Which Revolutionary War event ended with the British surrender on October 19, 1781?
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Siege of Yorktown
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Which Revolutionary War event ended with the British surrender on October 19, 1781?
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Siege of Yorktown
Which Revolutionary War battles are widely described as a turning point because they helped bring France into the conflict?
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Battles of Saratoga
On what date did George Washington deliver America’s first State of the Union address?
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January 8, 1790
What was the name of the New York building where George Washington took his first presidential oath?
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Federal Hall
Who wrote the pro-independence pamphlet Common Sense, published in 1776?
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Thomas Paine
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