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DANBURY HISTORY 1, Frontier & Colonial Periods of Danbury, 1684-1775
DANBURY HISTORY 1, Frontier & Colonial Periods of Danbury, 1684-1775
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3rd Grade Danbury History Frontier and Colonial Periods of Danbury 1684-1775
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1
How many people were living in Danbury by 1774?
over ten thousand
over 1 million
over one hundred thousand
over 1 thousand
2
What method did the Potatucks use to clear the land?
slash & smoke
oxen & plows
chop & drop
slash & burn
3
Which of these schools was
NOT
one of the original one room school houses in 1769?
Pembroke
King Street
Great Plain
South Street
4
What did the first settlers want to name Danbury?
Bethel
Beantown
Swampfield
Essex
5
What river did the Potatucks travel up and down?
Connecticut River
Mississippi River
Still River
Candlewood River
6
What crops did the Potatucks
NOT
grow?
beans
cauliflower
corn
squash
7
Why did the Connecticut General Court want to build a settlement in Danbury?
Indians would take over
New York may expand into Connecticut
Connecticut may expand into New York
People would get sick
8
What was
NOT
a reason Danbury was a good place to settle?
The soil was good for farming
The flat lands were great for building roadways
Located near the Still River
There were no hostile Indians
9
Who was in charge of education and collecting taxes?
The minister
The King of England
Danbury Tax Office
The Ecclesiastical Society
10
Why were two homes built at each end of Towne Street?
For protection from Indian attacks
For protection from wild animals
For protection from religions
For protection from New Yorkers
11
Who was selected to search for an area to build a town?
Norwalk
Yankee Doodle Dandy
John Hoyt
Mayor Boughton
12
Who lived in Danbury before the settlers?
Algonquin Indians
Potatuck Indians
Connecticut Indians
Paquiack Indians
13
What is it called when you grow more food than you need?
a surplus
an addition
a food stand
an export
14
Which is
NOT
an example of a natural resource?
water
hammer
branch
rock
15
What was the original name for Main Street?
Danbury Road
Towne Street
Main Street
Town Street
16
What made Danbury an important center for trade?
They had many Dunkin' Donuts in town
Danbury had a river
Easy to travel to places from Danbury
The Indians stopped fighting
17
In what year did the British occupy and burn Danbury?
1684
1769
1696
1777
18
What did the Potatuck Indians call Danbury?
Swampfield
Danbury
Potatuck
Paquiack
19
How did people in Danbury get other goods that they couldn't grow on the farm?
went to Walmart
they stole
by Amazon
by trading
20
Who was in charge of dividing up the land in town?
Colonists
The mayor
Proprietors
Ministers
