Plymouth, Mayflower & Founders

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1.About how many English colonists attended the 1621 harvest feast?
- A. About 300
- B. About 102
- C. About 12
- D. About 50
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About 50
Did you know? Roughly 50 surviving colonists joined the three-day feast.
2.The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe gained federal recognition in which year?
- A. 1924
- B. 1990
- C. 2007
- D. 1975
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2007
Did you know? The Mashpee Wampanoag were federally recognized in 2007.
3.In which month of 1863 did Lincoln issue his Thanksgiving proclamation?
- A. October
- B. November
- C. December
- D. July
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October
Did you know? Lincoln's proclamation was dated October 3, 1863.
4.In which harbor was the Mayflower anchored when the Compact was signed in November 1620?
- A. Provincetown Harbor
- B. Salem Harbor
- C. Boston Harbor
- D. Plymouth Harbor
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Provincetown Harbor
Did you know? The Compact was signed at Cape Cod's Provincetown Harbor.
5.The Wampanoag leader known to the English as Massasoit carried which birth name?
- A. Ousamequin
- B. Squanto (Tisquantum)
- C. Metacomet
- D. Samoset
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Ousamequin
Did you know? Massasoit's own name was Ousamequin.
6.Who was elected the first governor of Plymouth Colony?
- A. Edward Winslow
- B. John Carver
- C. Myles Standish
- D. William Bradford
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John Carver
Did you know? John Carver died in spring 1621 and Bradford succeeded him.
7.The name Wampanoag is usually translated as what?
- A. "People of the First Light"
- B. "People of the Great River"
- C. "People of the Longhouse"
- D. "People of the Falling Snow"
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"People of the First Light"
Did you know? Wampanoag is commonly rendered "People of the First Light."
8.Which English sea captain kidnapped Squanto in 1614 intending to sell him in Spain?
- A. John Smith
- B. George Waymouth
- C. Martin Pring
- D. Thomas Hunt
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Thomas Hunt
Did you know? Captain Thomas Hunt seized Squanto and others at Patuxet in 1614.
9.Which son of Massasoit led the 1675-76 conflict known as King Philip's War?
- A. Samoset
- B. Tisquantum
- C. Metacomet
- D. Ousamequin
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Metacomet
Did you know? Massasoit's son Metacomet was called King Philip by the English.
10.Which 1623 weather event led Plymouth to hold a day of thanksgiving?
- A. A warm winter
- B. A great wind
- C. Rain that ended a drought
- D. An early snow
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Rain that ended a drought
Did you know? After drought, timely rain brought the 1623 thanksgiving observance.
11.Squanto's home village of Patuxet lay empty in 1620 because of what?
- A. War with the Dutch
- B. A great fire
- C. A flood
- D. A devastating epidemic
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A devastating epidemic
Did you know? An epidemic had wiped out Patuxet before the colonists arrived.
12.According to Winslow, Massasoit's hunters supplied the 1621 feast with how much venison?
- A. Twelve deer
- B. Two deer
- C. No venison
- D. Five deer
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Five deer
Did you know? Massasoit's men went out and returned with five deer.
13.Who succeeded John Carver as governor in 1621?
- A. William Bradford
- B. Isaac Allerton
- C. Myles Standish
- D. Edward Winslow
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William Bradford
Did you know? Bradford was re-elected to the governorship thirty times.
14.Which living-history museum, founded in 1947, recreated Plymouth's 1627 village?
- A. Sturbridge Village
- B. Plimoth Plantation
- C. Colonial Williamsburg
- D. Mystic Seaport
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Plimoth Plantation
Did you know? Plimoth Plantation opened in 1947 (now Plimoth Patuxet).
15.Sarah Josepha Hale's 1827 novel, praised for its Thanksgiving dinner scene, was titled what?
- A. Westbank
- B. Eastford
- C. Southolm
- D. Northwood
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Northwood
Did you know? Hale's novel Northwood carried a vivid Thanksgiving table.
16.Lincoln's proclamation urged gratitude after Union victories at Gettysburg and where else?
- A. Fort Sumter
- B. Vicksburg
- C. Antietam
- D. New Orleans
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Vicksburg
Did you know? The July 1863 twin victories were Gettysburg and Vicksburg.
17.How many colonists signed the Mayflower Compact?
- A. Twenty-five
- B. Sixty-six
- C. Forty-one
- D. One hundred
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Forty-one
Did you know? Forty-one men signed the Compact on November 11, 1620.
18.Whose May 1621 marriage was the first celebrated in New England?
- A. Edward Winslow
- B. William Bradford
- C. John Alden
- D. Myles Standish
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Edward Winslow
Did you know? Widowers Edward Winslow and Susanna White wed in May 1621.
19.Which Wampanoag warrior and adviser of Massasoit lived alongside the colonists at Plymouth?
- A. Hobbamock
- B. Metacomet
- C. Samoset
- D. Canonchet
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Hobbamock
Did you know? The pniese warrior Hobbamock settled with his family at Plymouth.
20.The 1777 thanksgiving was set for which December date?
- A. December 31
- B. December 1
- C. December 18
- D. December 25
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December 18
Did you know? Congress set the 1777 observance for December 18.
21.The original signed Mayflower Compact has met which fate?
- A. It never existed
- B. It hangs in Washington
- C. It has been lost to history
- D. It sits in a Boston vault
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It has been lost to history
Did you know? No original survives; the text is known from Mourt's Relation.
22.Which English explorer named Cape Cod in 1602?
- A. Bartholomew Gosnold
- B. Francis Drake
- C. Henry Hudson
- D. John Cabot
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Bartholomew Gosnold
Did you know? Gosnold named the cape for its teeming cod waters.
23.Since 1993, which dormant Wampanoag language has been reclaimed by a tribal project?
- A. Lakota
- B. Wôpanâak
- C. Cherokee
- D. Navajo
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Wôpanâak
Did you know? The Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project began in 1993.
24.Which state became the first to adopt an official annual Thanksgiving holiday, in 1817?
- A. New York
- B. Pennsylvania
- C. Massachusetts
- D. Virginia
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New York
Did you know? New York adopted the annual holiday in 1817; others followed.
25.Which full-scale replica of the Mayflower sailed to Plymouth in 1957?
- A. Mayflower II
- B. Fortune II
- C. Mayflower Revenge
- D. Speedwell II
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Mayflower II
Did you know? England built Mayflower II, which crossed in 1957.
26.The first written identification of Plymouth Rock as the landing stone came in which year?
- A. 1620
- B. 1820
- C. 1776
- D. 1741
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1741
Did you know? Elder Thomas Faunce vouched for the rock in 1741.
27.The title "Massasoit" carried what meaning?
- A. First speaker
- B. Medicine man
- C. River keeper
- D. Great leader (sachem)
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Great leader (sachem)
Did you know? "Massasoit" means great sachem, the alliance leader.
28.The 1941 law fixing Thanksgiving's date took the form of what?
- A. A Supreme Court ruling
- B. A treasury order
- C. A constitutional amendment
- D. A joint resolution of Congress
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A joint resolution of Congress
Did you know? Congress passed a joint resolution; FDR signed it in December 1941.
29.The Mayflower's non-Separatist passengers were nicknamed what?
- A. Strangers
- B. Seekers
- C. Saints
- D. Outsiders
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Strangers
Did you know? The flock split into "Saints" and "Strangers."
30.Which 1622 pamphlet carries Edward Winslow's first-hand account of the 1621 feast?
- A. Mourt's Relation
- B. The Mayflower Compact
- C. Common Sense
- D. Of Plymouth Plantation
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Mourt's Relation
Did you know? Mourt's Relation (1622) printed the earliest account of the 1621 feast.
31.Which secretary of state is believed to have drafted Lincoln's 1863 proclamation?
- A. Salmon Chase
- B. Edwin Stanton
- C. Gideon Welles
- D. William Seward
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William Seward
Did you know? Seward is credited with the proclamation's draft.
32.Who captained the Mayflower on its 1620 crossing?
- A. Walter Raleigh
- B. Christopher Jones
- C. John Smith
- D. Francis Drake
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Christopher Jones
Did you know? Master Christopher Jones commanded the Mayflower.

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