US History (Wednesday, February 1, 7th period)

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

Josh was still bitching to himself about the State of the Union address when the history class began arriving.

"As promised," he said, passing around papers, "I have a test for you today. I know you're thrilled."

1. What did Christopher Columbus do that was so important?
2. Who was John Smith and why should you care? The John Smith we talked about in class, thanks. Not just any guy named John Smith.
3. Compare and contrast living situations in Virginia and Massachusetts at the time of Jamestown and the Pilgrims.
4. Which of the following states was not one of the original thirteen: Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, or South Carolina?
5. What's that 36-word sentence in the Declaration of Independence that's so amazingly quotable?


"Question or concerns that aren't 'what's the answer to number 4?' Ask away."

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Re: Take the test (February 1, US History)

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

1. Christopher Columbus was the person who, while he didn't actually discover the American continent, was the person who gave it the big publicity so that the rest of the world actually cared about it and payed attention to its existence.
2. John Smith was, in the words of the teacher, fearless, reckless, and a jackass. However, he was especially important to the survival of Jamestown.
3. Varying degrees of ugh was really the contrast between Virginia and Massachussets. One had diseases, one had mean people and deathly cold. Not fun for anyone.
4. Vermont.
5. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."