THE REVOLUTION
FOUNDING FATHERS
DOCUMENTS & IDEAS
AMERICAN SYMBOLS
LITTLE-KNOWN FACTS
100

The battle where the first shots of the American Revolution were fired.

Lexington and Concord

100

Principal author of the Declaration of Independence.

Thomas Jefferson

100

The document beginning with "We the People."

U.S. Constitution

100

The number of stripes on the U.S. flag.

13

100

This President was born on July 4, 1872.

Calvin Coolidge

200

British General who surrendered at Yorktown.

Charles Cornwallis

200

He signed the Declaration with the largest signature.

John Hancock

200

The first ten amendments collectively.

Bill of Rights

200

The national anthem was written during this war.

War of 1812

200

These two Presidents both died on July 4, 1826.

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

300

The Hessian soldiers defeated by Washington after crossing the Delaware were stationed in this New Jersey town.

Trenton

300

Known as the "Father of the Constitution."

James Madison

300

The governing document replaced by the Constitution in 1789.

Articles of Confederation

300

The Liberty Bell cracked while hanging in this Pennsylvania city.

Philadelphia

300

This President died on July 4, 1831.

James Monroe

400

This Revolutionary War battle convinced France to openly support the American cause.

Saratoga

400

This Founding Father never became President but was America's first Secretary of the Treasury.

Alexander Hamilton

400

The series of essays written to encourage ratification of the Constitution.

The Federalist Papers

400

The eagle on the Great Seal holds these two symbolic objects.

Olive branch and arrows

400

Only one signer of the Declaration was also a signer of the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, and served as President.

John Adams

500

The winter encampment where Baron von Steuben trained the Continental Army.

Valley Forge

500

He attended the Constitutional Convention but did not sign the Constitution because he was serving as Minister to France.

Thomas Jefferson

500

This Virginia statesman refused to sign the Constitution because it lacked a Bill of Rights.

George Mason

500

The Latin phrase on the Great Seal meaning "Out of many, one."

E Pluribus Unum

500

The oldest signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Benjamin Franklin