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America: The Story of US Film Guide Name________KEY_____________________
Episode #1: “Rebels”
1. What takes us _ six_ hours today by plane, was then a voyage of more than __2__ months.
__Seven__ out of ten of the early adventurers will be __dead__ within a year.
2. What is the most valuable resource of all? ____Land____
3. Of the 500 settlers who came to Jamestown before John Rolfe, how many were still alive when he
arrives? ______Sixty_____
4. Who does John Rolfe marry? ___Pocahontas___
5. What cash crop is America founded on? ___Tobacco__
6. About what percentage of American’s can trace their ancestry back to the Mayflower? __10%__
7. The colonists are __two__ inches taller than those they left behind in Europe, the Puritans average
__8__ children, and they are __20__ percent 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 __one__ redcoat for every __four__ 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_ _Revere_
20. Describe what happens to the British Soldiers as they march back to Boston?
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