A country is born!
This is the war where we fought the British for our Independence?
What is the Revolutionary War?
This Native American woman is notable for her association with John Smith and the settlement at Jamestown, Virginia.
Who is Pocahontas?
This man invented the telegraph - a machine that sent electrical pulses through wires - and also created the code of "dots" and "dashes" that is named after him. The telegraph was integral to the Civil War and how the President communicated with the front lines of battles.
Who is Samuel Morse?
The number of continents (most commonly agreed) on Earth.
What is seven continents?
This 16th President of the United States wrote the Gettysburg Address, which became a rallying speech for the North during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This document could be referred to as the American colonies' "break-up" letter with England and King George.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The original 13 colonies can be divided into 3 regions. The Southern colonies, Middle colonies, and this furthest north region.
What are the New England colonies?
This secret network of paths and safe houses helped enslaved people escape to freedom. Harriet Tubman was its most famous "conductor."
What is the Underground Railroad?
This ocean is between North America and Europe.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
On a voyage funded by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, this man "discovered" the new world in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This was the year of the first 4th of July 1786 1676 1776
What is 1776?
This native Central American civilization developed an intricate calendar and a complex mathematical system using dots and lines.
Who are the Mayans?
Nearing the end of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson proposed a peace plan that included this many "points." It was the first suggestion of what became the League of Nations.
What are the Fourteen Points?
On a timeline, this two letter abbreviation is for years to the left of the year zero.
What is B.C. (or B.C.E.)?
The assassination of this man is widely regarded as the event that started World War I.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
In the Constitution of the United States, these are the THREE branches of government (separation of powers) that maintain checks and balances on one another.
What are the executive, legislative and judicial?
People rushed to to find gold in California from all over the world in this famous year. (There's an NFL team named for it)
What is 1849?
The United States decared war on Japan on December 8, 1941 - a day after this event.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
The Incas lived in what is now this South American country (where potatoes originated from).
What is Peru?
This man supposedly rode out to warn the colonists, "the British are coming."
Who is Paul Revere?
This is the location of George Washington's winter encampment in 1777-1778 during the revolutionary war. Many soldiers faced freezing weather, starvation and disease.
What is Valley Forge?
Before there were railroads, pioneers that wanted to move west risked their lives taking this famous trail that began in Independence, Missouri.
What is the Oregon Trail?
This term that translates to "night of broken glass," refers to the night that the Nazis raided Jewish homes and businesses at the beginning of World War II.
What is Kristallnacht?
This is how many years the United States will be celebrating this July 4th for it's Semiquincentennial Anniversary.
What is 250 years?
This man invented the assembly line at his motor company in Detroit, Michigan.
Who is Henry Ford?