Early America / Colonization
American Revolution
19th Century
20th Century
100
This group of people lived in North America before Europeans arrived.
Who are Native Americans?
100
This thirteen colonies in North America fought for independence from this country in the late 1700s.
What is England?
100
He was the U.S. president during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
In 1963, this leader gave the “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington for civil rights.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
200
This English colony, founded in 1607 in Virginia, was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown?
200
He was the commander of the Continental Army and later became the first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
200
This 1803 purchase doubled the size of the United States and came from France.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
200
This U.S. president led the country during the Great Depression and World War II.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
300
She was a Native American woman who helped make peace between the Jamestown settlers and her tribe.
Who is Pocahontas?
300
This 1773 event in Boston protested taxes on tea by dumping it into the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
300
This war from 1812–1815 was fought between the United States and Britain.
What is the War of 1812?
300
This controversial 1960s war in Southeast Asia led to large protests in the U.S.
What is the Vietnam War?
400
In 1692, this Massachusetts town became famous for trials accusing people of witchcraft.
What is Salem?
400
Written mainly by Thomas Jefferson, this document explains the reasons the colonies wanted to break away from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
400
This act of Congress forced Native Americans in the Southeast to move west of the Mississippi River in the 1830s.
What is the Indian Removal Act of 1830 (Trail of Tears)?
400
He was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era, breaking the color barrier in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
500
Between 1500 and 1800, these European countries built colonies in what became the United States.
What are England, Spain, France, and the Netherlands?
500
This treaty, signed in 1783, officially ended the Revolutionary War and recognized the United States as an independent nation.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
500
This amendment, ratified in 1865, ended slavery (except as a punishment for crime) in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
500
This U.S. president resigned in 1974 after a scandal involving a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters.
Who is Richard Nixon?
