9179 America's 250th Anniversary (America250) Trivia Questions with Answers
9179 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which 1804–1806 expedition explored the newly acquired Louisiana Territory and reached the Pacific Ocean?
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
What was the first capital of the United States government under the Constitution?
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New York City
What 1783 treaty recognized the United States as independent after the Revolutionary War?
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Treaty of Paris (1783)
What building, later renamed Independence Hall, hosted the Second Continental Congress in 1776?
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Pennsylvania State House
Which American general defeated Banastre Tarleton at the 1781 Battle of Cowpens?
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Daniel Morgan
Who designed the original 1791 plan for Washington, D.C., the United States capital?
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Pierre Charles L'Enfant
Which company owned the tea destroyed during the Boston Tea Party?
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East India Company
What was the first official national flag authorized by the Continental Congress?
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Stars and Stripes
Where did the 1787 Constitutional Convention meet?
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Philadelphia
What 1787 law organized the Northwest Territory and prohibited slavery there?
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Northwest Ordinance
Which 1777 battle is often called the turning point of the American Revolutionary War?
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Battle of Saratoga
Where was the first United States Congress under the Constitution established?
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New York City
What was the first battle of the American Revolutionary War?
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
What was the first document to serve as the United States’ national constitution?
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Articles of Confederation
Who presided over the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution?
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George Washington
Who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense, published during the American Revolution?
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Thomas Paine
Which French general commanded the army that supported Washington at Yorktown?
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Comte de Rochambeau
On what date did the British army surrender at the Siege of Yorktown?
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October 19, 1781
What is the commonly used name for the United States' 250th anniversary in 2026?
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Semiquincentennial
For America's 250th anniversary, which U.S. national park became the country's first in 1872?
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Yellowstone National Park
For America's 250th anniversary, which 1865 amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
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Thirteenth Amendment
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution established a presidential two-term limit?
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Twenty-second Amendment
Which U.S. expedition first reached the Pacific Ocean overland from the eastern United States in 1805?
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
Which 1777 American victory persuaded France to enter the Revolutionary War as a U.S. ally?
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Battles of Saratoga
What 1773 protest in Boston Harbor helped spark the American Revolution?
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Boston Tea Party
On what date was the United States Constitution signed by delegates at the Philadelphia Convention?
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September 17, 1787
On what holiday did George Washington lead the 1776 crossing of the Delaware River?
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Christmas Day
On what date did the British army surrender at Yorktown in the American Revolution?
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October 19, 1781
What document served as the United States’ first constitution?
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Articles of Confederation
For America's 250th anniversary, who became the first president of the United States?
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George Washington