Essential Questions for America: The Story of US Film Guide
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HISTORY 19
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Dec 10, 2024
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America: The Story of US Film GuideDIRECTIONS:Please answer the following questions as you watch the episode. This will be turned in at the conclusion of the episode for twenty points, as each question is worth 1 point. HINT: THEY ALL GO IN ORDER!1.What takes us 6 hours today by plane, was then a voyage of more than2 months. Seven out of ten of the early adventurers will be dead within a year.2.What is the most valuable resource of all? Land3.Of the 500 settlers who came to Jamestown before John Rolfe, how many were still alive when he arrives? 604.Who does John Rolfe marry? Pocahontas5.What cash crop is America founded on? Tobacco6.About what percentage of American’s can trace their ancestry back tothe Mayflower? 10% 7.The colonists are 2 inches taller than those they left behind in Europe,the Puritans average 8 children, and they are 20 % richer and pay only a 1/4 of the taxes of those in England. 8.Timber fuels the global economy, much like oil does today.9.In Boston, there’s 1 redcoat for every 4 citizens. It’s a city under occupation.10.What is the currency for African slaves? Rum. From 1700-1800 more than a 1/4 of a million slaves come to the colonies. 11.Whose engraving sparks outrage throughout the colonies following the Boston Massacre? Paul Revir12.What is the engraving’s provocative title? The bloody massacre13.How much was the destroyed tea from the Boston Tea Party worth? Over $1,000,00014.What takes place on September 5th, 1774? A patriot meeting15.Where does the meeting take place? Philadelphia, Pennsylvania16.Where does the “Shot Heard Round the World” occur? Lexington, Concord
17.What begins as a result of the “Shot Heard Round the World”? 10 wounded and then the beginning of the American revolution 18.Where do the British arrive at 9 am on April 19, 1775? Concord, Massachusetts19.What are they looking for? Millitary supplies 20.Describe what happens to the British Soldiers as they march back to Boston? They are ambushed by militiamen in the woods