PATRIOTS #6 - THOMAS JEFFERSON Mystery Cache
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PATRIOTS #6 - THOMAS JEFFERSON
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This is part of an 11 cache series with the theme "The men and events that started the American Revolution". The cache is not at the posted coordinates! You will have to solve the puzzle below in order to obtain the coordinates.
In the course of doing this series, hopefully you will learn something about the founding of this Nation. Make sure you record the information (Letter and number code) inside the cache container or on the log itself. You will need it if you want to find the final to this series!
This series is meant to be educational. The puzzles are made so they will hopefully challenge you and will likely require some research and a little reading. Most of all we hope you have fun doing this series. After all that's what Geocaching is all about, right!
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Let us continue our journey with Thomas Jefferson:
Thomas Jefferson is considered by many to be one of the greatest of the founding fathers. He was known as America’s Philosopher of Freedom. He was the author of the Declaration of Independence and the third President of the United States. He served as the first Secretary of State in George Washington’s administration. He served as the Vice President in John Adams administration. During the first five decades of this nation’s history, Jefferson was preeminent among his peers as an advocate of the rights of man. Jefferson was a successful Lawyer and farmer. He had an insatiable thirst for knowledge that lasted throughout his entire life. Many of his friends called him a “walking library”, and indeed he had carefully studied every important book written in the western world since ancient times. The great historian James Truslow Adams said he was “the most widely read man of his time in America.
It has been said that Jefferson could calculate an eclipse, survey an estate, tie an artery, plan an edifice, try a cause, break a horse, dance a minuet, and play a violin.
1. True/False: Thomas Jefferson published a bible based on the Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth.
a. True = 5
b. False = 7
2. Thomas Jefferson’s father passed away in 1757. Thomas Jefferson, from Albemarle County, joined a class at age 15. Who was his teacher?
a. Patrick Henry = 41
b. Reverend Maury = 42
c. Samuel Davies = 43
a. Peter Lyons = 39
3. Where and when did Thomas Jefferson go to College?
a. College of William and Mary, September of 1759 = 3
b. College of William and Mary, January of 1760 = 1
c. College of William and Mary, September of 1758 = 5
d. College of William and Mary, January of 1761 = 6
e. None of the above = 7
4. Thomas Jefferson developed a method he used when confronted with difficult choices or temptations. What was this method he used to make these tough decisions?
a. He would ask himself, what would Patrick Henry do? = 9
b. He would ask himself, what would Martha do? = 3
c. He would ask himself, what would Samuel Adams do? = 5
d. He would ask himself, what would Dr. Small, Mr. Wythe, or Peyton Randolph do? = 2
5. Who were the three gentlemen, considered the top intellectuals in the province, who started inviting Thomas Jefferson into their circle for philosophical discussions over dinner during the time that Jefferson was attending William and Mary College?
a. Dr. Small, Francis Fauquier, and George Wythe. = 3
b. Dr. Small, Peyton Randolph, and George Wythe. = 0
c. Richard Henry Lee, Eli Whitney, and Patrick Henry. = 6
d. Dr. Small, Richard Henry Lee, and George Wythe. = 9
6. What event does Thomas Jefferson attribute to “lighting the flame of Liberty and Patriotism in his soul” and later referred to as “the most important day in my life.”
a. May 29, 1765. He was listening to Patrick Henry’s oratory defending Henry’s strongly worded resolutions against the Stamp Act. = (-18)
b. The signing of the Declaration of Independence. = (-20)
c. Richard Henry Lee’s speech to the House of Burgesses after the Port Act went into effect. = (-16)
d. Richard Henry Lee’s speech to the House of Burgesses after the “Boston Massacre”. = (-19)
7. What was the favorite passion of Thomas Jefferson’s “soul”?
a. Spending time working on improvements to his estate, first Shadwell and then Monticello. = 21
b. Music. He played the violin and the cello. = 19
c. Fox hunting = 22
d. Horseback riding. He rode every day. = 23
8. On Jefferson’s epitaph, which he wrote, he listed two accomplishments most important in his life. What were they?
a. Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights. = 9
b. Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. = 7
c. Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights. = 5
d. The Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom and the Declaration of Independence. = 6
9. Who was called Virginia’s Paul Revere and why?
a. American Captain Jack Jouett. He was the one who on June 3 1781, discovered British Calvary Commander Banastre Tarleton, along with 250 men, as he was on a secret mission to Charlottesville to capture Jefferson. He rode all night long into the woods to warn Jefferson of the approaching redcoats. = 1
b. American Captain Jack Jouett. He was the one who on June 3 1781, discovered British Commander Cornwallis as he was heading to Charlottesville to capture Jefferson. He rode all night long into the woods to warn Jefferson of the approaching redcoats. = 8
c. American General Thomas Nelson. He was the one who on June 3 1781, discovered British Calvary Commander Banastre Tarleton, along with 250 men, as he was on a secret mission to Charlottesville to capture Jefferson. He rode all night long into the woods to warn Jefferson of the approaching redcoats. = 5
d. American General Thomas Nelson. He was the one who on June 3 1781, discovered British Commander Cornwallis as he was heading to Charlottesville to capture Jefferson. He rode all night long into the woods to warn Jefferson of the approaching redcoats. = 2
10. After the Declaration of Independence was adopted, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson were appointed to draw up a proposal for the Great Seal of the United States. What was the proposal this group of Founders came up with?
a. The American Eagle on one side and a depiction of Roman (pillars/wreath) democracy on the other = 2
b. The new flag of the Unites States over the American Eagle on one side and on the other portrayed the ancient Israelites being led through the wilderness by God’s pillar of fire. = 4
c. Anglo-Saxon leaders Hengist & Horsa on one side and on the other portrayed the ancient Israelites being led through the wilderness by God’s pillar of fire. = 0
d. The American Eagle with the thirteen state flag in the background on one side and “In God we trust” on the other. = 6
In September of 1776, Jefferson resigned from Congress so he could return to Virginia. He needed to get back to his wife as she was sick. He was also eager to take part in what he considered much needed revisions to Virginia’s legal code. He was easily reelected to his old seat in the Williamsburg assembly. He felt that the principles in the Declaration of Independence could not be realized until specific laws were passed to protect the rights of individual citizens. Five days after the House of Delegates convened in early October 1776, he introduced a bill to abolish Entails.
11. What were the Entail Laws?
a. Relics from the days of European feudalism. = .040
b. They prohibited partition of large estates into smaller parcels. = .025
c. Required that property of a wealthy landowner “must” be passed, undivided, to one of his lineal descendants. = .060
d. A practice that perpetuated nobility and prevented the peasant class from acquiring land. = .100
e. All the above. = .045
f. A, B, & C. = .110
12. What forms of government did Jefferson include in his study and which did he conclude was the model for free government?
a. Greek democracies, the Roman republic, Aristocracies, and other political systems of Europe. He was most interested in the model used by the Roman Republic. = .095
b. Greek democracies, the Roman republic, and Monarchies of Europe. He was most interested in the model used by the Romans. = .085
c. Greek democracies, the Roman republic, Aristocracies, and other political systems of Europe. He was most interested in the model used by the Greeks. = .105
d. Greek democracies, the Roman republic, numerous Monarchies, Aristocracies, and other political systems of Europe. He was most interested in the model used by the Ancient Israelites and the Anglo-Saxons. = .074
13. Thomas Jefferson died at 15 minutes past noon on July fourth 1826, the anniversary of independence, and John Adams also died about 2 hours later that same day.
a. True = .029
b. False = .033
The cache can be found at:
N 36 AA.BCD - #13
W 076 EE.FGH + #11 + #12
AA = (#1) + (#2)
B = #3
C = #4
D = #5
EE = (#6) + (#7)
F = #8
G = #9
H = #10
Don't forget to add the values you get for questions 11 & 12 to the longitude and subtract the value you get for question 13 from the latitude.
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