Founders
Colonies
Hodgepodge
Vocabulary I
Vocabulary II
100
We were patriots and Founding Fathers who signed the Declaration of Independence.
Who are Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin?
100
The number of British colonies were in North America.
What is 13?
100
True or False: Washington, D.C. is the capital of Britian.
What is false? Washington, DC is the capitol of the United States of America.
100
Things people buy, sell and trade.
What are goods?
100
A group of people who make decisions and laws for larger grouos of people.
What is government?
200
I am the first president of the United States of America. I loved spending time at Mount Vernon with my wife, Martha.
Who is George Washington?
200
True or False: The Boston Tea Party was a fancy party where the colonists and the king of Great Britian sat down and drank tea together.
What is false? The Boston Tea Party was when the colonist dumped the chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
200
What am I?
What is the Liberty Bell?
200
People who do things without receiving pay.
What are volunteers?
200
These people need to work quietly so the people they are watching don't see them.
What are spies?
300
I wrote the Declaration of Independence and became the third president of the United States.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
300
True or False: The Redcoats sang "one if by land, and two, if by sea" as they were marching.
What is false? The phrase describes the signal for arrival of the the British.
300
True or False: The hamster is a symbol of our country.
What is false? The bald eagle is a symbol of our country.
300
When all poeple are treated the same.
What is equally?
300
Fairness, especially in the way people are treated.
What is justice?
400
I invented many things, including bifocal glasses, the rocking chair, and the lightning rod. I wrote wise sayings in Poor Richard's Almanac.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
400
This seamstress made the flag for the new nation.
Who is Betsy Ross?
400
What am I?
What is the bald eagle?
400
When you can do something all by yourself.
What is independent?
400
These people speak for us in the government.
What are representatives?
500
I was commander in chief of the Continental Army that defeated the British army at Yorktown, winning the war for the Americans.
Who is George Washington?
500
True or False: African Americans, Native Americans, and women were given the same freedoms as colonial men.
What is false? They were denied the same freedoms.
500
This is an important anniversary Americans celebrate every year.
What is the Fourth of July?
500
When someone has a tough time doingb something--like rock climbing for the first time.
What is struggled?
500
This person is a very important leader of our government.
What is president?
