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Fourth of July Trivia
1. What famous document was officially adopted on the Fourth of July? ______________
2. In what year was the Declaration of Independence signed? ______________________
3. Did the Revolutionary War start before or after the Declaration of
Independence was signed? _________________________________________________
4. In what year did the American Revolution begin? _______________________________
5. In what city was the Declaration of Independence signed? _______________________
6. Who was the only signer of the Declaration of Independence to sign it
on July 4, 1776? __________________________________________________________
7. Where is the Liberty Bell located?____________________________________________
8. The Liberty Bell first rang on July 8, 1776. What was the occasion?________________
9. What poem penned by Katharine Lee Bates is now a song that paints a
picture of the visual splendor of the United States?_____________________________
10. Who was the oldest signer of the Declaration of Independence?_________________
11. What drink, popular in England for breakfast and popular in the South
in the summer, is associated with tax protests that took place in the
Boston Harbor in 1773?___________________________________________________
12. What patriotic hymn is sung to the tune of “God Save the Queen”?_______________
13. Who was the only U.S. president born on July 4?_______________________________
14. What are the first seven words of the Declaration of Independence? ______________
15. Americans consume more than 150 million of these food items on the
Fourth of July. Hint: They’re not hamburgers. __________________________________
Answers:
1. The Declaration of Independence 2. 1776 3. Before 4. 1775 5. Philadelphia 6. John Hancock 7. Philadelphia
8. The first reading of the declaration of Independence 9. America the Beautiful. 10. Benjamin Franklin 11. Tea
12. My Country ’Tis of Thee 13. Calvin Coolidge (1872) 14. When in the course of human events… 15. Hot Dogs.