Geography/People
The first lasting English colony in America and whose population was originally entirely male.
What is Jamestown?
He was a woodsman, land surveyor, a General in the American Revolution, and the only President to be voted unanimously.
Who is George Washington?
Who is Leif Erickson?
A flurry of "Indian" war cries, as a ships cargo is tossed into the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The year Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
This land was bought from France and explored by Lewis and Clark?
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Before he became the 3rd president, this man wrote a very important document.
Twice the points if you can answer who and what!
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The Native American who was kidnapped at least once, traveled to Europe twice, on his return he found out that his entire tribe had died, and his kindness towards the pilgrims was vital for their survival.
Who was Squanto?
A line of safe houses that stretched all over the nation to help escaping slaves.
What is the Underground Railroad?
The year the Declaration of Independence was written?
What is 1776?
This American explorer found the Cumberland Gap, which is a natural path through the Appalachian Mountains.
Who is Daniel Boone?
Our 7th president signed the Indian Removal Act, which rounded up 13,000 Cherokee people and forced them to walk, what is now known as the Trail of Tears.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
A minute man who called out "The British are coming! The British are coming?"
Who is Paul Revere?
The war with the British for independence.
What is the American Revolution?
This war with England had no clear winner. The treaty simply stated that they were going to stop fighting now. The Battle of New Orleans was fought after the treaty to end the war had been signed.
What is the Strange War of 1912?
The colony (state) responsible for the Salem Witch Trials.
What is Massachusetts?
Raised as a third generation slave, this woman rescued over 70 slaves and helped hundreds of others find freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
He worked at a printing shop and wrote 'Poor Richard's Almanac'. He was also an inventor.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
175 men including Colonel James Bowie and Davie Crockett died in this battle because they refused to surrender.
What is the Alamo?
To stop buying or using goods or services as a protest.
What is a boycott?
A man-made 363 mile long 'ditch' stretching from the Hudson River to a great lake allowing people to move more easily across the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Erie Canal?
In the 1780's, this man invented the cotton gin.
Who is Eli Whitney?
The Quaker who named Philadelphia and was a friend to the Indians, helping them to maintain peace with the white settlers.
Who is William Penn?
It took 2 attacks form the British to knock the Continental Army back and it only happened because the Americans ran out of gunpowder. Many more British soldiers were killed than American soldiers.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
A ceremony celebrating the beginning of a leader's term of office.
What is an Inauguration?