Colony Quiz | Greenwich Historical Society

American Colony Life Quiz

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How far could the average horse travel in one day?*

Horses got tired after 8 steps

100 miles

15 feet

40-50 miles

Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his hat and called it:*

Macaroni

Spaghetti

Pepperoni

Pasta Fagioli

Which of these is a type of British money?*

Pounds

Stones

Nickels

Ounces

How did colonists save their homes and towns if a fire started?*

They called the fire department

Their horses stomped the fire out with their hooves

They declared independence from the fire

They put it out with buckets of water

In the cursive writing that was common at the time of the Revolutionary War, the letter “s” could look like:*

The letter “f”

The letter “k”

A smiley face

The number 7

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