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How many British colonies united to form the United States during the American Revolution?
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13
Who wrote Thomas Paine’s 1776 pamphlet Common Sense, which urged American independence?
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Thomas Paine
In which Pennsylvania city was the Liberty Bell hidden from British forces in 1777, a symbol recalled during America250?
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Allentown
Which state legislature first recognized July 4 as a state celebration in 1781?
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Massachusetts
How many gunshots were fired in each salute at Bristol’s 1777 Independence Day celebration?
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Thirteen
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Which state legislature first recognized July 4 as a state celebration in 1781?
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Massachusetts
What was the United States’ previous 200th-anniversary celebration called before America250?
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United States Bicentennial
Which federal commission, created in 2016, organizes the congressional America250 effort?
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United States Semiquincentennial Commission
On what date was the United States Constitution signed, a key document in the America250 story?
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September 17, 1787
Which treaty formally ended the American Revolutionary War before the America250 anniversary?
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Treaty of Paris (1783)