Colonial America
The Separatists traveled on this boat with “Strangers” that included farmers, tradesmen, and crewmen
What is the Mayflower?
Legend has it that this seamstress sewed the first American Flag from a sketch that George Washington gave her.
Who is Betsy Ross?
They were a political group of American Patriots who wanted freedom for the colonies. They organized protests. Their most famous action was the Boston Tea Party.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
This war lasted from 1775 until 1783 and was fought between Great Britain and the American colonists.
What was the American Revolutionary War?
The event where Americans dressed like natives and dumped tea into the harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The colony established in 1620 by the Pilgrims and Strangers
What is the Plymouth Colony?
He was written about in the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem describing his midnight ride to warn the colonists about a British attack.
Who was Paul Revere?
The Continental army under George Washington spent the winter of 1777-1778 training here.
What is Valley Forge?
The name of the war that was fought in North America as part of a worldwide war fought between France and Great Britain. The Seven Years' War was the European phase.
What is the French and Indian War?
This document was written by Thomas Jefferson to declare freedom from Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence?
He founded Pennsylvania in the 17th century.
Who was William Penn?
Frenchman who served in the Continental Army and helped persuade the French government to send additional troops and supplies to aid the colonists.
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
The “shot heard round the world” was fired here. It was the location of the first fight between the British and the American colonists beginning the American Revolutionary War.
What is Lexington and Concord?
This treaty signed on February 10, 1763 ended the French and Indian War.
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1763?
First President of the United States and first Vice President
Where were George Washington and John Adams?
This Wampanoag man could speak some English. He agreed to stay with the Pilgrims and he taught them how to survive.
Who is Squanto?
Only American to sign the Declaration of Independence, Treaty of Alliance with France, Treaty of Paris of 1783, and the Constitution of the U.S. He was also an inventor and a diplomat to France.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
The location where British General Cornwallis surrendered to American forces. This was the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War.
What is Yorktown?
This began on July 14, 1789 with the Storming of the Bastille in Paris, France.
What is the French Revolution?
Second President of the United States and second Vice President
Where were John Adams and Thomas Jefferson?
Name 2 Middle colonies and 2 Southern colonies.
What are (New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware) and (Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia)?
Name two of America’s Founding Fathers.
Who are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison?
The official peace treaty between the United States and Britain that ended the American Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
During this time, many people were put in prison or executed by the guillotine by order of Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety.
What was the Reign of Terror?
The first ten amendments of the Constitution (200 bonus points if you can name all ten)
What is the Bill of Rights?