1) Colony and Early Republic

Question 1

What was the first British Colony in America?

Answer 1

Jamestown, 1607

Question 2

What was the name of the pilgrim’s ship? How many pilgrims were there on the board?

Answer 2

Mayflower, 1620; 102

Question 3

Who were the Pilgrim Fathers?

Answer 3

English settlers who established the Plymouth Colony at Massachusetts

Question 4

Name some of the essential puritan beliefs

Answer 4

Stress on the Bible as the word of God, should be accessible to everyone, they believed that they are chosen by God, send for a special mission to make the world better, God’s will can manifest itself in the daily life through signs; good life, financial success and good standing in the community were signs that God has predestined one for salvation

Question 5

Who was the leader of The Winthrop Fleet?

Answer 5

John Whintrop, 1630

Question 6

Who was the first american female poet?

Answer 6

Anne Brandstreet

Question 7

Anne Brandstreet

Answer 7

The Author To Her Book

Question 8

Name the authors who belong to the Colonial Literature 1808-1776

Answer 8

John Smith, John Winthrop, Anne Bradstreet, Edward Taylor, Jonathan Edwards

Question 9

Name the Early Republic writers

Answer 9

Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson

Question 10

John Smith

Answer 10

A True Relation; The General History of Virginia; New England and the Summer Isle

Question 11

John Winthrop

Answer 11

A Model of Christian Charity

Question 12

Edward Taylor

Answer 12

Preparatory Meditations

Question 13

Jonathan Edwards

Answer 13

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

Question 14

Benjamin Franklin

Answer 14

The Authobiography; Poor Richard’s Almanach

Question 15

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 15

Declaration of Independence, 1774 4/7; Notes on the State of Virginia

Question 16

What was Jefferson’s opinion on slaves?

Answer 16

he was a major slave-owner, believed in the inferiority of Black people, but had innate rights, he also had several children with one of his slaves (you fxcking pig)

Question 17

Who was Benjamin Franklin?

Answer 17

he was printer, newspaper publisher, polymath, businessman, inventor one of the Comitee of Five, delegate at the Constitutional Convention

Question 18

The Author To Her Book

Answer 18

Anne Brandstreet

Question 19

A True Relation; The General History of Virginia; New England and the Summer Isle

Answer 19

John Smith

Question 20

A Model of Christian Charity

Answer 20

John Winthrop

Question 21

Preparatory Meditations

Answer 21

Edward Taylor

Question 22

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

Answer 22

Jonathan Edwards

Question 23

The Authobiography; Poor Richard’s Almanach

Answer 23

Benjamin Franklin

Question 24

Declaration of Independence, 1774 4/7; Notes on the State of Virginia

Answer 24

Thomas Jefferson