American Studies            America the Story of US                Name:_____________

Mr. Simpson                        Episode 1: Rebels                          Date: _________

1. May 1610, John Rolfe is an English farmer that crosses the Atlantic in _______months, today it takes _____ hours.

3. North America has abundant __________, untapped resources and forests that cover _____ the land with over _____ billion trees.

4. Jamestown is the first settled with 500 settlers, only _____ remain when Rolfe shows up.

6. John Rolfe plants _______________ whose world market is currently controlled by the _____________________. Selling seeds to foreigners is punishable by _______________

7. TRUE OR FALSE: Rolfe’s crop is worth over 1 million dollars in today’s

money.

8. TRUE OR FALSE: John Rolfe marries the Powhatan princess named

Pocahontas.

9. In two years, _________________ grows in every garden.

11. Some slaves go onto own land in _____________.

13. America is founded on tobacco; it will be America’s largest export for _______

years.

14. The next settlers arrive at ____________ and are called _____________ that are

seeking ____________freedom.

15. The pilgrims came across the Atlantic in a ship called the ______________.

16. During the first three months ________ of the pilgrims died.

17. Today more than ______% of Americans can trace their ancestry back to the

Mayflower passengers.

19. The pilgrims befriend the Wampanoag Indians that taught them to fertilize crops

with ________________.

20. TRUE OR FALSE: The pilgrims returned the favor by helping the Wampanoag

Indians attack other Indian tribes.

21. Both pilgrims and Indians celebrated this new friendship in a feast known as

_______________.

22. A period of _____________ grows over the 13 colonies as more and more settlers

come across the Atlantic Ocean.

23. The Irish, Germans and Swedish push back the frontier while the ___________

eventually establish New York.

24. The Colonists are now ________ taller and ___________ than their European

Contemporaries.

25. Puritans average _____ children and are _____% richer and pay _____ of the taxes that the British pay.

26. Many colonists still think of themselves as ___________________.

27. May, 1768,  John Hancock doesn’t want to pay _________ to a King ______________ miles away

28. King George sends ___________________ Red Coats to help enforce his laws.

29. October 1768, the British control Boston’s ports that produce ___________ ships a year.

30. Who captures the moment British soldiers kill five citizens in Boston?

31. What is the British Response to the Boston Tea party

32. What important Concept comes from the Continental Congress in Philadelphia?  

33. What were the Rebels’ chances of victory at Lexington & Concord? Why?

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