The first response of the colonists to their unfair treatment.
What is protesting?
100
This woman composed the letter to her husband that was called "Remember the Ladies."
Who is Abigail Adams?
100
This man was the first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
100
This was the main crop of farms in the south before the Civil War.
What is cotton?
100
You must be this age to vote in an election in America.
What is 18?
200
This man is considered the main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
These were the TWO main reasons that young women organized strikes at the Lowell Mills.
What are lower wages AND longer hours.
200
This man was the 16th President of the United States. He was President during the Civil War and is also on the 5 dollar bill.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
This man was the main contributor to the Constitution of the United States. He is sometimes referred to as the "Father of the Constitution."
Who is James Madison?
200
This small city is the capital of the state of Pennsylvania.
What is Harrisburg?
300
This was the first act of violence by Britain against the colonists.
What is the Boston Massacre?
300
This is the document generated by women activists at a convention in 1848. It was formatted similarly to the Declaration of Independence.
What is The Declaration of Sentiments?
300
This man is the first African American President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
300
This woman was the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
300
This was the first government that the United States tried to employ but it was too weak and became replaced by the Constitution of the United States.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
400
This was the King of England to whom the Declaration of Independence was directed.
Who is King George II?
400
According to Mary Wollstonecraft, this was the greatest impediment to women being equal to men in society in the 1800s.
What is the lack of access to an education?
400
This is the only US President to resign from his office.
Who is Richard Nixon?
400
This is the number of original colonies that existed in the United States.
What is 13?
400
These are the THREE basic, inalienable rights that the Declaration of Independence stated were endowed upon all men.
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
500
He was the first killed in violence by the British towards the colonists. He was an African American and there is speculation that he was a runaway slave.
Who was Crispus Attucks?
500
These two women were the main organizers of the Seneca Falls Convention and the main authors of the document produced at this event.
Who are Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
500
This man is the current Vice-President of the United States.
Who is Joe Biden?
500
This man rode his horse and risked danger to warn other colonists that "The British were coming!" during the Revolutionary War.
Who was Paul Revere?
500
These were the indigenous people of the United States who were already living here when colonists from Europe arrived in the 1600s.