Peeps
Winner of the First Two Presidential Elections (like they were ever in doubt...........)
Who is George Washington?
The Mayflower & Plymouth Rock.
Who were the Pilgrims?
(Massachusetts)
Home of the Constitutional Convention and a massive statue of the state's founder.
What is Philadelphia?
The Constitutional solution to adding slaves to a state's population.
What is the 3/5's Compromise?
Methods used by the American Government on Foreign Imported Products.
What are Tariffs?
The King's messy love life led to a divide between his country and the Catholic Church.
Who is Henry VIII?
His entire life was filled with controversy however this Vice President's most notable action was killing a Founding Father in a duel.
Who is Aaron Burr?
This state's emergence as a Slave State in 1820 almost wrecked the balance of free and slave states. That was until the Great Compromiser came along...
What is Missouri?
Initially a trading Post for the Dutch and nearly the site of a Continental Army surrender during the Revolutionary War.
What is New York City?
The First 10 Amendments to the Constitution. Important for the Anti-Federalists fearful of an all powerful Federal Government.
What is the Bill of Rights?
What is created when prices greatly exceed their value based on speculation
What is a Bubble?
The Boy King who wanted to create a more Protestant England.
Who is Edward VI?
Although he was arrested and gagged in the end of the movie, this settler's fate came to a much more gruesome end following a failed trading exposition with the Powhatan people.
Who is Governor Ratcliffe?
Although it was founded by Catholics, this colony was a variety of different religious groups but it wasn't long before the Puritans came a long and messed it all up...
What is Maryland?
Known for their sermons, a speech modeled after Jesus's "Sermon on the Mount", describes the establishment of this city.
What is Boston?
This State's Plan called for One House with One Vote per State, similar to the Articles of Confederation.
What is the NJ Plan?
Cash Crop that saved the early colony of Jamestown.
What is Tobacco?
The most famous of the three riders before the battle of Lexington & Concord. He is also known for his engraving of the Boston Massacre.
Who is Paul Revere?
The Prussian born military officer created with training the Continental Army at Valley Forge.
Who is Friedrich von Steuben?
Harrison's victory at Tippecanoe gave Americans opportunity to settle in this Midwestern State.
What is Indiana?
Roger Williams established this city that was a "Sense of God’s Mercy in my Distress"....
What is Providence?
Outraged Massachusetts farmers fearful of losing their farms attempted to overtake an armory in Springfield. This event sparked the end of the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
This Cash Crop was introduced to the British Colonies from Florida.
What is Cotton?
The British General who surrendered at Yorktown ending the Revolutionary War.
Who is Cornwallis?
The Puritan woman banished from the Mass Bay Colony. She tried to have civil relationships with Native Americans, until she and her family were brutally massacred by them in what is now part of the Bronx in NYC.
Who is Anne Hutchinson?
Although the Dutch held strong ground on Mid Atlantic colonies, this colony was initially established by the Sweeds.
What is Delaware?
After their victory at Brandywine Creek, the British took the American Capital of Philadelphia, forcing the Continental Congress to depart and set up in this Pennsylvania City.
What is York?
This former Mayor of New Haven proposed the Connecticut Plan (or Compromise) that became the framework for the the Constitution.
Who is Roger Sherman?
Location of the first textile mill in the United States. Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.
What is Pawtucket, Rhode Island?
The British Monarch at the Beginning of the Seven Years War, he shares his name with his predecessor and successor.
Who is George III?