Cities
This city was the first (permanent English) American colony.
What is Jamestown? (named after King James I)
This event occurred in 1773 and involved a shipment of tea being tossed from ships?
What is the Boston Tea Party? (protested the Stamp Act, which placed a tax on print materials)
This colony became the first state.
What is Delaware?
These men led the first land expedition to the Pacific Coast?
Who are Meriwether Lewis & William Clark?
The helicopter used by the president is known as this.
What is Marine One?
Located in Florida, this is the oldest city founded by European settlers in the United States.
What is St. Augustine, Florida? (founded in 1565 by Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles of Spain.
This event is believed to have started when Mrs. O'Leary's cow knocked over a lantern in the barn?
What is the Great Chicago Fire of 1871?
This colony had the first constitution in America.
What is Connecticut? (written in the 1630's)
This president was the first president to declare war.
Who is James Madison?
In 1908, this car invented by Henry Ford hit the market.
What is the Model T?
This city was the first capital of the United States.
What is New York City?
Purchased in 1803 for $27 million, this area of land soon became all or parts of 14 states.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This colony was the birthplace of the American Iron Industry.
What is Massachusetts? (in 1644, the first smelting furnace & forge was built-Saugus Works)
Serving only 31 days, he was the shortest serving president.
Who is William Henry Harrison?
In 1863, this state seceded from Virginia.
What is West Virginia?
This city was the host of the Constitutional Convention.
What is Philadelphia?
What is the Dust Bowl?
King Charles II gave this colony to William Penn to pay off a debt.
What is Pennsylvania?
Juliett Gordon Low established this young ladies club in 1912.
What is the Girl Scouts of America?
Born in Kentucky, he is best known as the president of the Confederate States during the Civil War.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This U.S. city is known as "the mile high city".
What is Denver, Colorado?
Held as a fundraiser on May 25, 1986, this event involved over 6 million people creating a human chain across America from coast-to-coast.
What is "Hands Across America"?
Settlers in this colony had to pay yearly rent of an ear of corn for each acre of land they owned.
What is New Hampshire?
These two sets of father & sons served as Presidents of the United States.
Who are John Adams & John Quincy Adams and George H.W. Bush & George W. Bush
To commemorate the birthday of George Washington, this was rang for the last time in 1846.
What is the Liberty Bell?