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American Revolution Pop Quiz
Click the correct letter (A, B, C, or D)
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100
Which incident on December 16, 1773 helped
spark the American Revolution?
A The Boston Tea Party
B The Jamestown Wine Celebration
C The Miami Coke Festival
D The New York Coffee Ball
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The Boston Tea Party (Dec. 17, 1773)
On that night, a group of men went to Griffins
Wharf where, disguised as Mohawk Indians, they
boarded three British ships and threw 342 chests
of tea overboard (worth 15,000).
Protest against the horrendous tax policy of the
British government in the colonies (Tea Act, May
1773). The revolt was preceded by the Boston
Massacre in 1770.
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200
Complete the famous slogan No
taxation without
A incarceration
B King George III
C relaxation
D representation
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Used mainly between 1763 and 1776 to utter the
criticism of the American colonists. The phrase
was coined by Boston Reverend Jonathan Mayhew in
a 1750 sermon. Later also Taxation without
representation is tyranny."
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300
The U.S. Declaration of Independence was adopted
in 1776, on
A the 4th of July
B the 14th of July
C October 3
D October 25
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July 4, 1776, Independence Day
The Second Continental Congress (representing the
legislatures of the British colonies) adopted the
Declaration of Independence on July 4 (mainly
written by Thomas Jefferson).
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Painting by John Trumbull. Shows the committee
that drafted the Declaration of Independence
(1776) -- John Adams, Robert Sherman, Thomas
Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin--standing before
John Hancock, President of the Second Continental
Congress.
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500
Which iconic image from 1776 has made it to the
history books?
A Hamilton crossing the Atlantic
B Jefferson crossing the Appalachian Mountains
C Madison crossing the French lines
D Washington crossing the Delaware
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Washington Crossing the Delaware - 1851 oil
painting by Emanuel Leutze. Commemorates
George Washingtons crossing of the river
Delaware on December 25, 1776, during the
Revolutionary War (surprise attack against the
British troops at Trenton, New Jersey - Battle of
Trenton).
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1,000
Which contract ended the American Revolution
(1775-1783) and formally recognized the USA as an
independent nation?
A The Agreement of New York City
B The Pact of London
C The Treaty of Paris
D The Truce of Amsterdam
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The Treaty of Paris
Signed on September 3, 1783, and ratified by the
Congress of the Confederation in January
1784. Formally ended the war between Great
Britain and the U.S.A. (Following victories
of the allied French and American troops at
Chesapeake Bay and Yorktown in 1781).
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The Treaty of Paris (1783) - Painting by
Benjamin West (undated). Depicting John Jay,
John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Laurens, and
William Temple Frankin. The painting was never
finished since the British commissioners refused
to pose.
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2,000
What are the first words of the U.S.
Constitution, signed on September 17, 1787?
A I the King
B You the Citizens
D Us versus Them
C We the People
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We the People of the United States, in Order to
form a more perfect Union, establish Justice,
insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the
common defence, promote the general Welfare, and
secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and
our Posterity, do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the United States of America.
(Preamble to Constitution)
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Scene at the Signing of the Constitution (Sept.
17, 1787) Painting by Howard Chandler
Christy
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4,000
How many states belonged to the U.S.A. when the
nation was founded in 1787?
A 3
B 13
C 36
D 50
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Original U.S. flag, allegedly sewn in 1776 by
Betsy Ross, a Philadelphia quaker. 13 stars and
13 stripes, symbolizing the founding states of
the U.S.A. (Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland,
South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New
York, North Carolina, Rhode Island)
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8,000
Which famous revolutionary published The
American Dictionary of the English Language in
1828?
A Walter Merriam
B James Oxford
C Noah Webster
D Advanced Learner
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Noah Webster (1758-1843)
Lexicographer, spelling reformer, political
writer, and editor.
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16,000
The novel usually considered to be the first
American Novel is
A The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
B The Pioneers
C The Power of Sympathy
D Uncle Toms Cabin
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William Hill Brown, The Power of Sympathy , or
the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth (1789)
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32,000
Which colony stretched from the Gulf of Mexico
to Canada?
A California
B Florida
C Louisiana
D Texas
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The French colony of Louisiana claimed the land
on both sides of the Mississippi River and in
parts of Canada. It encompassed the following
States Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas,
Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa,
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota.
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On April 30, 1803, U.S. President Thomas
Jefferson bought Louisiana from Napoleon I for
15 Million U.S. dollar, thus doubling the size of
the U.S. territory. Louisiana became the 1 8th
state of the Union in 1812.
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64,000
Which group of mercenaries fought on the side of
the British against the American revolutionaries?
A The Bavarians
B The Berliners
C The Hessians
D The Knights of Hannover
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The Hessians auxiliary troops fighting against
American patriots on the side of the British
(1775-1783), comprising 30,000 soldiers, half of
them from Hesse-Kassel. Mainly conscripts,
debtors, some of them petty criminals. Although
commonly called the best armies money could
buy, they did not earn a lot, sometimes only
their daily food.
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125,000
Which popular movement culminated in an
insurrection in 1794 against the U.S. government
in Pennsylvania and West Virginia?
A The Bourbon Revolt
B The Rum Skirmish
D The Whiskey Rebellion
C The Scotch Insurrection
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The Whiskey Rebellion began in 1791 and
culminated in an insurrection in 1794 in
Washington, Pennsylvania, and the Monongahela
Valley. Reaction towards rising taxes in 1789
under the U.S. Constitution (the taxes being a
result of high debts of the U.S. Government after
the War of Independence).
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250,000
Which city was the U.S. Capital from December 6,
1790 to May 14, 1800?
A Boston
B New York City
C Philadelphia
D Washington, D.C.
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Philadelphia, U.S. Capital from 1790 to 1800,
following New York and preceding Washington, D.C.
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500,000
Which diplomatic episode led to an undeclared
war between the USA and France in 1798?
A The ABC Murders
B The Phi Beta Kappa Event
C The QVC Issue
D The XYZ Affair
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The XYZ Affair (1797) Refusing the Paris
Monster - Contemporary caricature.
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The XYZ Affair Named after an episode in which
three French agents (named X, Y, and Z in media
reports) demanded a cash bribe to negotiate with
the French foreign minister.
The American diplomats felt offended by the
demand and furiously ended the talks. The result
was a wave of anti-French sentiment. A quasi-war
(never officially declared) followed from 1798 to
1800.
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1,000,000
Which revolutionary of Irish descent was
Governor of New York (1777-1795) and U.S. Vice
President (1805-1812)?
A Clinton
B Obama
C Huckabee
D McCain
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George Clinton (1733-1812)
Affiliation Democratic- Republican Party.
The longest-serving Governor of New York
(1777-1795) and U.S. Vice President under
Jefferson and Madison (1805-1812)