Memorize these and you could recognize 34.2% of all Colonial America clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamin Franklin | 13 | In 1731, he founded America's 1st circulating library |
| 2 | Georgia | 7 | When James Oglethorpe founded this southern colony slavery was prohibited there |
| 3 | James Oglethorpe | 7 | This founder of Georgia lived to see the colony he established become a state |
| 4 | Philadelphia | 6 | Just 10 years after its incorporation, this city had more people than 80-year-old NYC |
| 5 | the Continental Congress | 5 | This body first met in Philadelphia's Carpenters' Hall, not Independence Hall, in 1774 |
| 6 | Delaware | 5 | The only 1 of 13 colonies established by Swedes |
| 7 | Virginia | 5 | Of the 13 colonies, this one had the first permanent English settlement |
| 8 | the House of Burgesses | 5 | When this legislative body first met in Jamestown July 30, 1619, it consisted of 22 citizens |
| 9 | Roger Williams | 5 | On October 9, 1635 this minister was banished from Massachusetts; he headed south to Rhode Island |
| 10 | Cotton Mather | 5 | Last name of the theologian who married his stepsister Maria Cotton in 1662 & his nephew's widow Ann Cotton in 1715 |
| 11 | tobacco | 4 | Though it was 1st profitable cash crop grown in colonies, government now subsidizes it |
| 12 | smallpox | 4 | Increase & Cotton Mather favored inoculation against this disease when most Drs. didn't |
| 13 | New Jersey | 4 | Between 1702 & 1790, Burlington alternated with Perth Amboy as capital of this colony |
| 14 | Maryland | 4 | The 1649 Toleration Act gave religious freedom to Catholics as well as to Protestants in this colony |
| 15 | Maine | 4 | In colonial times, this state, which doesn't touch Massachusetts, was part of it |
| 16 | Jamestown | 4 | In 1607 this colony chose a pres. in what's been called British America's first democratic election--6 of 104 had a vote |
| 17 | the Stamp Act | 3 | When the British parliament passed this March 22, 1765, the colonists put their foot down |
| 18 | rum | 3 | The largest 18th c. manufacturing industry in New England was the distilling of this liquor |
| 19 | Plymouth | 3 | Contrary to popular belief, this Mass. port got its name 6 years before the Mayflower arrived |
| 20 | Pennsylvania | 3 | This colony was established as a haven for persecuted Quakers |
| 21 | Massachusetts | 3 | In 1647, when it was still part of this colony, New Hampshire was required to develop a school system |
| 22 | John Alden | 3 | Around 1622 Priscilla Mullens married this barrelmaker |
| 23 | Harvard | 3 | In 1722, this college named Edward Wigglesworth the 1st Professor of Divinity in the colonies |
| 24 | France | 3 | Tahiti is under the colonial rule of this country |
| 25 | the Massachusetts Bay Colony | 3 | In 1691, Plymouth Colony became part of this colony |
| 26 | Blackbeard | 3 | A British Navy crew killed this notorious pirate off North Carolina in 1718 |
| 27 | Thomas Paine | 3 | This pamphleteer called George III the "royal brute of Britain" who had usurped the rightful place of law |
| 28 | Peter Stuyvesant | 3 | He served as New Amsterdam's governor from 1647 to 1664 & then retired to his bouwerij, or farm, dying there in 1672 |
| 29 | William Penn | 2 | On June 23, 1683 this Quaker signed a treaty with the Delaware Indians |
| 30 | the War of 1812 | 2 | It's been called "The Second War of American Independence" |
| 31 | the Quakers | 2 | After Betsy Ross eloped in 1773, this religious group disowned her for marrying out of meeting |
| 32 | the Huguenots | 2 | In 1562 these French Protestants constructed Charlesfort on Parris Island, South Carolina |
| 33 | the Dutch West India Company | 2 | New Netherland, now New York State, was founded by this company |
| 34 | the Boston Tea Party | 2 | The men who took part in this event on December 16, 1773, boarded the ships at Griffin's Wharf |
| 35 | tea | 2 | The infamous tax on this was used to save the British East India Company from bankruptcy |
| 36 | Sweden | 2 | In 1638 Delaware colonists from this Scandinavian country built the 1st log cabins in America |
| 37 | St. Augustine | 2 | The oldest masonry fort in the U.S., this Fla. city's Castillo de San Marcos dates back to 1672 |
| 38 | slavery | 2 | Ironically, in 1641, Massachusetts became 1st colony to legalize this practice |
| 39 | San Antonio | 2 | The forts built in & near this city were the center of Spanish activity in Texas in the 18th century |
| 40 | Princeton | 2 | The College of New Jersey was 150 years old in 1896 when it got this new name for the city it was in |
| 41 | Poor Richard's Almanack | 2 | 1732 saw the birth of Washington & this almanack's first issue |
| 42 | Pocahontas | 2 | In 1622 John Rolfe, widower of this Indian princess, was presumed killed in an Indian massacre |
| 43 | Paul Revere | 2 | Among those who took part in the Boston Tea Party was this "midnight rider" |
| 44 | Patrick Henry | 2 | This brilliant orator spent part of his youth on a small Virginia estate known as Mount Brilliant |
| 45 | North Carolina | 2 | During Colonial period, present-day Tennessee was part of this colony |
| 46 | New York | 2 | Its old name was New Netherland |
| 47 | New England | 2 | Capt. John Smith coined this term for the region that now includes 6 Northeastern states |
| 48 | Myles Standish | 2 | He sailed with the Pilgrims on the Mayflower & was their military leader in Plymouth |
| 49 | Miles Standish | 2 | Not actually one of the Pilgrims, he went with them to serve as their military leader |
| 50 | Lord Calvert (Baltimore) | 2 | Lord who, in 1632, became proprietor of the English colony of Maryland |