William Penn, Benjamin Franklin, and George Washington

Question 0

A printer, writer, inventor, scientist, and great American

Answer 0

Benjamin Franklin

Question 1

A book that gives the days and months if the year as well as facts and helpful hints

Answer 1

Almanc

Question 2

The war in which the American colonists fought for their freedom from England

Answer 2

War for Independance

Question 3

The name of the plan of government for the United States

Answer 3

Constitution of the United States

Question 4

The city in which Benjamin Franklin was born

Answer 4

Boston, Massachusetts

Question 5

The city in which both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were written

Answer 5

Philadelphia, pennsylvania

Question 6

The country that came to the aid of American colonies near the end of the War for Independence

Answer 6

France

Question 7

What trade or job did Ben’s father have?

Answer 7

Candle making

Question 8

What trade or job did Ben learn from his brother?

Answer 8

Printing

Question 9

Why did Ben leave Boston for Philadelphia?

Answer 9

He wanted to be on his own

Question 10

What booklet did Ben write that contained many wise sayings

Answer 10

Poor Richard’s Almanac

Question 11

In what ways did the electric spark remind Ben of lightning?

Answer 11

It jumps just like lightning

Question 12

What did Ben’s experiment with lightning prove?

Answer 12

That lightning is electricity

Question 13

Was Ben’s experiment safe?

Answer 13

No

Question 14

What was the war between England and America in the 1770s called?

Answer 14

American War for Independence

Question 15

Why did Benjamin Franklin go to England?

Answer 15

To try to straighten out the trouble with Britain.

Question 16

Why did Ben go to France during the war?

Answer 16

To ask them to help with the war

Question 17

What is the constitution?

Answer 17

The new plan of government

Question 18

To continually give someone ill-treatment

Answer 18

Persecute

Question 19

Something that needs to be paid back

Answer 19

Debt

Question 20

A religious group of people who call themselves Friends

Answer 20

Quakers

Question 21

The man who began the Quaker colony of Pennsylvania

Answer 21

William Penn, Jr.

Question 22

The colony which William Penn began

Answer 22

Pennsylvania

Question 23

“The city of brotherly love” which William Penn planned

Answer 23

Philadelphia

Question 24

A large city in England

Answer 24

London

Question 25

What was the name of the terrible sickness that spread through London?

Answer 25

Bubonic plague

Question 26

Could England worship as they pleased in the early 1600s?

Answer 26

No

Question 27

Who was allowed to come to Pennsylvania

Answer 27

Anyone

Question 28

After William Penn became a Quaker, why wouldn't he fulfill his father's wish and become an admiral in the English navy

Answer 28

Because they do not fight

Question 29

Give two reasons why the king was willing to give Penn land to begin a colony

Answer 29

1. To get the Quakers out of the city | 2. To pay off a debt.

Question 30

What group of people made sure the Quakers were protected?

Answer 30

Indians

Question 31

What city in Pennsylvania was once the capital of the United States?

Answer 31

Philadelphia

Question 32

One who measures land and draws maps

Answer 32

Surveyor

Question 33

To give up or lose to an enemy

Answer 33

Surrender

Question 34

A person who speaks or acts for others

Answer 34

Representative

Question 35

The first commander in chief of the American Army

Answer 35

George Washington

Question 36

The president of the meeting in which the United States Constitution was written

Answer 36

George Washington

Question 37

The first President of the United States

Answer 37

George Washington

Question 38

The war in which the English won the right to the American western frontier land

Answer 38

French and Indian War

Question 39

The name of the paper written by Thomas Jefferson, which stated that Americans were free from the rule of the king of England

Answer 39

Declaration of Independence

Question 40

The large, beautiful home of George Washington on the banks of the Potomac River in Virginia

Answer 40

Mount Vernon

Question 41

What did George dream of becoming when he was fourteen years old?

Answer 41

An admiral in the British royal navy

Question 42

How did the surveying trip that George Washington made in the wilderness when he was sixteen years old help him in the French and Indian War?

Answer 42

He had to deal with Indians, camp out, and hunt for food

Question 43

Who won the French and Indian War?

Answer 43

British

Question 44

Why were the American colonists unhappy with England?

Answer 44

The laws were unfair

Question 45

Why did the colonists call the English soldiers "redcoats"?

Answer 45

Because they wore red coats

Question 46

Which army was better prepared to fight, the British or the American colonists?

Answer 46

The British

Question 47

What four words describe George Washington?

Answer 47

Bra e, strong, honest, true

Question 48

What are the three greatest things to remember about George Washington?

Answer 48

1. First in war 2. First in peace 2. First in the hearts of his countrymen

Question 49

Who wrote the constitution of the United Statess?

Answer 49

Representatives

Question 50

In what city did the representatives gather to write the constitution?

Answer 50

Philadelphia

Question 51

What country sent ships to help the Americans win the war?

Answer 51

France

Question 52

What is George Washington's Birthday?

Answer 52

February 22