYAL to the British king during the Revolution.
Loyalists
Which two founding fathers debated the national bank in "Cabinet Battle #1"?
Thomas Jefferson & Alexander Hamilton
This seamstress from Philadelphia is a well-known figure in American history, famous for the legend that she sewed the first U.S. flag
Betsy Ross
He wrote most of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
What was one of the taxes placed on the American colonists by the British
The Stamp Act, Tea Act, Townshend Acts, Sugar Act.