Optional History 1301 Exercise

  1. What items were required to have stamps according to the Stamp Act?
  2. Who was the principal lawyer for the British soldiers tried for the Boston Massacre?
  3. What mistakes did Paul Revere make on his famous engraving of the Boston Massacre?
  4. What did John Adams say about religion?
  5. List two works by Thomas Paine other than Common Sense.
  6. For what crime was Dr. Benjamin Church accused and who accused him of this crime?
  7. What one word best describes this 1777 dress?
  8. How many of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention came from Rhode Island?
  9. What did George Washington say to Martha Washington in hisletter of 1775 Martha Washington?
  10. What were the rebels protesting in Shays Rebellion?
  11. What did Alexander Hamilton say about Aaron Burr that led to the duel?
  12. Who were York, Sacajwea, and Pomp?
  13. Who was known as "The First Negro Man of Science"?
  14. How did Margaret Bayard Smith describe Dolley Madison?
  15. Who made the flag that inspired the writing of "The Star-Spangled Banner"?
  16. What was the Monroe Doctrine?
  17. What was John Quincy Adams's nickname?
  18. What was Andrew Jackson's religious affiliation?
  19. What did Andrew Jackson want to do with the Electoral College?
  20. What was the Robertson Colony?
  21. What was Sam Houston's role in the secession movement?

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