Where is the engrossed Declaration of Independence displayed during America’s 250th anniversary?
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National Archives
9179 America's 250th Anniversary (America250) Trivia Questions with Answers
9179 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
On what date did George Washington resign his Continental Army commission in Annapolis?
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December 23, 1783
On what date did the Boston Tea Party take place, when protesters dumped tea into Boston Harbor?
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December 16, 1773
Which document did the Second Continental Congress adopt on July 4, 1776, helping launch the United States?
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Declaration of Independence
On what date were the United States Constitution’s signing ceremonies completed in Philadelphia?
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September 17, 1787
Which bipartisan commission did Congress create in 2016 to organize America’s 250th-anniversary observances?
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United States Semiquincentennial Commission
Who commanded the Continental Army during its winter encampment at Valley Forge?
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George Washington
Who served as president of the Constitutional Convention that drafted the U.S. Constitution in 1787?
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George Washington
Which organization, established by Congress in 2016, coordinates the America250 celebration?
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United States Semiquincentennial Commission
Which 1781 battle marked the last major military campaign of the American Revolution?
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Siege of Yorktown
What was the first constitution of the United States during the America250 founding era?
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Articles of Confederation
Who was the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence celebrated by America250?
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Edward Rutledge
For America250, what date marked the United States semiquincentennial?
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July 4, 2026
Which French commander led the French ground forces supporting Washington at the 1781 Siege of Yorktown?
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Comte de Rochambeau
Which battle on April 19, 1775, began the armed conflict of the American Revolutionary War?
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
What was the first official flag used by the Continental Army during the American Revolution?
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Grand Union flag
Which French treaty formally made France an ally of the American revolutionaries in 1778?
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Treaty of Alliance
What document did the First Continental Congress adopt in 1774 to organize a boycott of British goods?
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Continental Association
Who introduced the Lee Resolution declaring the American colonies independent from Great Britain?
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Richard Henry Lee
Who served as the first president of the First Continental Congress in 1774?
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Peyton Randolph