Important Revolutionary People and Sayings
He said, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”
Who is Nathan Hale?
He was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Hancock?
Washington’s victory at this place led to the surrender of Cornwallis and the entire British army.
What is Yorktown?
The two main weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
What are:
1. Couldn’t collect taxes
2. No power to settle arguments
This was passed in 1647 and established the first public schools in America.
What is The Ole’ Deluder Satan Act?
This is the plan for government that the United States still follows today.
What is the Constitution?
He said, “I have not yet begun to fight.”
Who is John Paul Jones?
Washington and his men spent a harsh winter battling hunger and cold temperatures at this Pennsylvania place.
What is Valley Forge?
He is given credit for doing the most work at the Constitutional Convention.
Who is James Madison?
They were the people who wanted to separate from the Church of England.
Who are the separatists?
In a fiery speech, this man of Virginia said, “Give me liberty or give me death.”
Who is Patrick Henry?
They were the people who wanted America to be free from Britain’s rule.
Who are patriots?
This was the agreement signed by England giving the colonists their freedom.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
There are two houses of Congress.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
These Indians were invited to the first Thanksgiving.
Who are the Wampanoag?
This Virginian had a reputation for being both brave and wise.
Who is George Washington?
He was the first modern explorer to reach the mainland of North America.
Who is John Cabot?
He was the first modern explorer to discover the New World.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
She is said to have stitched the first United States flag.
Who is Betsy Ross?
This was the most important animal to the Indians of the plains.
What are the bison?
This was the first written agreement of self-government in America.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
He was the Massachusetts patriot that rode from Boston to warn the colonists at Lexington that the British were coming.
Who is Paul Revere?
She was the famous Shoshone that guided Lewis and Clark on their expedition.
Who was Sacagawea?
Washington thanked the American people and urged them to be responsible citizens in his this, a speech he made when he finished his time a president.
What is his farewell address?
This Native American name means “southerner.”
What is Shawnee?