Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - Test Your Knowledge of July 4th & American Independence

1. What body unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776?

First Continental Congress

Senate

House of Burgesses

Second Continental Congress

House of Commons

2. What was the first battle in the Revolution?

Lexington and Concord

Bunker Hill

Paul Revere's Ride

Harlem Heights

Yorktown

3. What act was the original tipping point for Americans and the reason for the first major American resistance to the Parliamentary rule?

Tariff Act

Stamp Act

Whiskey Act

Paper Act

Horse Act

4. The Tea Act of 1773 was created to help what company?

British Trading Company

Colonial Post Company

East India Company

Calico Trading Company

West Indies Company

5. What Act was passed in 1774 to punish the unruly colonies—particularly Massachusetts?

No Tea Act

Extra Tax Act

Powder Act

Shipping Act

Coercive Acts

6. Thomas Paine published what influential pamphlet in January 1776?

Common Sense

In Reason

On Liberty

Our Rights

Your Rights

7. A committee of five was formed to draft a Declaration of Independence, but who is largely credited with the writing?

James Madison

John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

George Mason

John Hancock

8. What year did the United States formally become an independent country?

1776

1778

1781

1783

1785

9. After what war did celebration of the Fourth of July become commonplace?

War of 1812

Revolutionary War

Civil War

World War II

Spanish American War

10. In what year was the Fourth of July made a federal holiday?

1865

1870

1900

1950

1990