This is the war where we fought the British for our Independence?
What is the Revolutionary War?
100
The earliest inhabitants of America came to the Americas via...?
What is a land bridge?
100
Taking place in Salem, Massachusetts this span of time was prominent with accusations of others dealing in witch craft therefore forced to death.
What is the Salem Witch Trials
100
The first group of chro-magnum men that settled in the Americas came through
What is Asia or the land bridge?
100
This man led the Battle at Valley Forge. His leadership on Christmas Eve was the turning point in the Revolutionary war for the Patriots?
Who is George Washington?
200
The shot heard round the world began the Revolution but the first battle was at...
Where is Lexington and Concord?
200
Name the type of house that has a rounded top and is made from tree logs, covered again with bark. Some were additionally covered with mats or hide.
What is a wigwam?
200
An incident where British redcoats killed five civilian colonists. Took place in Boston.
What is the Boston Massacre?
200
The first major supreme court case that declared colonist the right to freedom of the press was...
Who is Peter Zenger?
200
This man defended the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre?
Who is John Adams?
300
This was the year of the first 4th of July
1786
1676
1776
What is 1776?
300
Name the type of house that is shaped like a rectangle made a frame out of long poles of wood and covered with bark.
What is a long house?
300
This is the negative consequence of the Colombian Exchange,...at least for the Native Americans.
What are the diseases contracted from the Europeans?
300
List one of the first forms of self government that existed in the colonies or one of the earliest forms of democracy
What is the House of Burgesses, Mayflower Compact and New England town meetings?
300
This man was part of the Sons of Liberty and the Boston Tea Party?
Who is Samuel Adams?
400
Women helped out during the American Revolution by...
What is managing the farms/household while men were gone, acting as nurses during the war and a small few who fought without being known?
400
What Native American group helped the pilgrims in the first Thanksgiving?
Sioux
Wampanoag
Cherokee
Who are the Wampanoag?
400
List at least one disease the Native Americans contracted as a result of the Colombian Exchange.
What is Small pox, measles, typhus?
400
After the French and Indian War, the British placed an imaginary line at the Appalachian Mountains and warned the colonist not to cross it, what is the name of this line?
What is the Proclamation Line of 1763?
400
This man supposedly rode out to warn the colonist, "the British are coming."
Who is Paul Revere?
500
This battle was considered a major turning point during the American Revolution?
The Battle of Trent
The Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Valley Forge
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
What is the battle of Valley Forge?
500
List the 3 colonies that the British created in the Americas?
What is the New England Colonies, Middle and Southern Colonies?
500
African Americans were brought to the new world, particularly the Southern colonies as a source of labor aboard ships where they were cramped together in small spaces and chained together. What is the name of this part of their journey?
What is the Middle Passage?
500
The first time the colonist tried to unite in opposition to the British they created this?
What was the Albany Plan of Union?
500
Who was the British King at the time of the American Revolution?
Henry VIII
King George III
Queen Mary IV