The Massachusetts Chronicles Beginners Quiz Reckon you can ace our 10-question multiple choice quiz on state history? This is the easy one, so no excuses for not getting 10/10! Which of the following Indigenous people lived in what is now southeastern Massachusetts long before the arrival of European settlers? Nipmuc people Apache people Wampanoag people Sioux people What was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to New England? Poppy Mayflower Magnolia Violet Give the year when the Pilgrims founded Plymouth Colony 1620 1720 1820 1920 Which public holiday commemorates Plymouth Colony’s celebration of its first harvest, which Wampanoag people also attended? Independence Day Thanksgiving Labor Day Turkey Festival What was the name of the “City upon a Hill” founded by Puritans? Worcester Gloucester Plymouth Boston In protest at British rule, American colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor. What did this act of rebellion come to be called? The Boston Massacre The shot heard around the world The Boston Tea Party The Declaration of Independence Who was America’s second President? John Adams Samuel Adams George Washington John Quincy Adams Name the sergeant who fought in a Massachusetts African-American infantry regiment in the American Civil War, and won the Medal of Honor. Robert Gould Shaw Abraham Lincoln Frederick Douglass William Harvey Carney Where was basketball invented? Boston Salem Springfield Plymouth Name the first female Governor of Massachusetts Susan B. Anthony Lucy Stone Abigail Adams Jane Swift NameEnter your name and email address below to receive your score and the chance to win a pat on the back! Try out our Intermediate or Advanced Quiz, which, if you get all the answers correct, will win you a What on Earth Books money-off voucher! First Last Email*
