People of the Revolutionary War
Longitude and Latitude
3 Branches of Government
The War of 1812
Louisiana Purchase
100

Commander of the Continental Army

Who is George Washington? 

100

Lines that measure how far north or south a location is from the equator. 

What is latitude? 

100

The 3 branches of government.

What are executive, judicial, and legislative? 

100

The year the War of 1812 began.

What is 1812? 

100

The year the Louisiana Purchase occurred. 

What is 1803?

200

He is famous for the "Midnight Ride" to warn his fellow patriots that the British were coming.

Who is Paul Revere?

200

Lines that measure how far east or west a location is from the Prime Meridian

What is Longitude?
200

The branch of government that carries out the laws and is led by the president. 

What is the executive branch?  

200

The nickname of the warship that British cannonballs appeared to bounce off her sturdy live oak hull.

What is Old Ironsides?

200

The man who was president during the Louisiana Purchase. 

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

300

He was a spy for the Continental Army.  He was caught and hanged without a trial.  HIs famous words were, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.

Who is Nathan Hale? 

300

Line that divides the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. 

What is the Equator?

300

The branch of the government that is in charge of making sure the laws are fair and follow the constitution. 

What is the judicial branch? 

300

Song written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 after witnessing the American flag still flying over Fort McHenry in Baltimore following a brutal 25-hour British bombardment.

What is the Star Spangled Banner

300

The country American bought the Louisiana Territory from.

Who is France?

400

He was the president of  the Continental Congress. He was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence.  

John Hancock

400

Line that divides the earth into the Eastern and Western hemisphers. 

What is the Prime Meridian? 

400

The branch of government that makes the laws. It is made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 

What is the Legislative Branch? 

400

Political Party that quickly ended after the War of 1812.

What is the Federalist Party?

400

The reason Napoleon sold the Louisiana Territory to America.  

What is he needed money to fight the British? 
500

His nickname was the American Giant, because he was 6 feet 6 inches tall.  He led the Green Mountain Boys. He and his men captured Fort Ticonderoga without firing a shot.

Ethan Allen

500

 The coordinates for the STAR.

What is 60 degrees north and 40 degrees east? 

500

Part of Congress where two people from each state help make the laws. 

What is the Senate? 

500

The state captured by the British during the War of 1812.

What is Michigan?

500

Amount the United States paid for the Louisiana Territory .

What is $15 million?

600

He formed a group of patriot protestors called the Sons of Liberty, who were key figures in the Boston Tea Party.  He also organized the “minutemen”.

Samuel Adams

600

Hemisphere that is shaded gray. 

What is the Eastern Hemisphere?

600

The number of U.S. House of Representatives. 

What is 435? 

600

The battle led by Andrew Jackson that actually happened after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, that ended the war. 

What is the Battle of New Orleans?

600

Square miles acquired by the US in the Louisiana Purchase.

What is 828,000?