Famous Americans
He was the 1st President of the United States
Who is George Washington
This country fought against the American colonies during the Revolutionary War
What is Great Britain
This document starts with the words, "We the People".
What is the U.S. Constitution
What is the Oregon Trail
Native Americans helped them Pilgrims survive their first winter by teaching them to grow this crop.
What is corn.
He wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
Who is Thomas Jefferson
The American colonies wanted freedom from this kind of rule.
What is the British rule or king
This document declared America's independence from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence
This purchase doubled the size of the United Sates in 1803.
What is the Louisiana Purchase
This Native American woman helped Lewis and Clark on their expedition.
Who is Sacagawea.
This Founding Father is famous for his experiments with electricity and the creation of bifocals. He flew a kite in a lightening storm.
Who is Benjamin Franklin
The famous protest where tea was dumped into the Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party
This branch of government makes laws.
What is the Legislative Branch
The belief that America should spread across the continent.
What is Manifest Destiny
These were homes made of clay by Native Americans in the Southwest.
What are pueblos
She helped enslaved people escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman
This person warned the colonists, "The British are coming."
Who is Paul Revere
This document was written to stop slavery in the US during the civil war.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation.
He led the expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory.
Who is Lewis (Meriwether Lewis)
This Native American confederacy leader resisted US expansion into tribal lands.
Who is Tecumseh
He invented the light bulb
Who is Thomas Edison
The war ended after this final battle.
What is the Battle of Yorktown
This Treaty ended the Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris.
This act gave free land to settlers who lived on it for 5 years.
What is the Homestead Act.
This law allowed the US government to negotiate the relocation of Native Americans.
What is the Indian Removal Act