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Ben Franklin began learning this trade at the age of 12.
What is a printer?
The booklet written by Ben Franklin that included many wise sayings.
What is Poor Richard's Almanac?
To keep the city of Philadelphia safe, Ben Franklin planned the first of these.
What is a fire department?
Ben Franklin's kite experiment proved that lightning was also this.
What is electricity?
This person was the colonies' first Postmaster General.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
America fought in this war for freedom from England.
What is the War for Independence?
Benjamin Franklin was one of five men chosen to write this document.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This is the name of a person who is sent to another country to represent his own country.
What is an ambassador?
This agreement ended the war with England.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
The plan of government for the United States after declaring freedom from England.
What is the Constitution?
The group of men who helped form the government and signed the Constitution is also known as this.
What are the Founding Fathers?
The year the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is 1776?
This English law forced the colonists to pay for a stamp on important documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
Paul Revere was an apprentice to his father in this trade.
What is a silversmith?
Paul Revere joined this group to warn of England's unfair taxes.
What is the Sons of Liberty?
This is the historical event when colonists protested high taxes and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
These men were ready at a moments notice to fight England.
What are the Minutemen?
Name one man who also rode with Paul Revere.
Who is Samuel Prescott or William Dawes?
The War for Independence is also known as this.
What is the American Revolution?
What is a lantern?
An invention created by Ben Franklin.
What is: lightning rod, bifocals, or the stove?
The birthplace of Benjamin Franklin.
The country that helped the colonies in the American Revolution.
What is France?
The city and state where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were written.
Where is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
The title of the poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
What is "Paul Revere's Ride?"