Columbus
This is why Columbus wanted to set sail.
What is fame, money, and power? What is to find a faster trade route to Asia?
The name of the Pilgrims' boat.
What is the Mayflower?
These are different Thanksgiving activities. (Name at least 4)
What is giving thanks, having a dinner, watching football, watching the parade, breaking a wish bone, etc.?
The year of the Stamp Act.
When was 1765?
The year the Independence War began.
When was 1775?
This is where Columbus' boats landed.
Where is the Bahamas/Central America?
The set of rules/laws created by the Pilgrims after arriving in America.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The year of the first Thanksgiving.
When was 1621?
These are the two main acts of protest that happened in Boston. (Must give years!)
What are the Boston Massacre (1770) and the Boston Tea Party (1773)?
This is why the War of Independence was happening. (Why did the Colonists want to fight the British)
What is want to be independent and have their own government?
The year Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas.
When was 1492?
The year the Pilgrims sailed away from Britian.
When was 1620?
What is gave thanks to the Indians for helping teach them how to live in this new area by having a big feast?
What is "No taxation without representation"?
This is the country that aided the Americans and helped led them to victory.
What is Frace?
The name of Columbus' three ships.
What are the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the Nina?
The main reason why the Piglrim's first winter was so devastating.
What is over half of them died?
This is the time when modern Thanksgiving is celebrated.
What is the 4th Thursday of November?
This is the reason why Britian kept taxing the Colonists.
What is to pay debt caused by the 7 years war.
This is where the first two battles of the war were fought.
What is Lexington, MA and Concord, MA?
This is were Columbus was born.
What it Genoa, Italy?
This is where the Pilgrams decided to live.
What is Plymouth?
These are some foods that you will see in a Thanksgiving dinner.
What is turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, sweet potatos, pumpkin pie, corn, etc.?
These are the three acts that were passed right before the Stamp Act.
What is the Sugar Act, the Currency Act, and the Quartering Act?
This is when the War of Independence ended.
When was 1783?