Shot Heard
Round the World
Listen My Children and
You Shall Hear
We've Learned About
10 Explorers
One If By Land,
Two If By Sea
The Thirteen Colonies
100

Where did the colonists stockpile arms?

At both Lexington and Concord

100
Complete the line:


"Listen my children and you shall hear...

...of the history of our great nation, with liberty and justice for all"

100

What are the dates for Prince Henry the Navigator?

1394-1460

100

True/False, At the battle of Lexington the British lost 93 troops and the Americans 273 troops

False, At Concord, British lost 273 troops and Americans lost 93 troops

100

When were the Salem Witch Trials?

1692

200

Where did the British blockade?

The Boston Harbor

200

Who wrote "Paul Revere's Ride"?

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

200

What are the lyrics for card 2?

Next comes number two, Columbus sails the ocean blue 

to the New World in 1492 with the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria


200

True/False, After crossing the Charles River, Revere saw one light and rode a horse to warn Lexington.

False, he saw two lights 

200

BONUS POINTS

Go again

300

True/False, The Minutemen fired at the British from the nearby trees at Concord.  

True

300

When was Jamestown founded in Virginia?

1607

300

Who were the four Spanish explorers and what are their dates?

Cortes, de Soto, de Leon and Coronado, 1513-1538

300

Where did the British blockade?

The Boston Harbor

300

When was the First Great Awakening?

1740 to 1742

400

Who won the the battle at Lexington? At Concord?

British won at Lexington.

Colonists won Concord.

400

What are the first four lines of this week's "Paul Revere's Ride" stanza?

Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead, 

In their night-encampment on the hill, 

Wrapped in silence so deep and still 

That he could hear, like a sentinel’s tread, 

400

Who were the three northeast explorers, and what are the dates?

Cartier, Champlain, Cabot, 1497-1603

400

After Revere and Dawes were captured, who was sent to deliver the message to Concord?

Dr. Samuel Prescott

400

What are the lyrics for card 9?

Number nine comes in 1621, the Pilgrims settle Plymouth Colony

500

On the village green, during the Battle of Lexington one British soldier was killed, but _____________ Americans were killed and _______________ were wounded.

8 killed

10 wounded

500

What are the lyrics for card 18?

Eighteen, the first Continental Congress seeks peace with Britain in ‘74

500

Sing all the lyrics for the explorers

Number one, Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 to 1460.

Next comes number two, Columbus sails the ocean blue 

to the New World in 1492 with the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria

Number three Magellan circumnavigates the Earth, 1519 to 1522

Cortes, de Soto, de Leon and Coronado, the Spanish Explorers, number four, from 1513 to 1538

Number five, explorers of the northeast were Cartier, Champlain and Cabot, 1497 to 1603

We’ve learned about ten explorers

500

What was the name of the church Paul Revere looked to for either one or two lights

Old North Church in Boston
500

What are the lyrics for card 13?

From 1607 to 1733, Thirteen Colonies Formed: 

Virginia and Massachusetts, then New Hampshire and New York, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware. 

North Carolina and New Jersey, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, 

Georgia was the southernmost. The thirteen colonies.

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