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1. At dawn on the morning of May 10, 1775, Ethan Allen and 83 of his Green Mountain boys surprised the garrison of the strongest British fort in North America and demanded its surrender. When asked under whose authority this action was taken, Allen replied "in the name of the great Jehovah and the Continental Congress". What fort was this?
2. This United States Army fort, located south of Louisville in Kentucky, is also called "The Vault". During the Second World War, it was used to store the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the Gettysburg Address, reserves of European countries and the Hungarian crown jewels. It was also the target of the evil Auric Goldfinger, the villain in the James Bond movie "Goldfinger".
3. This fort was built in Arizona 1870 to protect the nearby White Mountain Reservation and Indian agency. It was heavily used during the Indian wars of the 1870s up until the capture of Geronimo in 1886. It was also the name of a famous 1948 John Ford film starring John Wayne, Henry Fonda and Shirley Temple, the name of a popular toy set released by Marx in 1951, and the fort name used in the TV series "The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin".
4. This fort will certainly need very little in the way of introduction, especially if you're from Texas. It is the fort where Davy Crockett died in 1836.
5. This fort was built on Pea Patch Island in 1859 to protect the ports of Wilmington and Philadelphia. A complex was built outside the fort to house Confederate prisoners during the Civil War. The geographic location should make it obvious.
6. This British fort with two first names was built at the southern end of Lake George in New York State in 1755. In 1757, during the French and Indian War, the French and their Indian allies laid siege to it, a battle that was reconstructed in the 1992 movie "The Last of the Mohicans".
7. This one was not really a fort, but was a city under siege for seven weeks during the American Civil War. It was important because the Confederate guns here prevented Union ships from moving up and down the Mississippi River. They finally surrendered on Independence Day in 1863.
8. In May of 1763, Pontiac, Chief of the Ottawas came up with a scheme to capture this British Fort and drive the British out of the Michigan area. 300 Indians came to the fort with rifles hidden under their blankets. At a signal, they were to throw off the blankets and massacre everyone in the fort. But the commander of the fort had been prewarned and the 120 defenders had their rifles out and ready, so the Indians had to leave peacefully. Thus a massacre of all in the fort was averted. Later, one of America's major cities grew up around the fort, taking the fort's name as the name of the city. What fort was it?
9. This island fort in South Carolina was attacked in 1861, setting off hostilities in the U.S. Civil War. What fort was it?
10. This fort was built between 1798 and 1800 to protect the Port of Baltimore. Its real claim to fame was the battle of September 13th in 1813 when the British tried to enter the harbor, but were repulsed by the fort's cannons. An observer on a truce ship was so moved when the sun rose on the 14th and the huge American flag over the fort was still visible that he was inspired to write a well-known song that is sung at the start of every major league baseball game.
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