The Rattlesnake Flag History Game

The device of a rattlesnake was popular among the colonists, and its origin an as American emblem is a curious feature in our national history. It has been stated, that its use grew out of a humorous suggestion made by a writer in Franklin's paper-the Pennsylvania Gazette-that, in return for the wrongs which England was forcing upon the colonists, a cargo of rattlesnakes should be sent to the mother country and “distributed in St. James' Park, Spring Garden, and other places of pleasure.” Colonel Gadsden, one of the marine' committee, presented to Congress, on the 8th of February, 1776, "an elegant standard, such as is to be used by the commander-in-chief of the American navy; being a yellow flag with a representation of a rattlesnake coiled for attack. 
Source: The Story of Our Flags 1898 from the Library of Congress

Here is an example of page one but we are not going to show you page 2 of the game in case you want to play this as game for the family. To do this print page one now and come back to print page two the answer key later.

The idea of this game is to get children or students to read the history lesson and make this history lesson interactive but still using paper and pen. It does print landscape.