Battles
Where was the "shot heard 'round the world"?
Lexington and Concord
Who led the Green Mountain Boys to capture Fort Ticonderoga?
Ethan Allen
Who published Poor Richard's Almanac?
Benjamin Franklin
crusades
When was the founding of Jamestown?
1607
What was the first major battle of the War for Independence?
Bunker Hill
Who was the first secretary of the treasury?
Alexander Hamilton
Who wrote History of Plymouth Plantation?
William Bradford
What prepared England for limited government?
Magna Carta
When was the first shot of the War for Independence?
1775
In what battle of the War for Independence were nearly 1,000 Hessians captured?
Trenton
Who discovered the Mississippi River?
Hernando de Soto
Who founded the city of Quebec?
What compromise during the Constitutional Convention called for a bicameral legislature?
Connecticut Compromise or Great Compromise
When was the Treaty of Paris signed to end the War for Independence?
1783
What battle was a Patriot victory which ended the War for Independence?
Yorktown
Who was the American traitor that helped the British during the War for Independence?
Benedict Arnold
What English monarch broke tires with the Roman Catholic Church, beginning the English Reformation?
Henry VIII
What is the name for the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
Bill of Rights
What year did the Stamp Act Congress meet?
1765
What battle was the turning point of the War for Independence?
Saratoga
Who was the first secretary of state of the United States?
Thomas Jefferson
Who was the first chief justice of the Supreme Court?
John Jay
What three branches of government did the Constitution provide for?
legislative, executive, and judicial
When was the meeting of the Constitutional Convention?
1787