Founding Era Trivia

Founding Era Trivia

• Question 1 out of 10

  In what year was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

  The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, in Philadelphia, two days after voting for independence on July 2.

  1774

  1776

  1781

  1789

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• Question 2 out of 10

  Who was the first President of the United States?

  George Washington took the first presidential oath on April 30, 1789, on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City, then the nation's capital.

  Thomas Jefferson

  John Adams

  George Washington

  Benjamin Franklin

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• Question 3 out of 10

  How many original colonies were there?

  The 13 original colonies stretched from New Hampshire to Georgia, and they are still honored by the 13 stripes on the American flag.

  11

  12

  13

  14

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• Question 4 out of 10

  The Constitution begins with which three words?

  The preamble opens with “We the People of the United States,” a phrase penned at the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.

  We the People

  In Congress assembled

  Four score and

  Life and liberty

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• Question 5 out of 10

  Which document outlines the first ten amendments?

  The first ten amendments, ratified in 1791, are known as the Bill of Rights and protect freedoms such as speech, religion, and trial by jury.

  The Federalist

  The Bill of Rights

  The Articles

  The Mayflower Compact

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• Question 6 out of 10

  In which city did the Constitutional Convention meet in 1787?

  The delegates met at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, the same building, now called Independence Hall, where the Declaration had been adopted eleven years earlier.

  New York

  Boston

  Philadelphia

  Baltimore

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• Question 7 out of 10

  Who is credited as the principal author of the Declaration of Independence?

  Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft in June 1776. John Adams and Benjamin Franklin suggested changes, and Congress edited the text further before adopting it.

  Thomas Jefferson

  John Adams

  James Madison

  Patrick Henry

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• Question 8 out of 10

  Which 1781 battle ended the last major fighting of the Revolutionary War?

  General Cornwallis surrendered his army at Yorktown, Virginia, in October 1781. Saratoga, four years earlier, was the turning point that helped bring France into the war.

  Bunker Hill

  Trenton

  Yorktown

  Saratoga

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• Question 9 out of 10

  Patrick Henry is remembered for which stirring line?

  Patrick Henry closed a speech to the Virginia Convention in March 1775 with those words. The first line is attributed to Nathan Hale and the third comes from Thomas Paine.

  I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country

  Give me liberty, or give me death

  These are the times that try men's souls

  Don't fire unless fired upon

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• Question 10 out of 10

  Who served as the first Secretary of the Treasury?

  Alexander Hamilton led the Treasury from 1789 to 1795 and built the young nation's financial system. Jefferson sat in the same cabinet as the first Secretary of State.

  Thomas Jefferson

  John Jay

  Henry Knox

  Alexander Hamilton

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