Mystery One
Seven Years
Who were the two sides fighting in the French and Indian War?
French and the Indians vs. the British
The man who wrote, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."
Jonathan Edwards
True or False: John Rolfe was the father of tobacco.
True. Bonus points if you can tell me what he settlement he saved with this crop's introduction.
What was the amendment that covers freedom of assembly?
First Amendment
Who composed the first secular song?
Francis Hopkinson
What Indian Tribal Group did the people of Jamestown encounter when they arrived?
the Powhatan Confederacy
The Battle of Bunker Hill and Henry Knox went on a mission to Fort Ticonderoga.
True or False. Sir Walter Raleigh was the first to circumnavigate the globe for the English.
False. Bonus points if you can tell me who it actually was.
The Third Amendment
King George III issued this to keep colonists contained on the east side of the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763
What were the names of the individuals who became the monarchs of Spain following the fall of Granada in 1492?
Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon
What instrument is missing from the list we discussed that were involved in the Revolutionary War? Drums, Bugle, and______.
True or False. Benedict Arnold was known as a turncoat.
True. Bonus points if you can tell me what a turncoat is?
What amendment has a plain view clause?
The Fourth Amendment
Fabian Strategy
John Smith. He was injured by an exploding barrel of gun powder. The colonists were tired of him telling them what to do. They voted for him to stay in England.
The British utilized what in the colonies to fund their war efforts in the later stages of the Revolutionary War?
Southern plantations
True or False. Baron Von Steuben stepped up to train soldiers at Lexington and Concord.
False. Bonus points if you can tell me what he actually did.
What amendment discusses the procedures of civil trials?
African American slaves who fought for the British cause would be freed.
The Gadsden Flag that we discussed in class was inspired by a cartoon made by who and depicting what?
Benjamin Franklin published a cartoon of a snake that was in pieces. Each piece represented a colony. It essentially warned the colonies to unite of cease to exist as they are overtaken by more powerful nations.
What happened at the Battle of Capes during the Revolutionary War?
The British Royal Navy attempted to reinforce Cornwallis trapped by a siege at Yorktown, but the French Navy confronted them in Chesapeake Bay and defeated them.
What is the Bering Land Bridge theory?
It is the idea that the First Americans came over on a land bridge that was exposed after a glacier melted.
Recite Miranda Rights.
You have a right to remain silent. Anything you say or do can be used against you in the court of law. You have a right to an attorney. You have a right to have an attorney present at the time of questioning. If you cannot obtain an attorney, the court will appoint one for you.