Misc.
The colonies gaining independence from the British Crown and establishing the United States of America, the first modern constitutional liberal democracy. There were this many colonies.
What is 13?
The first celebration of Independence Day held here.
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where is Philadelphia, 1777?
The American colonists dump tea into the harbor during the Boston Tea Party but why? Because darn the British.
what is as a way to protest British rule over them?
A man who invented, the glass harmonica, bifocals, and even his own stove had signed the declaration of independence.
Who is Ben Franklin?
The Fourth of July commemorates this document.
The Declaration of Independence?
Every Independence Day, the Liberty Bell rings this many times.
13 times?
The location of the nation’s oldest Fourth of July parade.
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Bristol, Rhode Island?
The colonist's five main complaints were about the following: list at least 2 for the points.
what are taxes, British troops, tea, the Intolerable Acts, and King George?
This was the total number of people who signed the Declaration of Independence.
What is 56?
The Statue of Liberty's official name.
Liberty Enlightening the World?
The proper way to fold the American flag.
what is a triangular manor?
This is where the Boston tea party accord.
Where is Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts?
The American colonies owed many private debts to British as aftermath of this.
What is the American revolution?
While many people signed the declaration multiple people shared first names however 4 first names were repeated 6 times. (name at least +100 for every extra name without getting one wrong)
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Who are William, John, George and Thomas?
July has many holidays and National days these are just a few but obviously not the 4th of July.
This Classic kid book was published July 4th, 1865 and was more recently made into a animated movie.
What is Alice in Wonderland?
Where they had stored the declaration of independence, now a historical cite in Kentucky.
Where was Fort Knox?
The British did messed up things during the American revolution, some involving prison ships, destroying towns and property and taxing the however they had one common punishment.
He happened to have the largest signature on the page so that the “fat old King could read it without his spectacles”.
Who is John Handcock?
In this year the "fourth of July" became a federal holiday.
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When is 1941?
These two presidents of the United States died on July 4th of the same year, 1826. (both died on July 4, 1826. This was also the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which they both signed.)
Who were John Adams and Thomas Jefferson?
Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York is where this event happened on September 19 & October 7, 1777.
What are the Battles of Saratoga?
The British escalated the Boston Massacre by taking a small fight between some men and began to beat them with the weapon that carried which was called this.
What is a Ferguson rifle?
The oldest person who signed the declaration of independence Benjamin Franklin at 70, the youngest person to sign was Edward Rutledge he was this old.
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what is 26?
July is named after this Roman General.