Early History
Pre Revolution
The Revolution
The Constitution
100
This European explorer's journey to the Americas triggered transatlantic exploration and the colonization of the Americas.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
This colony was named after Queen Elizabeth of England.
What is Virginia?
100
This man was chosen to be the supreme commander of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
100
This was the total number of states when the Constitution was written.
What is 13?
200
North and South America get their name from this Italian explorer.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
200
This was the name of England's first successful colony in the Americas, named after their king at the time.
What is Jamestown?
200
This was a nickname given to the British soldiers by the colonists.
What is redcoat, lobster, or bloodyback?
200
These are the three branches of the United States Government as outlined by the Constitution.
What is Legislative, Executive, and Judicial?
300
This explorer was actually the first European to land in the Americas.
Who is Leif Erikson?
300
This map illustrates this forced migration of over 12 million people.
What is the transatlantic slave trade?
300
Pamphlets and posters like this after the Boston Massacre are examples of this type of persuasive and biased information.
What is propaganda?
300
Currently there are this many members of the United States Congress.
What is 535?
400
This early English attempt at creating a colony in the Americas failed as all inhabitants disappeared with the only clue being the word "Croatoan" carved into a tree.
What is Roanoke?
400
Most Native Americans allied with this country against the British in the Seven Years War.
What is France?
400
The Stamp Act, Sugar Act, and Tea Act exacerbated relations with the colonists because the colonists claimed that these acts were an example of this phrase which would become a rallying cry leading up to the revolution.
What is "taxation without representation?"
400
There are currently this many amendments to the Constitution.
What is 27?
500
The Pilgrims created this document which was the first to outline self governance before they landed in what is now Plymouth Massachusetts. It is named after the ship they traveled on.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
500
This city was established by the Dutch and was named New Amsterdam at the time, when the English gained the territory in a treaty with the Netherlands they changed the name to this.
What is New York?
500
"Give me liberty or give me death!" was the closing line from this Patriot's speech to the second Virginia Convention urging the delegates to vote to raise a militia and fight in the coming revolution.
Who is Patrick Henry?
500
Why did the Articles of Confederation fail?
They were two weak, taxes were optional, congress had no way to enforce laws, there was no judiciary system, there was no executive, there was no standing military.