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Viking explorer who landed in Americas 500 years before Columbus
Who was Lief Erikson?
October 12, 1492
What day did Columbus and his crew first see land of the Americas?
Genoa, Italy
Where was Christopher Columbus's hometown?
When John Smith was about to be killed by Chief Powhatan, this 12-year-old girl asked for him to be spared.
Who was Pocahontas?
He was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.
What did Robert E. Lee's father write about George Washington?
The first known European to discover the Americas 500 years before Columbus.
Who was Leif Erikson?
Men from wealthy families in 1600s England
What were gentlemen?
Chief of all the chiefs in the Jamestown area and father of Pocahontas.
Who was Powhatan?
Day the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.
July 4, 1776
1400s scary unknown ocean to west of Europe
What is the Sea of Darkness?
Thomas Jefferson bought a large piece of land from France that doubled the size of the United States.
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
He was the short, but brave military leader of Plymouth, who was willing to do any type of work to help.
Who was Miles Standish?
He was David Brainerd's interpreter and first convert.
Who was Moses Tunda Tatamy?
The "city of brotherly love" planned by William Penn and meeting place of the First Continental Congress and Second Continental Congress.
What is Philadelphia?
In December 1606 these 3 ships sailed to Jamestown, Virginia.
What were the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery?
On April 19, 1775 this war began at the Battle of Lexington and Concord when "the shot heard round the world" by a colonist was aimed at a British soldier
What was the War for Independence or the Revolutionary War?
City surveyed by Benjamin Banneker to become our nation's capitol.
What Washington, D.C.?
Ending the War of 1812, this difficult battle was won by the American troops, as our national anthem was written by witness Francis Scott Key.
What was the Battle of Fort McHenry?
She was very popular, a great entertainer, hosted the first inaugural ball, and saved the portrait of George Washington during the War of 1812.
Who was Dolly Madison?
The first president of the United States.
Who was George Washington?
The branch of government, designed by John Adams and known as the Supreme Court, to interpret the law using the Constitution.
What is the judicial branch of government?
He demanded that a Bill of Rights be added to the Constitution to protect the freedoms of each citizen.
Who was Patrick Henry?
In December 1773, Paul Revere and other Sons of Liberty, dressed as Native Americans, dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
On March 23, 1775 in Richmond Virginia in a speech, he encouraged others to fight against England by saying "Give me liberty or give me death."
Who was Patrick Henry?
In 1614 Captain Hunt kidnapped him from Massachusetts to sell as a slave in Spain.
Who was Squanto?
After returning home to find all his family dead, he chose to live with the Pilgrims in Plymouth to help them survive.
Who was Squanto?
The first president to live in the White House.
Who was John Adams?
The branch of government, designed by John Adams and known as Congress with Senators and Representatives, responsible for making laws.
What is the legislative branch of government?
He wrote "Paul Revere's Ride", omitting the rides of William Dawes and Samuel Prescott.
Who was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
In December 1620 this settlement was formed by people on the Mayflower.
What was Plymouth?
He loaned money to King Charles II and his son, William Penn used the repayment to purchase land to found a state named in his honor.
Who was Admiral Penn?
The signing of this document in France marked the end of the Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
He gave his all to preaching the gospel to the Mohican and Delaware tribes even though he was unhealthy.
Who was David Brainerd?
First African American double spy.
Who was James Armistead?
The branch of government, designed by John Adams and known as the President and his Cabinet, that enforces the law.
What is the executive branch of government?