Colonial America History Trivia Questions II

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Where was the first colony in the USA?

       a. Providence
       b. Jamestown
       c. New Haven
       d. Charleston


How many of the Pilgrims attended the first Thanksgiving?

       a. 26
       b. 38
       c. 53
       d. 72


Which British monarch issued the First Virginia Charter?

       a. Elizabeth I
       b. Edward III
       c. James I
       d. Victoria I


In what year did the Mayflower arrive in the United States?

       a. 1620
       b. 1587
       c. 1601
       d. 1637


Which famous individual opened the first copper mill in America?

       a. William Penn
       b. Paul Revere
       c. George Washington
       d. Christopher James


In 1686, the Dominion of New England was created. Which of these colonies or regions was not a part of this Dominion?

       a. Rhode Island
       b. Vermont
       c. Florida
       d. Maine


Who owned the Mayflower?

       a. John Mason
       b. Captain Christopher Jones
       c. Sit Thomas Dale
       d. Martin Luther


Who was considered to be the leader of the colonists who settled in Connecticut?

       a. Thomas Hooker
       b. Captain J. Smith
       c. Peter Minuit
       d. George Calvert


Which colonialist said the famous words "Give me liberty or give me death"?

       a. Thomas Paine
       b. Patrick Henry
       c. Samuel Adams
       d. Edmund Pendleton


When did the Queen Anne's War start?

       a. 1768
       b. 1645
       c. 1702
       d. 1759


What was the name of the treaty which ended the Third Indian War?

       a. The Treaty of Union
       b. The Treaty of Thorn
       c. The Treaty of Utrecht
       d. The Treaty of Hanover


Who were the colonists fighting in "The Beaver Wars"?

       a. The Iroquois Confederacy
       b. The Cree
       c. The Shawnee
       d. The Seminole Nation


In what year did the Beaver Wars begin?

       a. 1605
       b. 1640
       c. 1685
       d. 1704


Who was the first farmer to commercially grow tobacco in America?

       a. Peter Stuyvesant
       b. John Rolfe
       c. John Mason
       d. Roger Williams


Who was fighting in Queen Anne's War?

       a. America and Mexico
       b. England and Spain
       c. America and England
       d. Canada and America


The city of Concord was located in which colony?

       a. New Hampshire
       b. New Jersey
       c. New York
       d. Connecticut




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