Presidents
Known as the "Father of the United States". He was the first American president and helped lead the Continental Army to victory during the American Revolution.
Who is George Washington?
Virginia
What is Richmond?
This was the name give to the British soldiers due to the color of the their uniforms.
What is redcoat/lobsterback?
This was the name of the southern states that seceded from the Union.
What is the Confederate States of America?
This first permanent English settlement of North America was sustained by Tobacco.
What is Jamestown?
The 16th president of the United States. He is well-known for the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared all slaves free in states that had seceded from the Union.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
California
What is Sacramento?
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by this man in Ford's theater at the conclusion of the war.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
This second capital of Virginia was a contentious town during the American Revolution.
What is Williamsburg?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Maryland
What is Annapolis?
This final battle of the war resulted in the defeat and surrender of General Cornwallis to a combined force of American and French forces.
What is Yorktown?
This battle in Pennsylvania came to be considered the turning point of the war against South.
What is Gettysburg?
This body of water is the largest estuary in the United States and the third largest in the world.
What is the Chesapeake Bay?
He led forces during the Mexican-American War and later served as the 12th president of the United States.
Who is Zachary Taylor?
Massachusetts
What is Boston?
This act of Parliament was a tax upon paper products such as cards and legal documents in order to raise money to help pay for the defense of the American colonies.
What is the Stamp Act?
This battle between two new ship types resulted in a draw at Hampton Roads.
What is the Battle of the Ironclads?
This river serves as the border between Virginia and Maryland.
What is the Potomac River?
He is credited with creating a doctrine that declared the United States to be separated from the affairs of European countries.
Who is James Monroe?
Wyoming
What is Cheyenne?
This battle was a turning point in the American Revolution. Due to the American victory, France joined in the war against the British.
What is Saratoga?
These two generals faced off against each other at the end of the war in Virginia.
Who are Robert E. Lee & Ulysses S. Grant?
This geographical feature served as the boundary line for the Proclamation of 1763, prohibiting western frontier settlement by the colonists.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?