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    The History Channel America: The Story of US Episode #1-Rebels

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    The document is a worksheet with questions about key events and people in the early history of the United States, from the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to the start of the Revolutionary War in 1775. Some of the notable points covered include John Rolfe's successful cultivation of tobacco in Jamestown, the difficulties faced by the Pilgrims in Plymouth, growing tensions between the American colonies and British rule culminating in the Boston Massacre, and Paul Revere's famous midnight ride warning of the British advance on Lexington and Concord.

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    The History Channel America: The Story of US Episode #1-Rebels

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    The document is a worksheet with questions about key events and people in the early history of the United States, from the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to the start of the Revolutionary War in 1775. Some of the notable points covered include John Rolfe's successful cultivation of tobacco in Jamestown, the difficulties faced by the Pilgrims in Plymouth, growing tensions between the American colonies and British rule culminating in the Boston Massacre, and Paul Revere's famous midnight ride warning of the British advance on Lexington and Concord.

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    The document is a worksheet with questions about key events and people in the early history of the United States, from the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to the start of the Revolutionary War in 1775. Some of the notable points covered include John Rolfe's successful cultivation of tobacco in Jamestown, the difficulties faced by the Pilgrims in Plymouth, growing tensions between the American colonies and British rule culminating in the Boston Massacre, and Paul Revere's famous midnight ride warning of the British advance on Lexington and Concord.

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    The History Channel America: The Story of US Episode #1-Rebels

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    The document is a worksheet with questions about key events and people in the early history of the United States, from the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to the start of the Revolutionary War in 1775. Some of the notable points covered include John Rolfe's successful cultivation of tobacco in Jamestown, the difficulties faced by the Pilgrims in Plymouth, growing tensions between the American colonies and British rule culminating in the Boston Massacre, and Paul Revere's famous midnight ride warning of the British advance on Lexington and Concord.

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    Name___KEY__________________________ Date________________________ Period_______

    The History Channel ____/35


    America: The Story of US
    Episode #1-Rebels
    Directions: Fill in the blanks below. This is a quick paced worksheet; questions will be answered
    fast throughout the video.

    1. In May 1610, John Rolfe crossed the Atlantic in ___2__ months, a trip that takes ___6 hr_____ by
    plane today.

    2. Seven out of ten Jamestown settlers will die within _a year_________.

    3. John Rolfe plants _____tobacco_______, even though the world market of the crop is controlled
    by _________Spain____________________.

    4. Rolfe’s crop is worth over ____a million dollars__________ in today’s money.

    5. Rolfe marries _______Pocohantas______________.

    6. America is founded on ____tobacco_______________, and it will be America’s largest export for


    __a century and a half___(150 years)____.

    7. The next settlers arrive at ____Plymouth____________ and are called


    ____Pilgrims_____________, who are seeking religious freedom.

    8. During the first three months, __more than half___________ of the Pilgrims die.

    9. The plague kills __50____ out of _100___ people at Plymouth.

    10. The Pilgrims befriend the Wampanoag Indians who taught them to fertilize their crops with
    _fish_____.

    11. True or False: The Pilgrims returned the favor by helping the Wampanoag Indians attack other
    Indian tribes. _True_______

    12. Both Pilgrims and Indians celebrated this new friendship in a feast known as
    ___Thanksgiving________________.

    13. The Irish, Germans, & Swedish push back the frontier, while the ____Dutch____ eventually
    established New York.

    14. The colonists are now _two times___ taller and _healthier_________ than their European
    contemporaries.
    15. Puritans average __8___ children, are _20____% richer, and pay ___1/4_______ of the taxes the
    British pay.

    16. Many colonists think of themselves as __British____________.

    17. John Hancock & other colonists don’t want to pay ____taxes_______ to a king
    ___3,000__________ miles away.

    18. King George sends ___4,000_________ Red Coats to help enforce his laws.
    19. In Boston, there is one _Redcoat_________ for every __4______ citizens.

    20. A mob of colonists in Boston face off against ____8__ Red Coat soldiers.

    21. A Red Coat is hit with a ____club________ and shots are fired.

    22. __Five____ people died at the Boston Massacre.

    23. _______Paul Revere_________ creates an engraving that describes the Boston Massacre.

    24. The news of the massacre travels fast through colonial _____newspapers__________________.

    25. Benjamin Franklin creates a postal system called the __Night


    Riders_________________________ who also help spread news across the colonies.

    26. England starts to repel all taxes, except on __tea_________.

    27. Rebels pour ____tea______ into Boston Harbor, worth over __one million_______________
    dollars today.

    28. September 5, 1774 -- _56_____ delegates gather at the Continental Congress in


    __Philiadelphia__________________, a first step toward American
    _________democracy__________________.

    29. True or False: The colonists refused to arm & defend themselves against the British Red Coats.
    ___True________

    30. At the Continental Congress, members agree that an attack on _any____ colony is considered an
    attack on _____all______ colonies.

    31. True or False: Not every town had militia men preparing for the British army. _False_________

    32. On April 19, 1775, the British set out to ___arrest________ the rebels and take their weapons.

    33. Paul Revere rides ahead of the British troops with the warning that __the British are
    coming________________________.

    34. True or False: At Lexington, no one is sure who fired the first shot. __True________

    35. When fighting starts, the British fire at ___4 times_______ the rate of the militia men & kill
    __8_____ Patriots.

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