In 1794 President Washington led American troops against violent mobs in Pennsylvania rebelling against government authority while protesting a tax on...
Whiskey
100
He was a former colonial agent in London and of the founders he was the...
Oldest
100
Jefferson was selected to write the Declaration of Independence in part because he was from...
Virginia
100
The First Secretary of the Treasury and the creator of the First...
Bank of the United States
100
The fourth President he is also author of the Bill of Rights and the father of...
The Constitution
200
In his 1796 Farewell Address given following his second term as President before his retirement George Washington warned against...
"Foreign Entanglements"
200
As Diplomat to France he finally gained a French alliance following the October 17, 1776 victory at...
Saratoga
200
Jefferson and a fellow founder both died on the anniversary of the ratification of the Declaration of Independence the...
Fourth of July
200
His national perspective was because he was the only one of the founders not loyal to a particular colony due to its status as the place of his...
Birth
200
The Constitution of the United States replaced The...
Articles of Confederation
300
Success in the December 26, 1776 Battle of Trenton required a perilous overnight crossing of the...
Delaware River
300
A scientist who invented the lightning rod, a more efficient wood stove, and...
Bifocals
300
When Jefferson wrote that “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights” he was inspired by the ideas of the...
Enlightenment
300
During the Revolutionary War he was a member of the staff of General...
George Washington
300
They fought the drafting of The U.S. Constitution...
Anti-federalists
400
Continental troops suffering from cold and lack of supplies in winter quarters at Valley Forge heard a reading of “The Crisis” by...
Thomas Paine
400
Notices for runaway slaves were included in his newspaper the...
Pennsylvania Gazette
400
The plantation home of Thomas Jefferson America’s first Secretary of State is called...
Monticello
400
A strong proponent of the need for a central government during the Constitutional debate and an author of the...
Federalist Papers
400
The Constitutional Convention was held in...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
500
A French commander was killed following a peacetime border skirmish with Washington’s troops while he was a young British Lieutenant inadvertently starting the...
French and Indian War
500
Writer and publisher of Poor Richard’s Almanac he was a founder of America’s first...
Library
500
The Declaration of Independence begins with the words...
"When in the course of human events"
500
He was killed in a duel by...
Aaron Burr
500
Freedom of Speech, the press and religion are among the rights listed in the...