Founding Fathers
He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The war began in 1775 between America and this country.
What is Great Britain?
2026 marks how many years since independence?
What is 250 years?
The first President of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
The Declaration of Independence was signed in this year.
What is 1776?
This Founding Father flew a kite during a thunderstorm experiment.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
The shot heard ’round the world” was fired here.
What is Lexington and Concord?
The Declaration was signed in this city.
What is Philadelphia?
This President wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The U.S. Constitution was ratified in this year.
What is 1788?
He is known as the “Father of the Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
This battle (1777) convinced France to support the American cause.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This document begins with “We the People".
What is the Constitution?
He served more than two terms as President.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
The Civil War ended in this year.
What is 1865?
This Founding Father served as the first Secretary of the Treasury.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
George Washington’s famous winter camp was here.
What is Valley Forge?
This compromise created a two-house Congress.
What is the Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)?
This President resigned from office in 1974.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
He initially refused to attend the Constitutional Convention but later became a key anti-Federalist voice.
Who is Patrick Henry?
The decisive final battle of the war took place here in 1781.
What is Yorktown?
This 1783 treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
He was the youngest elected U.S. president.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
The year the U.S. landed the first humans on the moon.
What is 1969?