1. Which cousin of Samuel Adams became the first Vice-President of the United States?
A. John Adams (He later became the second President of the United States.)
2. What woman is credited with being the 'Voice of the American Revolution'?
A. Abigail Adams.
3. What was George Washington's occupation before the War of Independence?
A. Tobacco farmer.
4. Who was the leader of the Green Mountain Boys?
A. Ethan Allen.
5. Name the hero that lost his life at the end of a British noose and the traitor that is reviled even today.
A. Nathan Hale and Benedict Arnold.
6. What British general surrendered at Yorktown?
A. General Cornwallis.
7. Who said to the British, upon near defeat, 'I have not yet begun to fight'?
A. Captain John Paul Jones.
8. Who is credited with the creation of the first flag upon commission by Congress?
A. Betsy Ross.
9. Who is the 'Portait Artist of Early America'?
A. Gilbert Stuart.
10. Which president freed the slaves?
A. Abrahan Lincoln.
11. Who was the civil rights leader who fought through nonviolent action?
A. Martin Luther King Jr.
12. Who said: 'We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal'?
A. Thomas Jefferson.
13. What U.S. state gave the world Louis Armstrong, Fats Domino, Mahalia Jackson and Jelly Roll Morton?
A. Louisiana.
14. A museum in whose memory can be visited at Hyannis?
A. John F. Kennedy.
15. Whose birthday do some states celebrate as a national holiday on 21st January?
A. Martin Luther King.
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