Lesson 1
This was the name of the first permanent English colony in America.
What is Jamestown?
During this historic event, colonists dumped tea into the harbor as a revolt against "Taxation without Representation."
What is The Boston Tea Party?
He is known as the "Father of the Constitution."
Who is James Madison?
This person refused to leave the white house, which had been set on fire, until the portrait of George Washington was removed.
Who is Dolly Madison?
Because Christopher Columbus had made the assumption that he had sailed to this country, he called Native Americans "Indians."
What is India?
This was the name of the second English Colony in America.
What is Plymouth?
The French and Indian War was fought between different Native American tribes, France and this other country.
What is Great Britain?
He is widely known as the author of the Declaration of Independence and the third president of the United States.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Also known as "The Second War of Independence" this war was primarily over British interference with U.S. trade and capturing of American sailors.
What is The War of 1812?
Because The Mayflower voyage ran into storms, they landed in Plymouth, even thought their destination was originally this place.
What is Jamestown, Virginia?
In the early 1600's, this King of England sent settlers to Jamestown to establish a colony for economic gain.
Who is King James 1.
This person was a prominent patriot who used The Boston Massacre to get more Americans angry at the British.
Who is Samuel Adams?
A Pioneering frontiersman and explorer who blazed the Wilderness Road and found Boonesborough, one of the first English settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains in Kentucky.
Who is Daniel Boone?
This was a war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, North vs. South, brother vs. brother.
What is The Civil War?
This is the type of government that England has.
What is monarchy/parliament?
This is what a person is called who makes a journey for a religious reason.
What is a Pilgrim?
This was a religious revival that brought forth inspired a desire for freedom.
What is The Great Awakening?
Exploring the Louisiana Purchase during the Westward Expansion, Lewis and Clark along with their crew, traveled across the states to this ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Harriet Tubman made 13 missions to rescue over 70 enslaved people using a network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as this.
What is the Underground Railroad?
This person, ex-slave, author and speaker became a consultant to President Abraham Lincoln during the time of The Civil War.
Who is Fredrick Douglas?
This is the state that Plymouth is founded today.
What is Massachusetts?
This was signed in 1783, ending the American Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
Also known as the first 10 amendments of The Constitution.
What is The Bill of Rights?
This was a presidential executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. It declared that all enslaved people in the Confederate states were free.
What is The Emancipation Proclamation?
This is the branch of government that includes the president and vice president.
What is the executive branch?