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PICK THREE (3) MINI CHALLENGE - JULY 2022

1Carol420
Editado: Jun 23, 2022, 1:00 pm


HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA!

On July 4th America will celebrate it's 246th Birthday! The document we are most proud of is the Declaration of Independence, which every school child learns was signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1776. What every American school child is not told is that that historical paper was actually signed July 2, 1776, but because it appeared in a New York newspaper on July 4, 1776 so that was the date that stood the test of time. No matter what the date was, we know that the 13 colonies soon became the first 13 states and we became The United States of America. This month you will learn a little about each of those 13 originals.

Connecticut: -Connecticut was founded by European settlers from Massachusetts in 1633. It ratified the Constitution and became a state in January 1788.

Delaware: Dutch colonists established the first European settlement in Delaware at the town now called Lewes in 1631. Delaware was the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution in December 1787.

Georgia: England's King George II granted a charter establishing the colony of Georgia in 1732, making it the last of the original 13 states to be established. Georgia became a state in January 1788.

Maryland: The charter for the colony of Maryland was granted in 1632 and the first expedition landed in 1634. Maryland ratified the U.S. Constitution and became a state in April 1788.

Massachusetts: One of the six New England colonies, the first Massachusetts colony was established when the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620. There were originally two colonies in Massachusetts, the Plymouth Colony or the Old Colony established by the Pilgrims, and the Massachusetts Bay Colony settled by a group of Puritans in 1630. The two colonies (as well as the colony in Maine) were merged by charter in 1691. Massachusetts ratified the Constitution and became a state in February 1788.

New Hampshire: New Hampshire was unofficially established as a fishing settlement in 1623. A land grant in the area was subsequently given the official name of New Hampshire in 1629. New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the Constitution, doing so just before Virginia in June 1788

New Jersey: The first permanent European settlement in New Jersey was established in 1660. New Jersey ratified the U.S. Constitution in December 1787.

North Carolina: The charter for the Carolinas was issued in 1663, though Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina had previously been settled by colonists from Plymouth in 1587. They later vanished and it is still not known what became of them. North Carolina became a state in November 1789.

Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania was established as a Quaker colony in 1682. Along with Delaware and Connecticut, Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution and became a state in December 1787.

Rhode Island: Roger Williams founded the colony of Rhode Island in 1636 after being banished from the colony in Massachusetts for his political beliefs. Preferring the Articles of Confederation, Rhode Island was the last of the 13 original colonies to ratify the Constitution and become a state in May 1790.

South Carolina: South Carolina was settled in 1670 and later ratified the U.S. Constitution in March, 1788.

Virginia: The first of the colonies to be established, Virginia came into existence in 1607. A group of colonists called the Virginia Company founded the first permanent English settlement in North America on May 14, 1607, naming it Jamestown for its location on the banks of the James River. Virginia ratified the Constitution in June 1788, becoming the tenth state in the Union.

The Challange: This is going to be fairly easy and it's mostly going to be your choice of how you pick your 3 choices. You will need to choose 3 books from any 3 different categories or 3 from the same category. You can...
1. Pick 3 books that are set in any 3 of the states that were part of the 13 original ones.
2. Pick 3 books that were published in any of the months that any of the 13 states became a state.
3. Pick three books that the author's first and last initials can be found in UNITED STATES or AMERICA.

2Carol420
Editado: Jul 18, 2022, 3:54 pm


Carol says "Happy Birthday, America!
🏁 - ★
Three books that are set in any 3 of the states that were part of the 13 original ones.
🏁1. Camel's Back/Kill List - Brian Shea - 5★ (Connecticut)
🏁2. Buried Passions - Andrew Grey - 5★- (Pennsylvania)
🏁3. Once Gone - Blake Pierce - 1★ (Virginia)

Three books that were published in any of the months that any of the 13 states became a state
🏁1. The Monet Murders - Josh Lanyon - 4.5★ (June - Virgina)
🏁2. Blue on Blue - Dal MacLean - 5★ (March - South Carolina)
🏁3. Bad Intentions - Ella Frank- 5★ - (April - (Marylnd)

Three books that the author's first and last initials can be found in UNITED STATES or AMERICA.
🏁 1. The Nightmare Room - Chris Sorensen - 3.5★ (C & S)
🏁 2.The Gray and Guilty Sea - Scott William Carter - 3,5★- (C & S)
🏁 3. The Heron's Cry - Ann Cleeves - 3.5★ (A & C)

3deaflower
Editado: Jul 15, 2022, 8:59 pm



Pick a book that is set in any 3 of the states that were part of the 13 original ones.
1. The Great Boston Fire by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco-Boston, Massachusetts 3☆

Pick a book that was published in any of the months that any of the 13 states became a state.
1. The Forgotten Seamstress by Liz Trenow-Georgia, January 3☆

Pick a book that has the author's first and last initials in UNITED STATES of AMERICA.
1. The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan-R 4☆

4Sergeirocks
Editado: Jul 29, 2022, 2:05 pm

You Never Said Goodbye - Luca Veste 3★s (Set in Connecticut)
The President’s Daughter - James Patterson & Bill Clinton 4.5★s (Half the book is set in New Hampshire)
The Silent Room - Mari Hannah 4.5★s (Published November 2015)

5Carol420
Jul 29, 2022, 4:00 pm

>4 Sergeirocks:


Good job, Little Meerkat!

6nrmay
Jul 29, 2022, 6:02 pm

I read these -

The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom. Set in Colonial Virginia.
Radio Girls by Sarah Stratford. Initials in 'United States'
The Impossible Us by Sarah Lotz. Published in March, 2022.

7Carol420
Jul 29, 2022, 7:00 pm

>6 nrmay:


Good job! Congratulations!

8Sergeirocks
Jul 31, 2022, 5:31 pm

>5 Carol420: Thanks, Carol, 🙂.

>2 Carol420: Outshone us all again, Carol; 3 x 3, Well Done! 👏

>6 nrmay: We’ll Done, nr! 👍

9Carol420
Jul 31, 2022, 7:45 pm

>8 Sergeirocks: Thanks, Sergei

10Andrew-theQM
Ago 1, 2022, 5:57 am

Pick three books that the author's first and last initials can be found in UNITED STATES or AMERICA.

1. The Dee Valley Killings by Simon McCleave ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
2. Scared to Death by Rachel Amphlett ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
3. The World According to Bertie by Alexander McCall Smith ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

11Carol420
Ago 1, 2022, 7:39 am

>10 Andrew-theQM:


Congrats, Andrew.