Who drew the plan for the new capital city, with wide avenues and public squares?

Which president asked Pierre-Charles L'Enfant to plan the new capital city?

Pierre-Charles L'Enfant served as an army engineer during the Revolutionary War before he planned the capital.

L'Enfant picked a high hill in the new city as the best place to build which building?

In L'Enfant's plan, what did he place where the wide avenues crossed each other?

L'Enfant rebuilt an old city hall in New York for the new government. What happened there in 1789?

President Washington dismissed L'Enfant from the capital project, but his city plan was still used.

Who helped survey the land for the new capital and later wrote almanacs?

The survey team marked the borders of the new capital land using what?

What job did Benjamin Banneker do at night during the capital survey?

Benjamin Banneker wrote and published almanacs. What kind of information filled them?

Benjamin Banneker built his famous striking clock out of iron parts ordered from England.

Benjamin Banneker studied the sky carefully and correctly predicted which event?

Who led the survey team that Benjamin Banneker worked with in 1791?

Benjamin Banneker taught himself math and astronomy while working where?

Who started America's first successful lending library so neighbors could share books?

Benjamin Franklin helped start a group of volunteers in Philadelphia. What did they do for the community?

Benjamin Franklin helped start the first hospital in America, in Philadelphia.

In 1775 Congress put Benjamin Franklin in charge of a service that carried things between faraway towns. What did it carry?

What was Benjamin Franklin's trade, the job he did to earn a living?

Franklin invented a metal stove that sat inside a fireplace. What did it do better than an open fire?

Franklin put a pointed metal rod on top of buildings, with a wire running down into the ground. What is this invention called?

Franklin invented bifocal glasses. What problem did they solve for people?

Daniel Boone's Wilderness Road led settlers east toward the Atlantic Ocean.

Who blazed a trail through the Cumberland Gap so settlers could reach Kentucky?

The trail Daniel Boone cut into Kentucky became known by what name?

The Cumberland Gap that Daniel Boone used is a natural opening through what?

The man who blazed the Wilderness Road helped build a fort settlement on the Kentucky River. It was named after him. What was it called?

Thousands of settlers later used Daniel Boone's road to move west into Kentucky.

How did Daniel Boone feed his family and earn money on the frontier?

Shawnee warriors captured Daniel Boone in 1778. After he escaped, what did he hurry back to do?

Daniel Boone stayed in Kentucky for the rest of his life after he opened the Wilderness Road.

Who founded the colony where Philadelphia was laid out with a grid of straight streets and public squares?

Who founded the town of Providence as a settlement where people could worship freely?

Who founded the colony of Georgia and laid out the town of Savannah around a series of public squares?

Who was the first president to live in the President's House in the new capital?

President Washington picked the spot for the new capital city beside which river?

In 1793, President Washington laid the first cornerstone of which building in the new capital?

Benjamin Banneker was born into slavery.

Benjamin Franklin helped start an academy in Philadelphia. What is it today?