Independence Day Quiz

Americans everywhere are getting ready to celebrate. What better way to get into the spirit of the holiday than to brush up on your Fourth of July trivia?

1. Why is Independence Day celebrated on the Fourth of July?

a) It’s the day the Continental Congress voted to declare independence
b) It’s the day the Declaration of Independence was formally accepted and signed by the delegates
c) It’s the day the Revolutionary War ended
d) It’s the day Richard Henry Lee introduced the motion for independence

2. The original draft of the Declaration of Independence included a denunciation of England’s involvement in the slave trade. Delegates from two colonies insisted on removing the passage. Which ones?

a) North Carolina and South Carolina
b) Florida and New York
c) Georgia and Maryland
d) Georgia and South Carolina

3. The Star Spangled Banner was originally a poem by the lawyer Francis Scott Key chronicling which battle of the War of 1812?

a) The Battle of New Orleans
b) The Battle of Plattsburgh
c) The Siege of Fort McHenry
d) The Burning of Washington

4. What year did the Fourth of July become a paid federal holiday?

a) 1870
b) 1908
c) 1983
d) 1941

5. Fireworks have been part of Independence Day Celebrations from the very beginning. They’re so important that, in 1884, irate miners blew up a Post Office because it wasn’t stocked with fireworks. In which city did this happen?

a) Swan City, Colorado
b) Healdsburg, California
c) Bozeman, Montana
d) Washington, D.C.

Answers:
1-B, 2-D, 3-C, 4-D, 5-A