17th Century America

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#	Answer	Count	Sample Clue
1	Jamestown	7	In 1607 Edward M. Wingfield was ousted as president of the Virginia colony at this site
2	Roger Williams	4	This founder of Providence, Rhode Island published the first Native American language dictionary in 1643
3	The Mayflower	3	On Nov. 21, 1620, after a 66-day voyage, this ship reached Cape Cod
4	Peter Minuit	2	In 1631 this governor of New Netherland was removed due to liberal policies toward wealthy landowners
5	Connecticut	2	On January 5, 1665 the New Haven colony was formally annexed by this colony
6	the mint	2	In 1652 Massachusetts defied English law & established this facility to produce the pine tree shilling

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Jamestown 7x 14.3% stumper $286 avg J:4 DJ:3

J $100 1999 In 1609 this settlement had about 500 people, but disease & starvation cut the number to 60 by spring 1610

J $100 1997 Within 7 months of this colony's founding in 1607, 73 colonists had died of disease & starvation; 32 survived

J $200 2000 In 1608 Smith was elected president of this colony that earlier in the year wanted to hang him

Roger Williams 4x 25.0% stumper $475 avg J:3 DJ:1

DJ $200 DD 2001 In January 1636 this clergyman fled Massachusetts & settled in the Narragansett Bay area

J $1,000 2015 This founder of Providence, Rhode Island published the first Native American language dictionary in 1643

J $300 1997 In 1636 he established Rhode Island's first permanent European settlement at Providence

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