Famous Sayings
Famous People
Famous Moments
Famous Documents
Famous Acts
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What famous person quoted the following: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
100
Who was our third president?
Thomas Jefferson
100
The ______ ________ was the killing of five colonists by British regulars on March 5, 1770.
The BOSTON MASSACRE was the killing of five colonists by British regulars on March 5, 1770.
100
-BONUS- Fill in the blanks: "____ _____ and _____ _____ ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. For your BONUS, what is the name of the document that this famous quote comes from?
"FOUR SCORE and SEVEN YEARS ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." BONUS- The Gettysburg Address
100
What is it that the Stamp Act of 1765 taxed?
All Paper
200
"The only source of __________ is __________." -Albert Einstein
"The only source of knowledge is experience." -Albert Einstein
200
What famous man alerted the Lexington Minutemen about the approach of the British in 1775?
Paul Revere
200
What was the Second Great Awakening?
A large movement that led to rapid church growth.
200
How many amendments does the Bill of Rights contain?
10
200
What is it that the Quartering Act implied?
The Quartering act stated that British troops were to be housed in private homes.
300
What is the famous saying that Patrick Henry stated during a speech he was giving opposing the English Crown in 1775?
"Give me liberty, or give me death!"
300
While George Washington was serving as president, what man did he appoint as head of the U.S. Treasury?
Alexander Hamilton
300
What was significant about Paul Revere's "midnight ride"?
It was significant because he was warning the minute men in the country sided that "The British were coming."
300
What treaty ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States?
The Treaty of Paris
300
Why was the Boston Port Act passed?
The British closed the Boston Harbor, until the people of Boston paid for the lost tea from the Boston Tea Party, and required tax.
400
Fill in the Blank..."The _________ of a nation can be judged by the way its _______ are treated." -Mahatma Gandhi
"The GREATNESS of a nation can be judged by the way its ANIMALS are treated." -Mahatma Gandhi
400
Who was America's first woman doctor?
Elizabeth Blackwell
400
What problem do you think this statement provoked? "Friends! Brethren! Countrymen!--That worst of plagues, the detested tea, shipped for this port by the East India Company, is now arrived in the harbor!"
The Boston Tea Party
400
What is it that Emancipation Proclamation is opposing?
Slavery
400
-BONUS- What is it that the Quebec Act changed? For your BONUS, Why did they pass this act?
The Quebec Act extended the Canadian border up to Ohio River. BONUS - This was done to preventing the colonies from getting bigger and stronger.
500
What famous person said the following quote..."Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."
Winston Churchill
500
While George Washington was serving as president, what man did he appoint as head of the war department?
Henry Knox
500
Who published the most influential anti-slavery newspapers?
William Lloyd Garrison
500
The Constitution ___________ a __________ for the United States of America.
The Constitution ESTABLISHED a GOVERNMENT for the United States of America.
500
What Act was passed that allowed people charged with violent crimes to be tried in England?
The Justice Act
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