Show:
Discovering America
First Arrival
The Colonies
Becoming the United States
the Presidency
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Who is credited with discovering America?
What is Christopher Columbus.
100
What were the people called that landed at Plymouth Rock?
What is the Pilgrims
100
What is the name of the first European Colony in which everyone disappeared?
What is Roanoke
100
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
What is Thomas Jefferson
100
Who was the first president of the United States?
What is George Washington
200
What country was Columbus trying to sail to?
India
200
True or False-- All native americans lived in houses called TeePees?
What is False!
200
Which was the first English colony to succeed?
What is Jamestown
200
Who was a famous inventor who also did experiments with electricity?
What is Benjamin Franklin
200
What city is named after the first president?
What is Washington D.C.
300
What name did Columbus give the people already living in America?
What is Indians
300
What caused many Native Americans to die?
What is diseases brought over by settlers.
300
True or False-- The British and Dutch settlers stayed in the Northern part of the continent while the Spanish settled in the south.
What is True
300
The Declaration of Independence gave the colonies Independence from what king?
What is King George of England
300
True of False-- George Washington lived in the White House?
What is False!
400
From where did Columbus first sail?
What is Spain?
400
What important event took place between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans that is still celebrated today?
What is Thanksgiving
400
How many English colonies were there originally?
What is 13
400
What was the name of the War for Independence?
What is the Revolutionary War?
400
Who was the 16th president of the United States?
What is Abraham Lincoln
500
What where the names of Columbus' three ships?
What is the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria
500
Which famous Native American taught the Pilgrims how to survive?
What is Squanto
500
When were the colonies declared to be the United States of America?
What is July 4, 1776
500
Whose signature was largest on the Declaration of Independence?
What is John Hancock
500
Abraham Lincoln is famous for which act?
What is Abolishing Slavery