A new
government
government
Pilgrims signed this agreement to set up a new government and laws for the good of everyone.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
A water elevator used to raise and lower boats.
What is a lock?
Connecticut
What is Hartford?
Our Nation's capital.
What is Washington, D.C.?
A factory in which people make products out of raw materials.
What is a mill?
In 1776, fighting broke out between the colonists and the British troops outside this US city.
What is Boston?
The successful completion of this canal in 1825 connected the northeast to the midwest, dropping freight prices drastically.
What is the Erie Canal?
Maine
What is Augusta?
New York City is America's largest city. New Yorkers built these tall buildings to make room for their growing population.
What are skyscrapers?
A payment of money for work.
What is a wage?
The birthplace of the United States in Philadelphia.
What is Independence Hall?
In 1620, the Mayflower blew off course, landing here with its 102 passengers instead of in Virginia.
What is Plymouth, Massachusetts?
New Jersey
What is Trenton?
Giant fishhook of land in Massachusetts.
What is Cape Cod?
A way of making large quantities of products.
What is mass production?
Written in 1787, we live under this same plan of government today.
What is the United States Constitution?
Built in 1808, this lighthouse prevents ships from crashing into Maine's rocky shore.
What is the West Quoddy Head lighthouse?
New Hampshire
What is Concord?
This monument celebrates the first president of the United States.
What is the Washington monument?
Factories were powered by people in the northeast and this type of power.
What is waterpower?
Means 'rule by the people'.
What is Democracy?
You may experience severe weather climbing to the top of this windy peak.
What is Mount Washington?
Vermont
What is Montpellier?
Mount Washington sits in this part of the Appalachian Mountains in New Hampshire.
What are the White Mountains?
America's first mass produced candy bar was made here.
What is Hershey, Pennsylvania?