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100

What word famously begins the Declaration of Independence? 

What is "When in the Course of human events"?

100

What year did Haiti gain Independence from France?

What is 1804?

100

What percent of colonists were estimated to be Loyalists during the Revolution?

What is about 20%?

100

Who wrote the lyrics to “The Star-Spangled Banner”?

Who is Francis Scott-Key?

100

Which future U.S. president did not sign the Declaration because he was in France?

Who is John Adams? -- Trick: It’s Jefferson who wrote it, Adams signed it, Franklin was there, but John Adams was NOT in France during signing 

200

Who wrote the first draft of the Articles of Confederation?

Who is John Dickinson?

200

Which African country was founded by freed American slaves and declared independence in 1847?

What is Liberia?

200

What was the original capital of the United States under the Articles of Confederation?

What is Philadelphia?

200

What painting by Emanuel Leutze shows Washington crossing what river?

What is the Delaware River?


200

Which president died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration?

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

300

Which grievance against King George ||| was removed from the final Declaration draft due to Southern pressure?

What is the condemnation slavery?

300

India declared independence from Britain in what year?

What is 1947?

300

Which Revolutionary War hero later turned traitor and joined the British?

What is Benedict Arnold?

300

What patriotic tune was originally a British mocking song?

What is "Yankee Doodle"?

300

Name the only president to fight in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.

Who is Andrew Jackson?

400

What document came after the Declaration but before the Constitution?

What is the Articles of Confederation?

400

Which South American liberator was known as "El Libertador"? 

Who is Simon Bolivar?

400

What battle is considered the “turning point” of the American Revolution?

What is the Battle of Saratoga?

400

Which artist famously depicted scenes from the Revolution in dramatic style during the 1800s?

Who is John Trumbull?

400

Which patriot said, “Give me liberty or give me death!”?

Who is Patrick Henry?

500

Which Enlightenment philosopher's ideas most influenced Jefferson's writing?

Who is John Locke?

500

Which European country was the first to declare independence from the Soviet Union?

What is Lithuania?

500

What secret society helped organize resistance to the Stamp Act?

What is the Sons of Liberty?

500

The “Liberty Bell March” was composed by whom?

Who is John Philip Sousa?

500

Which Founding Father defended British soldiers in court after the Boston Massacre?

Who is John Adams?

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