This man lead the American troops during the Revolutionary war and was our nation's first President.
Who is George Washington?
100
Early Americans fought against this country to gain their independence.
What is Great Britain?
100
A community that belongs to a distant country, but was located in America.
What is a colony?
100
Inventors used technology to change communities by improving this
What is transportation?
100
This common symbol of Canada appears on the Canadian flag.
What is the maple leaf?
200
This person was the first African American person to play on a major leauge baseball team.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
200
Thomas Jefferson wrote this famous document that helped America gain its independence and was signed by many famous leaders.
What is the Declaration of Indepenence?
200
This country had many colonies and settlements in North America.
What is England?
200
This is any way of sharing information and has seen much change over the years.
What is communication?
200
Canada peacefully gained their independence over time from this country.
Who is Great Britain?
300
Invented by Thomas Edison, this thing changed history and the way we see indoors or at night.
What is the light bulb?
300
A group of colonists who were tired of paying tax on tea to Great Britain acted against Great Britain in this event.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
300
The first people to live in this colony were men and boys who had to work hard to stay alive.
What is Jamestown?
300
Benjamin Franklin was in charge of this system that carried mail between towns.
What is the American postal system?
300
Canada speaks these two languages.
What are English and French?
400
This person was married to a president and was the mother of a persident. She stood up for women's rights and for the education of girls.
Who is Abigail Adams?
400
This is the type of government the United States decided to become when they gained their freedom. It allowed the people to govern themselves and choose their leaders.
What is a democracy?
400
These people came to America because they wanted freedom to follow their religious beliefs.
What are Pilgrims?
400
This device was invented by Alexander Grahm Bell and could send a voice along a wire to another person.
What is the telephone?
400
This is the history, ideas, and beliefs that people receive from the past.
What is hertiage?
500
This person became the first leader of a country, was from Russia, and spent time living in Millwaukee, WI.
Who Golda Meir?
500
This famous document's purpose is to give a plan of government to the United States and begins with "We The People..."
What is The Constitution?
500
This American Indian tribe helped the Pilgrims in Plymouth by showing them how to plant, hunt, and fish.
Who are the Wampanoag?
500
This invention came before the telephone and used a series of clicks to stand for letters to send messages.
What is the telegraph?
500
Rather than having sections of land called states, Canada calls them this.