1. Through an act of incorporation, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts decreed that a certain plantation, number 3, called Majorbagaduce, be developed into an official township, and it was to be named Penobscot. This officially took place on?
April 7, 1750 June 15, 1790 May 5, 1798 February 23, 1787
2. Those loyal to the British Crown put their houses on boats and sailed them to sites along the coast to what location?
St. Andrews Boston Bar Harbor Brooksville
3. The Dutch ruled in Castine during these years?
1590 to 1610 1674 to 1676 1625 to 1675 1750 to 1779
4. In 1614 who charted this area of the coast for British interests?
Captain John Smith Sieur Claude de Turgis de la Tour Baron de Saint-Castin General Peleg Wadsworth
5. The Penobscot Expedition was outfitted and launched at an ultimate cost of how many dollars?
$8 thousand $1 million $4 million $8 million
6. In what year the name of Bagaduce was changed to Castine?
1796 1820 1836 1860
7. The Penobscot Expedition took place from July 25 to August 15, of what year?
1699 1639 1720 1779
8. In 1779 Maine was a province of Massachusetts, the occupation of Penobscot and its potential as a British naval base was of great concern to the Massachusetts General Assembly in Boston. In record time an American fleet of 19 armed vessels and 24 transports, with more than 1,000 ill-prepared militia was assembled and sent to Penobscot Bay to retake the area. Who was commander of the naval forces?
Sir George Collier Lt. Col. Paul Revere Commodore Dudley Saltonstall Capt. Henry Mowat
9. Castine was established as a trading post by the French in what year?
1476 1525 1590 1614
10. Dice Head Light served to guide mariners headed into the Penobscot River toward Bangor, which was a leading lumber port. First lighted in what year by Keeper Jacob Shelburne.?
May 1779 June 1829 October 1875 May 1890
11. In what year was Dice's Head Light discontinued and replaced by a white skeleton tower on the north side of the harbor entrance?
1876 1899 1910 1935
12. Following the signing of the Breda Treaty in 1667, which ended the war between France and England, Castine and the surrounding territory was deeded to the?
Dutch English Americans French
13. Castine was founded in the winter of 1613, when Sieur Claude de Turgis de la Tour established a small trading post among the?
Old Town Indians Penobscot Indians Vikings Tarratine Indians
14. The English seized Fort Penagoët in what year?
1511 1578 1610 1628
15. In what year did the French authorities dispatched the Baron Jean Vincent de St. Castin to take command of Pentagoët?
1515 1575 1667 1735
16. Pentagoët was attacked and briefly held by the Dutch in?
1674 1680 1700 1720
17. Castin himself retook Pentagoët in what year and renamed the town "Bagaduce"?
1635 1650 1676 1686
18. In early July of 1779, nearly three years after the Americans had declared independence from Britain, a naval and military force under the command of who, sailed into the settlement's commodious harbor, landed troops, and took control of the village?
Captain John Smith General Peleg Wadsworth Andrew Johnson General Francis McLean
19. The Massachusetts legislature dispatched the Penobscot Expedition -- consisting of?
a fleet of 30 armed vessels and 28 transports, carrying 250 guns a fleet of 19 armed vessels and 24 transports, carrying 344 guns a fleet of 19 armed vessels and 24 transports, carrying 350 guns a fleet of 5 armed vessels and 10 transports, carrying 150 guns
20. Saltonstall and Revere were both court-martialed, charged with cowardice and insubordination?
Saltonsall was found guilty, but Revere was acquitted Saltonsall was found acquitted, but Revere was guilty Saltonsall was hung, but Revere was acquitted Saltonsall was found guilty, but Revere was given a metal
