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100
The place where Henry was born and lived for most of his life.
What is Concord, Massachusetts?
100
The school he entered as a scholarship student.
What is Harvard University? 
100
Name one of his careers that Thoreau is known for.
Poet, Philosopher, or Journalist
100
Boston was a newly formed city due to what?
What is annexation?
100

His family owned what business?

What is a pencil business?
200
The year he was born.
What is 1817?
200
Spent most of his time doing what?
Writing
200
The book about a reflection upon simple living natural surroundings.
What is Walden?
200
Why was the city filling mudflats?
To open up land for Irish and other immigrants.
200
The Thoreau family's pencils were the best in what country?
What is America?
300
The place where he received a private school education.
What is the Private Concord Academy?
300
The job he did to attempt to earn a living.
What is a school teacher?
300
The essay which is an argument for disobedience to an unjust state>
What is "Civil Disobedience"?
300
The place where the first cotton mill was created.
What is Boston?
300
Who helped Henry fall in love with Transcendentalism?


Emerson
400
The place he moved to learn to live efficiently. 
What is Walden Pond?
400
What happened when Henry proposed to Sewall?
She rejected the proposal.
400
The book about a boat trip to and from Concord with his brother.
What is "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers"?
400
What did many slavery figures form during this time?
What is the underground railroad?
400
Henry invented a machine to ground what for the lead?
What is plumbago?
500
Which of his siblings passed away that deeply affected him?
His brother died in 1842 and his sister died in 1849. 
500
His brother fell in love with who?
His brother, John, fell in love with the same woman Henry proposed to, Sewall.
500
Henry is best known for his attack on what?
The American social institutions
500
This state was one of the first free states in the United States.
What is Massachusetts?
500
During this time, most people worked in..?
Factories