People
Who was our first President?
Who is George Washington?
What were some of the earliest European settlements in what is now America?
What are Plymouth, Jamestown, any of the 13 original colonies?
What reasons did the colonists rebel against their European kings?
What are: taxes, Boston Massacre, Stamp Acts, Intolerable Acts, etc.
Why did the first European explorers come to the United States?
What are Gold, Glory and God? (Any version of these is acceptable.)
Who could vote in Early America?
Who are land-owning men?
Where did the Revolutionary War begin?
Bonus: what action began it?
Where is Boston?
Bonus: a snowball fight (the Boston Massacre)
What crop(s) made up most of the United States' early world trade?
What are cotton, sugar, indigo, and tobacco?
What or who helped early colonists from Europe survive the first winters?
What are skills taught by Native Americans / Who are Native Americans?
Who were the first people in what is now called the United States?
What part of the United States did European colonists and explorers first land in?
What is the East Coast?
Alternate: What is Plymouth, Jamestown, Florida, 13 Original Colonies
What song do we use as our national anthem today?
Bonus: when and why was it written?
What is the Star Spangled Banner?
Bonus: written by Francis Scott Key during the bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1814 during the Revolutionary War
This document holds most of the rules, concepts, and even a list of the rights citizens have.
What is the Constitution?
What kinds of people came to the United States?
What are MANY TYPES? Criminals, people who wanted to become wealthy, people seeking religious freedom, and more!
There were very few women in the early colonies! (Let's talk about why!)
Enslaved people were also brought over early in the history of European immigration to America.
Where do Americans come from?
Where is EVERYWHERE?
Many colonists came to the new world seeking freedom, especially religious freedom. Who was able to practice religion in the early United States?
Who were ONLY CHRISTIANS (and even then, some got in big trouble for being too radical)
What European country helped the patriots rebel against England?
What is France?
What King did early American colonists rebel against?
Who is King George?
How much of what is now the United States was lived in in the year 1776 (the year of the Declaration of Independence)?
What is ALL OF IT.
What did early colonists use to power lamps?
What is oil, specifically whale blubber?
This song was made to make fun of rebellious colonists.
What is Yankee Doodle Dandy?