People
The viking who sailed across the Atlantic in search of a new land in 1000 A.D.
Who was Leif Ericson?
Thomas Jefferson's estate in Virginia.
What is Monticello?
The group of people that left England in search of a land where they could have religious freedom.
Who were the Pilgrims?
The ship chartered by the Pilgrims to sail to the New World.
What is the Mayflower?
In ______, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
1492
He was a diplomat, writer, inventor, statesman, and we still use many of his sayings today.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
The place outside of Philadelphia, where Washington and his soldiers starved and froze waiting out the winter in 1777, during the American Revolution.
What is Valley Forge?
The document written to England from the colonists in 1776, proclaiming that "all men are created equal."
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The battle in which Cornwallis was defeated, ending the American Revolution.
What is the battle at Yorktown?
The date the Declaration of Independence was signed.
July 4, 1776
The King of England, who wished to continue to control the Americas, but failed.
Who was King George III?
The first successful English colony in the Americas, known as the "cradle of our liberties."
What is Jamestown?
Shots fired back and forth in a battle.
What is a volley?
The ships that sailed with Columbus.
What are the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria?
The year George Washington was inaugurated President of the United States.
1789
An English traveler, who lived with the Indians and later wrote about what it was like.
Who was James Lawson?
Where Paul Revere waited for the signal from the church bell tower: two lights if the British were coming by land, one light if coming by sea.
What is Concord, MA?
Spaniards who sailed to the Americas in search of wealth and fame, taking over lands and possessions of natives.
Who are the Conquistadors?
This battle with the British was preceded by Colonel Clark and his rangers marching through feet of freezing water for miles and miles.
What is the Battle at Vincennes?
When colonists dressed up as Native Americans and ruined expensive goods, in an act of rebellion to show England they were displeased with heavy taxation.
What is the Boston Tea Party, 1773
A Jesuit missionary from France, who learn the languages of Indian tribes to share the message of Christ. He is also known as Black Robe.
Who was Jacques Marquette?
The area of North America purchased by the United States from Napoleon. It was 827,000 square miles.
What is the Louisiana Territory?
A measurement of time, signifying one hundred years.
What is a century?
The war that lasted nine years, which began as a quarrel over control of the Ohio. This was the successful attempt of Britain to kick the French out of North America.
What was the French and Indian War?
The date of the adoption of the Constitution.
1788 - The last of the states ratified in 1790.