Memorize these and recognize 34.2% of all Colonial America clues.
| # | Answer | Count | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamin Franklin | 13 | The Stamp Act was repealed soon after this Founding Father argued against it in Britain's Parliament |
| 2 | Georgia | 7 | Slavery was at first banned in this southern colony founded by Oglethorpe |
| 3 | James Oglethorpe | 7 | His victory in the 1742 Battle of Bloody Marsh ended Spain's claim to Georgia |
| 4 | Philadelphia | 6 | Founded by Wm. Penn, it became 2nd largest city in British Empire |
| 5 | the Continental Congress | 5 | With the hated "Intolerable Acts" on their minds, the first of these government bodies met in Philadelphia in 1774 |
| 6 | Delaware | 5 | Since Pennsylvania had no coastline, in 1682 William Penn was granted land that later became this state |
| 7 | Virginia | 5 | Of the 13 colonies, this one had the first permanent English settlement |
| 8 | the House of Burgesses | 5 | This Virginia assembly first met in July 1619 & representative Walter Shelley died of the heat |
| 9 | Roger Williams | 5 | On October 9, 1635 this minister was banished from Massachusetts; he headed south to Rhode Island |
| 10 | Cotton Mather | 5 | Last name of the theologian who married his stepsister Maria Cotton in 1662 & his nephew's widow Ann Cotton in 1715 |
| 11 | tobacco | 4 | By the 1630s the Virginia Company exported 1.5 million pounds of this crop a year |
| 12 | smallpox | 4 | Cotton Mather supported the Salem witch trials but was more forward-thinking when he urged inoculation against this disease |
| 13 | New Jersey | 4 | The first stagecoach line was established in 1732 between Burlington & Amboy in this colony |
| 14 | Maryland | 4 | In 1632 this colony was chartered by Cecil Calvert as a safe haven for Catholics being persecuted in England |
| 15 | Maine | 4 | The Penobscot Indians, whose homeland is in this state, first encountered Europeans in the early 1500s |
| 16 | Jamestown | 4 | Of 500 colonists in this first English settlement in N. America in fall 1609, fewer than 1/5 would survive the coming winter |
| 17 | the Stamp Act | 3 | Patrick Henry said his opposition to this 1765 act began resistance to taxation & led to the revolution & you're welcome |
| 18 | rum | 3 | Slaves bought in Africa were sold in the West Indies for molasses used to make this liquor |
| 19 | Plymouth | 3 | In November 1621 the Fortune, the second ship to reach this Massachusetts colony, brought 35 more people |
| 20 | Pennsylvania | 3 | Quaker State Oil is headquartered in this state founded by Quakers |
| 21 | Massachusetts | 3 | In the 1760s, 80,000 pairs of shoes per year were manufactured in the town of Lynn in this colony |
| 22 | John Alden | 3 | This Pilgrim & his wife, the former Priscilla Mullins, had 11 children |
| 23 | Harvard | 3 | In 1755 John Adams graduated from this school, 14th in a class of 24, reflecting his social standing, not grades |
| 24 | France | 3 | King Wiliam's Queen Anne's & King George's were wars Colonists fought in against this country |
| 25 | the Massachusetts Bay Colony | 3 | In 1630 John Winthrop sailed west from England to become the governor of this colony & a key leader of the Puritans |
| 26 | Blackbeard | 3 | A British Navy crew killed this notorious pirate off North Carolina in 1718 |
| 27 | Thomas Paine | 3 | This pamphleteer called George III the "royal brute of Britain" who had usurped the rightful place of law |
| 28 | Peter Stuyvesant | 3 | In 1664 the British sailed into New Amsterdam & this governor surrendered the city |
| 29 | William Penn | 2 | This Quaker was disappointed that the land in his original 1681 grant lacked a coastline |
| 30 | the War of 1812 | 2 | The Hartford Convention was a meeting of those peeved at losing trade with Britain & opposed to this war |
| 31 | the Quakers | 2 | After Betsy Ross eloped in 1773, this religious group disowned her for marrying out of meeting |
| 32 | the Huguenots | 2 | In 1562 these French Protestants constructed Charlesfort on Parris Island, South Carolina |
| 33 | the Dutch West India Company | 2 | New Netherland, now New York State, was founded by this company |
| 34 | the Boston Tea Party | 2 | The Old South Meeting House was the organizing point for this Dec. 16, 1773 event |
| 35 | tea | 2 | 1767's Townshend Acts placed duties on imports to the colonies on lead, glass, paint, paper & (uh-oh!) this nonpotent potable |
| 36 | Sweden | 2 | In Delaware colonists from this Scandinavian country built some of the first log cabins in America |
| 37 | St. Augustine | 2 | In 1565 the Spanish destroyed the French Fort Caroline & built this settlement in what's now Florida |
| 38 | slavery | 2 | Though Georgia was the southernmost of the 13 colonies, originally this practice was forbidden there |
| 39 | San Antonio | 2 | The forts built in & near this city were the center of Spanish activity in Texas in the 18th century |
| 40 | Princeton | 2 | Hold that tiger! The College of New Jersey was founded in 1746 & would later become this university |
| 41 | Poor Richard's Almanack | 2 | Its first edition contained "The Lunations, Eclipses" & "Judgment of the Weather" for the year 1733 |
| 42 | Pocahontas | 2 | In 1614 Presbyterian minister Alexander Whitaker baptized this daughter of Powhatan in Jamestown |
| 43 | Paul Revere | 2 | This famous rider wasn't just a silversmith; he dabbled in dentistry, too |
| 44 | Patrick Henry | 2 | In 1765 this orator proclaimed that the House of Burgesses, not Britain, had the "exclusive right...to lay taxes" |
| 45 | North Carolina | 2 | This So. colony w/rich neighbors was called "a vale of humility between 2 mountains of conceit" |
| 46 | New York | 2 | Its old name was New Netherland |
| 47 | New England | 2 | Capt. John Smith coined this term for the region that now includes 6 Northeastern states |
| 48 | Myles Standish | 2 | After he died in 1656, Josiah Winslow succeeded him as the commander of Plymouth Colony's military forces |
| 49 | Miles Standish | 2 | Though he was a real military leader, Longfellow's poem about his "Courtship" is fictitious |
| 50 | Lord Calvert (Baltimore) | 2 | In 1649 this lord urged Maryland to adopt an act guaranteeing religious freedom |
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