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Name as many of the Acts that Britain imposed on the colonies as possible.
Stamp--Tea--Sugar--Townshend--Quartering--Intolerable
(There were many more than this though)
How many times has the White House been burned down?
One time
(bonus points if you can name when this happened)
Which Native American tribe was primarily affected, or at least is the one with whom we most associate, the Trail of Tears?
The Cherokee
Two different times during the war, George Washington would have his army camp for the winter in the same place.
Valley Forge
They're used to pay for city and state services, and are most definitely NOT theft.
Taxes
Who is the only President to never live in the White House?
George Washington
What song do we sing due to the War of 1812?
The U.S. National Anthem
(bonus points if you can give the actual name)
Who were the regular "citizen soldiers" that fought the British at the very beginning of the war
The Minutemen
The murder of Father Gapon, in Russia, and as many as 234 followers in 1905, and the murder of 14 civilians at a Gaelic football match, in Ireland, in 1920, are examples of what?
A Massacre
After news broke of a famous coffee company buying their coffee beans from a region of the world that uses slave labor to farm the beans, a group of people start a campaign that urges people to not buy from the company in question until they switch suppliers. This campaign of refusing to make a purchase until a change is made is an example of a what?
Boycott
"and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America. So help me, God."
These are the last half of what?
[The Presidential] Oath of Office
A two-thirds "supermajority" vote to override a presidential veto is required from which house of Congress?
Both
(292 in the House of Representatives, 67 in the Senate)
When Alexander Hamilton pushed for a National Bank, part of its creation included a tax on something for which Britain had never tried to tax the colonies.
(a) Whiskey Tax
Even though we don't elect a President through the popular vote, it has only differed from the method in which we DO elect a President a handful of times. What is the method by which we elect a President?
The Electoral College
(bonus points if you can name how many times the PV has differed from the EC)
Despite actually lasting longer than its name would suggest, what was the name of the war that started the chain of events that led to the American Revolution?
The Seven Years' War
Why was the start of the American Revolution something that was felt/heard across the globe?
Because it started a wave of independence movements in colonies all over the Earth not just the ones held by Britain.
Which dollar bill ($1, $5, $10 etc...) features the President responsible for the Trail of Tears
The $20 bill
The 3rd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was put in place to protect citizens against being forced to do what with soldiers?
*this was something the colonists were forced to do with British soldiers*Quartering (forced housing) of soldiers
What do the original U.S. government and the government of The South during the Civil War have in common?
They are both examples of a Confederation (loose alliance of states)
Which battle of the War of 1812 mistakenly occurred after the peace treaty had been signed?
The Battle of New Orleans
Washington's 1st Presidential cabinet included Thomas Jefferson (who advised the President on foreign affairs), Henry Knox (who advised the President on military matters), Edmund Randolph (who advised the President on legal matters), and this person (who advised the President on financial matters)
Alexander Hamilton
Who wrote 59% of the Federalist Papers?
Alexander Hamilton
What do the number of representatives a state has in Congress and the number of electors a state has for a presidential election have in common?
They are both based upon a state's population
The 1st U.S. capital was located in the same city that saw George Washington suffer his first major defeat.
New York City
This has only happened one time with regards to Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
An amendment has been repealed.