PATRIOTS #4 - JOHN ADAMS/HANCOCK Mystery Cache
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PATRIOTS #4 - JOHN ADAMS/HANCOCK
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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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If you need assistance on the puzzle, please send us an e-mail and we will point you in the right direction. Google may help with some of the questions, but please heed the hint. We used books based on original sources. Many of the books today are based on revisions to History that have occured over time. Therefore some of the material you "google" may not be completely accurate. Use Google at your own risk.
So lets get started and we hope you will join us on a journey into our nations past.
Let us continue our journey with John Hancock & John Adams
1. Why was John Hancock so important to the Patriots cause?
a. He had inherited the largest fortune in New England from his father, whose brother was a merchant, and was the main financier for Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty. = 23
b. He had inherited the largest fortune in New England from his uncle, who was a merchant, and was the main financier for Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty. = 21
c. He had inherited a modest fortune from his father, passed on by his fathers brother, and was the main financier for Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty. = 18
d. He had inherited a modest fortune from his uncle and was the main financier for Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty. = 20
2. In May of 1768, after the Townshend Acts were approved, a sloop entered Boston harbor carrying a cargo of wine from Madeira. It was reported to carry 25 pipes of wine. A month later, Thomas Kirk, the investigator/customs commissioner came forward and claimed that during the inspection of the ship’s cargo, he was shoved into a cabin and nailed inside by a gang of men led by the ship’s Captain. While Kirk was held captive, other workers removed stores of undeclared wine.
How many gallons of wine was the ship carrying?
Who was the ship Captain?
Who was the owner of the ship?
a. 5000 gallons/ Capt Marshall / Benjamin Church = 25
b. 3000 gallons/ Capt John Paul Jones/ John Hancock = 28
c. 500 gallons/ Capt John Paul Jones/Joseph Harrison = 23
d. 3,000 gallons/Capt Marshall/John Hancock = 26
3. Which of the following is true about Thomas Hancock?
a. He bought a large diamond cheaply and sold it for a vast profit. = 6
b. He was a smuggler. = 5
c. He owned a large shipping company. = 4
d. He opened his own bookstore. = 3
e. He invested in loads of goods heading for Albany. = 2
f. All the above = 1
g. B, C, D, E. = 0
4. Shortly after the death of John Hancock’s uncle, Samuel Adams remarked to John Adams as they were walking around Boston common that “This town has done a wise thing today” What was Samuel Adams referring to?
a. The election of John Hancock to the Massachusetts House of Representatives. = 8
b. The appointment of John Hancock to the governor’s council. = 4
c. The appointment of John Hancock as colonel of the Boston militia. = 0
d. John Hancock had just been accepted as a member of the Sons of Liberty. = 6
e. The caucus club had accepted John Hancock as a member. = 2
5. Who defended Capt Preston at the Boston Massacre trial?
a. Josiah Quincy = 2
b. Richard Auchmuty = 7
c. John Adams = 4
d. Samuel Quincy = 5
e. A & B = 9
f. B, C, & D = 3
g. A, B, & C = 0
h. A & C = 6
6. When did John Adams enter Harvard College?
a. September 1751 = (-26)
b. August 1751 = (-29)
c. August 1750 = (-25)
d. August 1752 = (-24)
7. Where was John Adams admitted to the Bar?
a. Boston, MA. = 30
b. Concord, MA. = 29
c. Braintree, MA. = 31
d. Salem, MA. = 32
8. Fill in the blank: Benjamin Franklin sent original copies of a series of letters that Governor Hutchinson had sent to England in 1773. They reach Thomas Cushing, the Massachusetts house speaker in March. Eventually the letters were published and copies were distributed. John Adams writing as “_________” in the Boston Gazette denounced the Governor as a vile serpent.
a. Novanglus = 3
b. Poor Richard = 2
c. Invictus = 5
d. Silence Dogood = 8
9. True/False. John Adams was a member of the Loyall nine.
a. True = 3
b. False = 7
10. True/False. The Loyall nine group was the precursor to the Sons of Liberty.
a. True = 2
b. False = 6
11. At Lexington, John Hancock did not want to leave, but rather he wanted to grab his gun and go fight alongside the Minute Men that were lined up on the green. What did Sam Adams say to persuade him to depart with him?
a. He reminded him that their task was to stay safe so they could continue to direct the resistance. He reminded him that, if captured, the British would execute them. = .221
b. He told him that they needed to get to Philadelphia. Can’t risk allowing the British to capture them? = .021
c. He told him that fighting was not their business. Why risk giving the British the triumph of capturing them? = .121
d. He reminded him that neither had military training. Leave the fighting to men who are trained. He reminded him that, if captured, the British would execute them. = .183
The cache can be found at:
N 36 AA.BCD
W 076 EE.FGH + #11
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 question 11 to the longitude.
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Additional Hints
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