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Exploring New England: A Historical Quiz

Test your knowledge about the history and culture of New England with this engaging quiz, covering key figures, events, and symbols of the region.

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1 Massachusetts and Connecticut were among the last refuges of the ________, and, when the Second Party System began in the 1830s, New England became the strongest bastion of the new Whig Party.

2 What is the motto of Vermont?

3 Who was Massachusetts succeeded by?

4 The first textile mill in the United States was built in 1787 at ________ by entrepreneur John Cabot.

5 Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and short story writer Steven Millhauser, who was born in New York City and short story Eisenheim the Illusionist was adapted into the 2006 film was raised in ________.

6 ________: 589,141[39] (620,535)

7 ________ grew up in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

8 On April 10, 1606, King ________ issued two charters, one each for the Virginia Companies, of London and Plymouth, respectively.

9 What does the following picture show?   The naval Red Ensign of the former Kingdom of England from which the flags of New England are derived.[3]   An early flag of the Massachusetts Bay Colony with the St George's cross of England removed.[4]   Vermont Maple Syrup.   Boston is considered to be the cultural and historical capital of New England.[35]

10 ________, iconic New England writer and philosopher, made the case for civil disobedience and individualism, and has been adopted by the anarchist tradition.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 led to wind gusts in excess of 100 mph across New York, New Jersey, and New England.
  • in 1920 the publishers of the White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs invented the fictional town of Stotham, Massachusetts, as the purported home for several early New England structures.
  • the Great Trail created by Native Americans connected the Great Lakes region of Canada to New England and the mid-Atlantic and laid the foundation for modern highways.
  • the Maritime Fur Trade helped New England transform from an agrarian to an industrial society.
  • the proposed Atlantica trade bloc would economically tie New England in the U.S. to the Atlantic Provinces of Canada.
  • the Wallingford Tornado of 1878 was the deadliest tornado in Connecticut history, and the second-deadliest to strike New England.
  • Travel + Leisure named Wasque ("way-squee") on Chappaquiddick the number one beach in New England.
  • The Great Snow of 1717 lasted nine days and caused snowdrifts more than 20 feet (6 m) high in New England, USA.
  • surveying errors in New England created areas known as gores, which are not part of any towns, have few or no inhabitants, and have no self-government.
  • populations of the butterfly Henry's Elfin are growing in New England due to the introduction of buckthorn, which the butterflies now use as a host plant.
  • Eastern Bank is the largest independent, mutually owned bank in New England, and the largest community bank in Massachusetts.
  • Little Liberia in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Hard Scrabble in Providence, Rhode Island, were two urban New England neighborhoods created by free blacks in the early 19th century.
  • an unnamed hurricane in October, 1804 brought up to three feet of snow to parts of New England.
  • NEADS/Dogs for Deaf and Disabled Americans relies on help from inmates from 15 New England correctional facilities to train many of its assistance dogs.
  • "pumpkin sauce," or mashed pumpkin (pictured), was served at inns in New England as early as 1704.
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