Chapters 1-4

Question 1

The committee of five which drafted the Declaration of Independence

Answer 1

Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston

Question 2

The President of the Second Continental Congress

Answer 2

John Hancock

Question 3

The discoverer of the Pacific Ocean

Answer 3

Vasco Nuñez de Balboa

Question 4

The ___ tried to make reforms within the Anglican Church.

Answer 4

Puritans

Question 5

The colony of Pennsylvania, meaning ___, was founded by ___, who was of the ___ religion.

Answer 5

Penn’s Woods (Latin); William Penn; Quaker

Question 6

The religious revival which swept the colonies in the mid-1700s

Answer 6

Great Awakening

Question 7

The French and Indian War lasted from ___ until ___. The two sides were the ___ versus the ___.

Answer 7

1756 until 1763; British, French

Question 8

credited with saving Jamestown

Answer 8

John Smith

Question 9

___ founded the colony of Virginia, which he named after ___.

Answer 9

Sir Walter Raleigh; Queen Elizabeth I

Question 10

remembered as the founder of Rhode Island

Answer 10

Roger Williams

Question 11

The witch trials of 1691-1692 were held in ___, ___.

Answer 11

Salem, Massachusetts

Question 12

The great agitator among the Sons of Liberty

Answer 12

Samuel Adams

Question 13

Columbus was born in the country of ___ but sailed from ___.

Answer 13

Genoa; Spain

Question 14

The Battle of Quebec was a victory for the ___, although their general, ___, was killed

Answer 14

British; James Wolfe

Question 15

The first blood shed in the American Revolution was on ___ (complete date) in the town of ___, ___.

Answer 15

April 19, 1775; Lexington, Massachusetts

Question 16

The city of New York was originally known as ___ and was settled by the ___.

Answer 16

New Netherland; Dutch

Question 17

___ founded the colony of Maryland as a refuge for ___.

Answer 17

George Calvert; Catholics

Question 18

The Stamp Act of 1765 placed a tax on what?

Answer 18

various printed documents

Question 19

represented the defendants in the Boston Massacre Trials

Answer 19

John Adams

Question 20

England’s king just before and during the American Revolutionary War

Answer 20

George III

Question 21

The Pilgrims laded at ___ in ___ (year).

Answer 21

Plymouth; 1620

Question 22

The explorer whose expedition was the first to sail around the world

Answer 22

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 23

The colony of Georgia was founded by ___ as a refuge for ___.

Answer 23

James Oglethrope; poor debtos

Question 24

husband of Pocahontas

Answer 24

John Rolfe