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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
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