The Declaration of Independence was signed on this date in history.
What is July 4, 1776?
100
The first shots of the American Revolution were fired at this city and state in April 1775.
What is Lexington, Massachusetts?
100
This is a person who wanted to end slavery in the U.S.
What is an abolitionist?
100
A document that sets out the laws and principles of the government of the United States.
What is the Constitution of the United States?
100
He was an inventor, statesman, diplomat, signer of the Declaration of Independence and delegate to Constitutional Convention.
Who is Benjamin (Ben) Franklin?
200
The Constitution of the United States was written in this year.
What is 1787?
200
This battle was the turning point of the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
200
This is the belief that the U.S. should own all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
What is Manifest Destiny?
200
This document was a foreign policy statement by President James Monroe stating that 1.) the U.S. would not interfere in European Affairs, and 2.) that the western hemisphere was closed to colonization and/or intereference by European nations.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
200
He was the leader of the original Democratic Party and a "President of the People". He was also responsible for the Trail of Tears, which forced Native Americans west of the Mississippi River.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
300
Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement, was founded in this year.
What is 1607?
300
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at this place in South Carolina.
What is Fort Sumter?
300
This is a nation in which voters choose representatives to govern them.
What is a Republic?
300
Abraham Lincoln issued this on January 1, 1863, setting all slaves in the Confederate states free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
300
He was a former slave who became the best-known Black abolitionist in the country.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
400
The Civil War was fought from this year to this year.
What is 1861-1865?
400
This battle was the turning point in the Civil War for the North.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
400
This is a form of government that is run for and by the people, giving people the supreme power.
What is a Democracy.
400
This was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convince colonists that it was time to become independent from Britain.
What is Common Sense?
400
She was an escaped slave who became a Conductor on the Underground Railroad and helped over 300 slaves to freedom in the North.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
500
President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France in this year in history.
What is 1803?
500
This is the place where Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War.
What is Appomattox Court House?
500
This was the era in which a change from household industries to factory production using powered machinery took place.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
500
This ended the American Revolution and forced Britain to recognize the U.S. as an independent nation.
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
500
He was a passionate patriot who became famous for his fiery speeches in favor of American independence. His most famous quote included the words, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"