Q 01/05

George Washington won a House of Burgesses seat in 1758 after his campaign gave Frederick County voters free what?

A) Alcohol

B) Gunpowder

C) Seed corn

D) Silver coins

Answer · why

A) Alcohol

Alcohol flowed freely on election day: his campaign manager handed voters well over a hundred gallons of drink. Washington himself was away serving wi...

Q 02/05

Craftsmen of which nationality are said to have gone on strike at Jamestown in 1619 to win the vote?

A) German

B) Dutch

C) Polish

D) Italian

Answer · why

C) Polish

Polish artisans, brought over to make pitch, tar and soap ash, are said to have downed tools when the first election left them out. Company records sh...

Q 03/05

Virginia's first assembly closed in early August 1619, weeks before which group's first arrival at nearby Point Comfort?

A) English brides

B) Enslaved Africans

C) Scottish prisoners

D) Dutch settlers

Answer · why

B) Enslaved Africans

Enslaved Africans, some twenty captives from Angola, came ashore in the colony in late August 1619. Representative government and slavery arrived in t...

Q 04/05

In what kind of building at Jamestown did Virginia's first elected assembly gather in the summer of 1619?

A) A storehouse

B) A courthouse

C) A barracks

D) A church

Answer · why

D) A church

A church was simply the most convenient place the members could find to sit. The wooden building measured about 50 feet by 20.

Q 05/05

Where did Virginia's burgesses regroup in 1769 and 1774 after royal governors dissolved their Williamsburg sessions?

A) A theater

B) A tavern

C) A print shop

D) A coffeehouse

Answer · why

B) A tavern

A tavern called the Raleigh took them in. Meeting in its Apollo Room, the ousted members agreed to stop importing British goods.