The First Americans
The First Colonies
The American Revolution
Heroes and Inventors
Transportation and communication
100
This is the study of past events and things that happened long ago.
What is history?
100
This country began the first permanent colonies in America.
What is England or Great Britain?
100
Colonists in America were upset about these and wanted to become their own country.
What are taxes?
100
He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
The KTX is one of these.
What is a train?
200
American Indians used these to make the things they needed. Examples include plants, wood, oil, and skins.
What are natural resources?
200
These are small communities within a colony.
What are settlements?
200
This was when fifty colonists dressed as Native Americans dumped chests of tea into Boston Harbor in 1773.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
200
This Lakota leader fought against the United States when they attempted to take his people's land.
Who is Sitting Bull?
200
This is using science to make things work better.
What is technology?
300
This Native American tribe is from Arizona.
Who are the Navajo?
300
The pilgrims came to this settlement for religious freedom.
What is Plymouth Plantation?
300
He was the commanding general of the colonial army who fought against the British.
Who was George Washington?
300
In 1947 he became the first African American in many years to play Major League Baseball.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
300
This was invented by Samuel Morse. He developed Morse code to communicate with it.
What is the telegraph?
400
This Native American tribe has a state named after them on the east coast of the United States.
Who are the Delaware?
400
Settlers from England came here to search for gold. They made lots of money growing and selling tobacco.
What is Jamestown?
400
This country helped the colonists defeat Great Britain.
What is France?
400
He invented the light bulb and sound recordings.
Who is Thomas Edison?
400
Alexander Graham Bell invented this.
What is the telephone?
500
The Osage wove these from long grasses on the plains.
What are baskets?
500
Thomas Jefferson wrote this 'letter' to the King of England saying that the colonies were seperating from England.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
500
He rode to Lexington and Concord in the middle of the night to warn colonists that the British were coming to take their guns and weapons.
Who is Paul Revere?
500
He developed the first assembly line to manufacture automobiles. His car, the Model T, was affordable for the average person.
Who is Henry Ford?
500
These were special birds that carried messages long ago.
What are carrier pigeons?
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