How Much History is Under Your Belt?

I had a fan-freaking-tastic Launch Party for The Captive Heart last night. Huge shoutout to Community Grounds for hosting the event. Awesome coffee and awesome people.

Besides lots of free-flowing coffee, I gave guests a chance to take a Colonial trivia quiz to earn some chocolate. Think you would've earned one? Here's the quiz . . .

Colonial America Trivia

1. In the 17th century, under a ‘headright’ system in the American colonies, a person received a grant of land in a colony for:

A. Ministerial Service
B. Military Service
C. Settling There
D. Political Service

2. What is the term for citizens enrolled as a regular military force but called into active duty only in an emergency?

A. Cavalry
B. Brigade
C. Militia
D. Infantry

3. What was the name of the state created in 1786, which lasted for only four years?

A. State of Franklin
B. State of Madison
C. State of Adams
D. State of Jefferson

4. What was the predominant church in the colonial South?

A. Congregational
B. Church of England
C. Quaker
D. Presbyterian

5. Who founded the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations?

A. Roger Williams
B. William Rogers
C. Thomas Rogers
D. John Brown

6. The Wilderness Road was the principal route used by settlers traveling from the East to Kentucky. Who is credited with blazing out the Wilderness Road in 1775 through the Cumberland Gap?

A. Meriwether Lewis
B. Daniel Boone
C. William Clark
D. Davy Crockett

7. During the years immediately preceding the Revolutionary War, Virginia claimed and extended its jurisdiction over a part of which other state?

A. Maryland
B. Tennessee
C. North Carolina
D. Pennsylvania

8. What modern-day military organization was formed in 1790 as the Revenue Cutter Service?

A. United States Marine Corps
B. United States Merchant Marines
C. United States Navy
D. United States Coast Guard

9. The Declaration of Independence has 56 signers. Which state had the most signers?

A. Massachusetts
B. Virginia
C. New Jersey
D. Pennyslvania

10. Which of the 13 English colonies was founded by religious dissenters?

A. Rhode Island
B. Massachusetts
C. Connecticut
D. New Hampshire

Got it? Here's the answers:

1. C    2. C.    3. A    4. B    5. A    6. B    7. D    8. D    9. D    10. A

How did you do? Don't worry. I don't expect you to ace it. Regardless of your answer, you can still enter to win a signed copy of The Captive Heart.