Tea Party Challenge
Anyone can take this little quiz. But since the TP is especially fond of early America, they should be able to score 100% without Googling a single answer. If you score less than 70%, you have to take a Democrat for sushi.
AMERICAN HISTORY BEFORE 1800
1. In what year was the United States Constitution adopted?
2. The French Revolution was fought before or after the American War of Independence.
3. Name two Europeans who were directly involved in strategic planning for the American Revolution.
4. What was Tom Paine’s nationality?
5. State one reason for John Adams not being a slaveholder.
6. What is the subject of the Third Amendment to the US Constitution?
7. Maryland was founded as a Methodist colony: True or False?
8. How many university level colleges existed in the American colonies before 1710; name one.
9. Only in the nineteenth century, with Zachary Taylor, did presidents begin to swear the oath of office on a Bible (True or False)
10. What is the reason for showing the profile of a famous patriot or president on the coinage of the United States?
11. What does the world “republic” mean?
12. Which amendment to the US Constitution provides for the direct election of senators?
13. Cite three of the main themes of the Federalist papers.
14. What is the highest elective rank ever attained by Benjamin Franklin?
15. The flag of what mercantile company of the late 17th century served as the model for the US flag?
16. State in one sentence the difference between a pilgrim and a puritan.
17. How was the Massachusetts Bay Colony politically and economically distinct from the Virginia colony?
18. Who fought in the French and Indian War?
19. Who was Anne Hutchinson (d.1643?
20. True or false: By 1810, the United States had become the largest slave exporting nation in the world.
21. The so-called Pledge of Allegiance was not written until 1892.
22. What was the extent of the United States in 1800?
23. What does the word “commonwealth” mean? What states retain the title?
24. What article of the Constitution specifies the oath to be taken by a president?
25. The First Amendment to the Constitution prohibits Congress from creating a state religion; what else does the same amendment do?
AMERICAN HISTORY BEFORE 1800
1. In what year was the United States Constitution adopted?
2. The French Revolution was fought before or after the American War of Independence.
3. Name two Europeans who were directly involved in strategic planning for the American Revolution.
4. What was Tom Paine’s nationality?
5. State one reason for John Adams not being a slaveholder.
6. What is the subject of the Third Amendment to the US Constitution?
7. Maryland was founded as a Methodist colony: True or False?
8. How many university level colleges existed in the American colonies before 1710; name one.
9. Only in the nineteenth century, with Zachary Taylor, did presidents begin to swear the oath of office on a Bible (True or False)
10. What is the reason for showing the profile of a famous patriot or president on the coinage of the United States?
11. What does the world “republic” mean?
12. Which amendment to the US Constitution provides for the direct election of senators?
13. Cite three of the main themes of the Federalist papers.
14. What is the highest elective rank ever attained by Benjamin Franklin?
15. The flag of what mercantile company of the late 17th century served as the model for the US flag?
16. State in one sentence the difference between a pilgrim and a puritan.
17. How was the Massachusetts Bay Colony politically and economically distinct from the Virginia colony?
18. Who fought in the French and Indian War?
19. Who was Anne Hutchinson (d.1643?
20. True or false: By 1810, the United States had become the largest slave exporting nation in the world.
21. The so-called Pledge of Allegiance was not written until 1892.
22. What was the extent of the United States in 1800?
23. What does the word “commonwealth” mean? What states retain the title?
24. What article of the Constitution specifies the oath to be taken by a president?
25. The First Amendment to the Constitution prohibits Congress from creating a state religion; what else does the same amendment do?
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