Wars
Name the war that broke out after French troops invaded Native American territories.
What is French and Indian War?
Wrote the "Star-Spangled Banner."
The "misleading" nickname created by the Europeans of the fifteenth century.
What is the New World?
Famous for a sermon titled "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."
Who is Johnathan Edwards?
"The shot heard 'round the world" is said to have started this war.
What is the American Revolution?
A slave trader who wrote "Amazing Grace."
Who is John Newton?
What is Manhattan?
Befriended the explorers Lewis and Clark.
Who is Sacagawea?
The Treaty of Ghent was signed to end this war.
What is the War of 1812
Wrote in secret under the name Mrs. Silence Dogood, and was published in his brother's newspaper.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
A French tract of land in North America sold the United States for $15 million.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Who was George Washington?
The war that Frederick II fought against Maria Theresa for the possession of Silesia.
What is the Seven Years' War?
Wrote most of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Zebulon Pike explored this famous mountain range.
What are the Rocky Mountains and Pikes Peak?
Called the Sons of Liberty, this person rode with William Dawes to warn the colonists that the British were coming.
Who was Paul Revere?
A revolutionary movement that shook France between 1787 and 1799 and overthrew the monarchy.
What is the French Revolution?
Author of a small masterpiece called Common Sense.
Who is Thomas Paine?
Though the battle is famously called the Battle at Bunker Hill it actually took place elsewhere.
What was Breed's Hill?
A philosopher, writer, and deist who was disgruntled with the Roman Catholic Church.
Who was Voltaire?