Knock out the false colonial claims

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Question

   Three of these statements about the Zenger trial are false.

   Choices

   1. Item

      The jury found Zenger not guilty

      Correct

      Yes

   2. Explanation

      The governor had him thrown into prison on a charge of libel.

      Item

      Zenger was charged with treason

   3. Explanation

      He went on editing his paper from jail for the nine month trial.

      Item

      Zenger stopped his paper in jail

   4. Explanation

      The case was heard in New York, where his weekly journal was printed.

      Item

      Zenger was tried in Philadelphia

2. Question

   Three of these statements about Pennsylvania under William Penn are false.

   Choices

   1. Item

      Penn kept peace by an Indian agreement

      Correct

      Yes

   2. Explanation

      His aim was to attract settlers of numerous faiths and nationalities.

      Item

      Penn barred all but Quaker settlers

   3. Explanation

      By the end of the colonial period 30,000 people lived in the city.

      Item

      Philadelphia stayed a small village

   4. Explanation

      Germans became the most skillful farmers in the colony.

      Item

      Germans there were poor farmers

Instructions

Tap away each false statement about colonial New York and Pennsylvania until one is left.

Explanation