Revolutionary War Events
Boston Tea Party
Kentucky's capital, Frankfort, is located in this county
Franklin
James Naismith invented this popular sport in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1891
Basketball
The largest land acquisition from France during Thomas Jefferson’s presidency (1803), doubling the size of the United States.
Louisiana Purchase
The first European to sail up what is now the Hudson River in New York.
Henry Hudson
This man pictured on American currency was America's first diplomat in France and was a crucial figure in garnering there support in the war
Benjamin Franklin
This many states border Kentucky
7
This American athlete holds the record for most Olympic Gold Medals won with 23
Michael Phelps
The expedition from 1804-1806 that gathered information about the land gained by the Louisiana Purchase and sought an overland route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
Lewis and Clark Expedition
An Italian sailor who set out to find a new route to the East by sailing West.
Christopher Columbus
The Continental Congress, the body responsible for ratifying the Constitution, met at Independence Hall in this city
Philadelphia
This greeting is being performed by the two people on Kentucky's state flag
Handshake
Louisville
The discovery of this at Sutter's Mill increased the population of 14,000 in 1848 to almost 100,000 in 1850. It was also famous for encouraging the construction of wagons, roads and railroads going west.
California Gold Rush
The Spanish explorer who looked for the Fountain of Youth in Florida.
Juan Ponce de Leon
Yorktown
Along with Massachusetts, Virginia, and Pennsylvania; Kentucky is one of four states with this distinction
Commonwealth
Phil Knight started this sports equipment company, originally call Blue Ribbon Sports, at the University of Oregon
Nike
Products could be moved more cheaply and much faster by this new method of land transportation in the 1830's.
Railways
King Henry VII granted this explorer and his three sons the right to seek islands and countries towards the west, east, and north, with five ships under the English flag.
John Cabot
This was the first tax act imposed on the colonies by British Parliament. Only has a little to do with mail.
Stamp Act
Yellow and Green flowers appear in the spring on this Kentucky state tree
Tulip Poplar
The Miracle on Ice was an unexpected upset by the United States over the Soviet Union in this sport
Hockey
The fort in San Antonio, Texas, which was the site of a Mexican victory over supporters of Texan independence in 1836.
The Alamo
French navigator who explored the east coast of Canada and the St. Lawrence River and was responsible for naming Canada.
Jacques Cartier