Founding Documents
What word famously begins the Declaration of Independence?
What is "When in the Course of human events"?
What year did Haiti gain Independence from France?
What is 1804?
What percent of colonists were estimated to be Loyalists during the Revolution?
What is about 20%?
Who wrote the lyrics to “The Star-Spangled Banner”?
Who is Francis Scott-Key?
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
Who wrote the first draft of the Articles of Confederation?
Who is John Dickinson?
Which African country was founded by freed American slaves and declared independence in 1847?
What is Liberia?
What was the original capital of the United States under the Articles of Confederation?
What is Philadelphia?
What painting by Emanuel Leutze shows Washington crossing what river?
What is the Delaware River?
Which president died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Which grievance against King George ||| was removed from the final Declaration draft due to Southern pressure?
What is the condemnation slavery?
India declared independence from Britain in what year?
What is 1947?
Which Revolutionary War hero later turned traitor and joined the British?
What is Benedict Arnold?
What patriotic tune was originally a British mocking song?
What is "Yankee Doodle"?
Name the only president to fight in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
What document came after the Declaration but before the Constitution?
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Which South American liberator was known as "El Libertador"?
Who is Simon Bolivar?
What battle is considered the “turning point” of the American Revolution?
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Which artist famously depicted scenes from the Revolution in dramatic style during the 1800s?
Who is John Trumbull?
Which patriot said, “Give me liberty or give me death!”?
Who is Patrick Henry?
Which Enlightenment philosopher's ideas most influenced Jefferson's writing?
Who is John Locke?
Which European country was the first to declare independence from the Soviet Union?
What is Lithuania?
What secret society helped organize resistance to the Stamp Act?
What is the Sons of Liberty?
The “Liberty Bell March” was composed by whom?
Who is John Philip Sousa?
Which Founding Father defended British soldiers in court after the Boston Massacre?
Who is John Adams?