Geography
Pre American Revolution
American Revolution
Post American Revolution
Government
100
This is the largest state by land area in our country.
What is Alaska?
100
This Italian is commonly credited with beginning European colonization of America
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
This side of the American Revolution had the financial and military advantage
What is the British?
100
This statesman and lawyer was the second president of the United States
Who is John Adams?
100
This is the name of the current governing document of the United States
What is the Constitution?
200
This island nation was sovereign until 1959, when it became a state.
What is Hawaii
200
Early in the first semester, we studies the GRAPES of some Native civilizations. What does the R in GRAPES stand for?
What is Religion?
200
This Virginian was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington?
200
This ten dollar founding father was the first treasury secretary of the United Staes
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
200
What are the first ten amendments of the constitution known as?
What is the Bill of Rights?
300
This state is commonly known as "the Quaker state."
What is Pennsylvania?
300
This native American woman connected the Powhatan people to the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia
Who is Pocahontas?
300
This was the saying that became the rallying cry of the American Revolution...
What is "No taxation with out representation!"
300
Without the help of this nation, the United States would likely have lost the Revolution
What is France?
300
What amendment states “No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.”
What is the third amendment?
400
This state carries with it a lot of French influence due to early French colonists there
What is Louisiana?
400
This is the tribe on whose land Philadelphia was founded.
Who are the Lenni-Lenape?
400
This cause of the American Revolution read, in part, "An act for granting and applying certain stamp duties, and other duties, in the British colonies and plantations in America, towards further defraying the expences of defending, protecting, and securing the same"
What is the Stamp Act?
400
These emerged as the first two political parties of the United States?
What are the Federalists and the Democratic Republicans?
400
The government of the whole united states is known as the _________ government
What is the federal government?
500
This midwestern state is the home of Larry Bird
What is Indiana?
500
Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, and Maryland are all part of the _______ colonies.
What are the Southern Colonies?
500
If you were a Loyalist, you would believe this...
The American colonies should not have independence and should remain under the Crowns rule
500
This was the name of the first governing document of the United States
What are the Articles of Confederation?
500
This is the capital of the state we live in...
What is Harrisburg?