STAAR PEOPLE

STAAR PEOPLE

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MARION CLARK

History

8th - 11th Grade

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29 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which prominent Puritan colonial leader founded the colony of Connecticut?
Thomas Hooker
Roger Williams
James Ogelthorpe
William Penn

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Who was kicked out of Massachusetts and founded Rhode Island?
James Oglethorpe
Roger Williams
William Penn
Thomas Hooker

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Who was credited with the first cultivation of tobacco in Virginia and married Pocahontas?
John Smith
John Winthrop
John Peter Zenger
John Rolfe

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Who was the popular evangelist who preached revivals during the "Great Awakening."
Lord Baltimore
John Peter Zenger
John Winthrop
John Edwards

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the founder of  Massachusetts Bay and leader of the Puritans?
Lord Baltimore
John Peter Zenger
John Winthrop
John Edwards

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

This publisher was arrested for printing a series of articles and charged with libel. His court case helped to establish "freedom of the press"
Lord Baltimore
John Peter Zenger
John Winthrop
John Edwards

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who founded Maryland as a haven for the Catholics?
Lord Baltimore
John Peter Zenger
John Winthrop
John Edwards

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