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1. Which cousin of Samuel Adams became the first Vice-President of the United States?
2. What woman is credited with being the 'Voice of the American Revolution'?
3. Where was the 'shot heard 'round the world'?
4. Fill in the blank of this quote by Patrick Henry: 'Must the price of freedom be purchased at the cost of chains? Forbid it, ____________! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
5. What was George Washington's occupation before the War of Independence?
6. Who was the leader of the Green Mountain Boys?
7. Name the hero that lost his life at the end of a British noose and the traitor that is reviled even today.
8. What British general surrendered at Yorktown?
9. Who said of close friend, George Washington, '(He was) first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen'?
10. Who said to the British, upon near defeat, 'I have not yet begun to fight'?
11. How many stripes are on the U.S. flag?
12. How many stripes were on the U.S. flag at its conception?
13. How many stripes were on the US flag in 1814, at the time of the writing of the "Star Spangled Banner"?
14. Who is credited with the creation of the first U.S. flag upon commission by Congress?
15. More than any other pose, which was the most often shown in paintings of George Washington?
16. Who is the 'Portrait Artist of Early America'?
17. The District of Columbia was given to the Federal Government by which two states?
18. On what day was the the final version of the American Declaration of Independence approved?
19. In what year was the Constitution of the United States drafted?
20. In what year was the Constitution of the United States ratified?
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