Early America
He sailed in 1492 in search of a westward path to the Indies
Christopher Columbus
This branch of government is headed by the President and Vice President
Executive Branch
He rode throughout the colonial countryside warning that the British were coming!
Paul Revere
Abraham Lincoln
He is on the $1 bill
George Washington
The military society who conquered people and sacrificed humans for religious purposes and are famous for their calendar stone
Aztec
This branch of government consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate. They make the laws for our country.
The legislative branch
He was the leader of the Continental Army and later our first president
George Washington
South Carolina
He is a founding father, the first Secretary of the Treasury, on the $10 bill and the subject of a famous musical
Alexander Hamilton
They were the largest of all early American civilizations and built over 10,000 miles of stone roads and rope bridges
the Inca
Freedom of religion, speech, the press, peacefully assemble, and petition are part of this amendment
the first amendment
The first battle of the American Revolution
Lexington and Concord
When the president of the Confederacy ordered his forces to attack this fort, it ignited the start of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
She was a famous abolitionist who helped more than 70 people escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
He and his crew were the first to circumnavigate the world. He also named the Pacific Ocean.
Ferdinand Magellan
He is known as the Father of the Constitution and our 4th president
James Madison
He gets credit for writing the Declaration of Independence and later becomes our third president
Thomas Jefferson
This man was chosen as the Confederate States of America's president
Jefferson Davis
This is how many Supreme Court justices there are
9
The first permanent English settlement in North America
Jamestown, Virginia
This was our nation's first constitution. It had a weak central government.
Articles of Confederation
This was the battle that ended the American Revolution
the Battle of Yorktown
This enslaved man's case reached the Supreme Court. He was suing for his freedom.
Dred Scott
Your favorite 8th grade social studies teacher
Ms. Wagner! :)