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On what date did the British army surrender at Yorktown, the last major campaign of the American Revolution?
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October 19, 1781
What document did the Second Continental Congress send to King George III in 1775 seeking reconciliation?
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Olive Branch Petition
Which British general surrendered his army to American forces at Saratoga in 1777?
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John Burgoyne
Which battle did George Washington win on December 26, 1776, after crossing the Delaware River?
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Battle of Trenton
Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights, a major influence on American founding documents?
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George Mason
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What document did the Second Continental Congress send to King George III in 1775 seeking reconciliation?
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Olive Branch Petition
Which British general surrendered his army to American forces at Saratoga in 1777?
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John Burgoyne
Which battle did George Washington win on December 26, 1776, after crossing the Delaware River?
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Battle of Trenton
What was the name of the first major battle of the American Revolution, fought near Boston in 1775?
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Battle of Bunker Hill
Who commanded the British forces that surrendered at the Siege of Yorktown?
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Charles Cornwallis
Which signer of the Declaration of Independence was the oldest, in a fact recalled by America250?
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Benjamin Franklin