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This is the war where we fought the British for our Independence?

What is the Revolutionary War?

100

Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in...?

What is 1492?

100

Taking place in Salem, Massachusetts this event included accusations of others dealing in witchcraft, and were therefore forced to death.

What is the Salem Witch Trials

100

He was the first president of the United States

Who is George Washington?

100

The war that occurred in the year 1812

What is the War of 1812?

200

The main author of the Declaration of Independence.

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

200

The first colony that the pilgrims set up was called

What is Plymouth or Plymouth Rock?

200

An incident in Boston where 5 colonists were killed by British soldiers

What is the Boston Massacre?

200

The first college in the Americas, founded in 1636

What is Harvard?

200

What was the war where the Northern states fought the southern states in the United States?

What is the Civil War?

300

This was the year of the first 4th of July 1786 1676 1776

What is 1776?

300

Christopher Columbus sailed for Spain but was actually from....?

What is Italy?

300

The disease that European settlers brought to the New World that killed off thousands of Native Americans

What is measles?

300

First person to discover electricity

Who is Benjamin Franklin?

300

Name the country that helped America during the Revolutionary War

What France?

400

He was King of Britain when we declared Independence? King Henry VII King John King George III

Who is King George III?

400

What Native American group helped the pilgrims in the first Thanksgiving? Sioux Wampanoag Cherokee

Who are the Wampanoag?

400

The location of the Continental Army encampment where many soldiers starved

What is Valley Forge?

400

First European child born in the colonies?

Who is Virginia Dare?

400

The Revolutionary War ended this year

What 1783?

500

The city where Congress met to draft and adopt the Declaration of Independence.

What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?

500

An explorer for the Vikings that was said to have discovered North America before Columbus.

Who is Leif Ericson?

500

The brutal trade route that brought enslaved Africans to the New World

What is the Middle Passage?

500

The first state to be admitted after the original 13

What is Vermont?

500

What war are we currently in?

What the War on Terror?