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These three ships brought Christopher Columbus to the New World for the first time.
What are the Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria?
100
This first American Colony was established in 1607.
What is Jamestown, Virginia?
100
This phrase describes the protest of the Americans against the British which prompted the Boston Tea Party of March 17, 1770.
What is "taxation without representation"?
100
The Civil War resulted in 620,000 deaths, which is more than all other American wars from the American Revolution through the Korean War combined; and two-thirds of fatalities among soldiers serving in the Civil War were likely due to illness. This war began in 1861 and ended in this year.
What is 1865?
100
The catalyst of the first World War occurred on June 28, 1914, when this Austro-Hungarian archduke was assassinated.
Who was Franz Ferdinand?
200
Ponce de Leon was in search of this mythical body of water believed to prolong one's life.
What is the fountain of youth?
200
This ship carried the first pilgrims to the new world.
What is the Mayflower?
200
On April 18, 1775 this Patriot took his famous midnight ride to warn the colonists that "the British are coming!".
Who was Paul Revere?
200
The Yankees were soldiers who were native or inhabitants of a northern U.S. state, especially of one of the northeastern states that sided with the Union in the American Civil War, and they fought against these soldiers, who supported the Confederate States of America.
What were the Confederate soldiers?
200
These three countries belonged to the triple entente in World War 1.
What were Russia, Germany and France?
300
This Italian was one of the first explorers to realize he wasn't in Asia upon reaching America, so a German mapmaker labeled the new land "America" in his honor.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
300
These trials led to the execution of at least 20 "witches" and marked the beginning of the decline of the Puritan influence.
What are the Salem Witch Trials?
300
Loyalists were colonists who supported the British government but those who supported independence were called this.
Who were the Patriots?
300
This woman was an American abolitionist, humanitarian, and an armed scout and spy for the United States Army during the American Civil War. Born into slavery, she escaped and subsequently made some thirteen missions to rescue approximately seventy enslaved people, family and friends,using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
300
This President came up with the idea of the League of Nations, the purpose of which was to promote democracy, prevent wars and keep peace.
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
400
This Spanish Conquistador conquered the Aztecs.
Who was Hernan Cortes?
400
This young Native American woman saved John Smith from being killed by the Algonquins.
Who was Pocahontas?
400
This American President wrote the Declaration of Independence that was signed in 1776.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
400
This American politician was chosen to be the president of the Confederate States of America.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
400
The German invasion of this neutral country spurred the British to declare war.
What is Belgium?
500
This Portuguese sailor was the first to circumnavigate the earth.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
500
The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the east coast of North America founded in the 17th and 18th centuries that declared independence in 1776 and formed what country?
What is the United States of America?
500
The Declaration of Independence enumerates these three inalienable rights.
What life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
500
This American politician and lawyer served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
500
On June 28, 1919, Germany and the allies signed this document, which marked the end of World War I, exactly 5 years after it began.
What is Treaty of Versailles?