US History

Coach Kennedy

America The Story of Us

Rebels Episode 1

Name: ________________
Date: _________________

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

2. North America has abundant ________________________, untapped resources and forests that cover
________________________ the land with over ________________________ billion trees.

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

4. John Rolfe plants __________________________________ whose world market is currently controlled by

the ______________________. Selling seeds to foreigners is punishable by __________________________.

5. CIRCLE ONE: Rolfes crop is worth over 1 million dollars in todays money. TRUE

FALSE

6. CIRCLE ONE: John Rolfe marries the Powhatan princess named Pocahontas.

FALSE

TRUE

7. In two years, _______________________ grows in every garden.

8. Some slaves go onto own land in ______________________________________________.

9. America is founded on tobacco; it will be Americas largest export for ____________ years.

10. The next settlers arrive at ___________________ and are called ____________________ that are seeking
_______________________freedom.

11. The pilgrims came across the Atlantic in a ship called the ________________________________________.

12. During the first three months ______________________________________________ of the pilgrims died.

13. Today more than ____________% of Americans can trace their ancestry back to the Mayflower passengers.

14. The pilgrims befriend the Wampanoag Indians that taught them to fertilize crops with ________________.

15. CIRCLE ONE: The pilgrims returned the favor by helping the Wampanoag Indians attack other Indian
tribes. TRUE FALSE

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

17. A period of ________________________________ grows over the 13 colonies as more and more settlers
come across the Atlantic Ocean.

18. The Irish, Germans and Swedish push back the frontier while the ____________________________
eventually establish New York.

19. The Colonists are now _______________ taller and_______________ than their European contemporaries.

20. Puritans average ___________ children and are ___________% richer and pay ___________ of the taxes
that the British pay.

21. Many colonists still think of themselves as ______________________________________.

22. May, 1768, John Hancock doesnt want to pay _____________ to a King ______________ miles away

23. King George sends __________________________________________ Red Coats to help enforce his laws.

24. October 1768, the British control Bostons ports that produce ___________________________ ships a year.

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ON THE SPACE PROVIDED BELOW

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

26. What is the British Response to the Boston Tea Party?

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

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