Founding Fathers
Beloved military general and the first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
This protest resulted in multiple deaths and injuries at the hands of British soldiers in Massachusetts in March 1770.
What is the Boston Massacre?
Created by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison.
What are The Federalist Papers?
The region where Alexander Hamilton was born.
What is the Caribbean?
This 15 year old girl refused to give up her bus seat prior to Rosa Parks in March 1955.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
Author of The Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This protest involved colonists disguising themselves as Mohawk Indians and throwing goods overboard into a harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The first constitution of the United States.
What are The Articles of Confederation?
This colonial military leader hired Hamilton as his aid because of his writing skills and military abilities.
Who is George Washington?
This woman was the face of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, even though she was the second to protest segregation in the Alabama bus system.
Who is Rosa Parks?
Immigrant from the Caribbean who became the first Secretary of the Treasury.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
This group of delegates from the 13 colonies, excluding Georgia, met twice to decide how to govern the colonies.
What is The Continental Congress?
Document approved on July 4th, 1776, stating that the United States was its own nation.
What is The Declaration of Independence?
This proposal, created by Hamilton, involved backing funds with government resources.
What is a national bank?
This man was the leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and an inspirational speaker during the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
This Founding Father was a scientist and an inventor who is credited with discovering electricity.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
The Colonial army nearly lost the revolution, but were rescued by this European nation.
Who is France?
Influential pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that encouraged colonists to seek independence from Great Britain.
What is Common Sense?
Hamilton's conflicts and debates with Thomas Jefferson led to the creation of this system in American politics.
What are political parties?
This freed man wrote his autobiography and advocated for emancipation of slaves in the 1800s.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This man was the first U.S. Vice President and Second U.S. President.
Who is John Adams?
Great Britain won this war on behalf of the colonies, causing them to raise taxes to pay for their war debts.
What is the French and Indian War?
Document that ended the American Revolution and recognized the United States as an independent nation.
What is the Treaty of Paris 1783?
The name of the U.S. Vice President who mortally wounded Hamilton in a duel in 1804.
Who is Aaron Burr?
This eastern man inspired the Civil Rights movement from India by demonstrating nonviolent protests.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?