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He traveled with Christopher Colombus on a later exploration to the new land and his name is the male version of two continents.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
100
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella rule over this country
What is Spain.
100
The second longest war in American History.
What is the war on Iraq?
100
He started the first school for black children.
Who was Peter Williams Sr.?
100
This act put a tax on nearly all printed materials in the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act?
200
He wrote the draft of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
Abraham Lincoln's famous address.
What is the Gettysburgh Address?
200
This war took place between the northern and southern parts of the United States.
What is the Civil War?
200
He is the first African American President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
200
This act lowered the taxes on molasses.
What is the Sugar Act?
300
This explorer from Spain was the first to start the act of slavery?
What are Conquistadors.
300
The Statue of Liberty is located in this body of water.
What is the Hudson River?
300
This war allowed America to be free from British rule
What is the Revolutionary War?
300
This African-American woman helped free hundreds and thousands of slaves to the north?
Who is Harriet Tubman?
300
This act punished the people of Boston for their crimes?
What is the Coercive Act?
400
This group of people in history were known for their ability to be ready for a war or battle in less than or a minute.
Who are the minute men?
400
Slaves were captured form this part of Africa.
What is West Africa?
400
This battle happened outside of Boston in the year 1775.
What is the battle of Lexington and Concord?
400
This African-American woman was arrested for not giving up her seat for a wite person on a bus.
Who was Rosa Parks?
400
These acts let British leaders avoid the problems that the Stamp Act caused.
What are the Townshend Acts?
500
This king had the most wives in English history
Who is George VIII?
500
This state acted as a military boundary for Florida?
What is Georgia?
500
This is the longest war in American History?
What is the Vietnam War?
500
This African-American woman made a profit by making and selling hair care products.
Who was Madame C.J. Walker?
500
This act let the companies ship tea to the colonies without having to pay most of the taxes placed on tea.
What is the Tea Act?