Most Americans Can’t Get These Questions About the Founding of the U.S.A. Right

By: Amanda Kusumowidagdo | Published: Apr 23, 2024

Our beloved country has a rich history, especially about its founding. But questions about the founding of the country still confused many Americans.

Can you measure up to the history of America’s founding? Find out through this quiz!

1. In what year did the American Revolution start?

A) 1770
B) 1773
C) 1775
D) 1776

A group of people wearing red and white uniforms standing in a field reenacting a battle scene

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Answer: 1775

Source: Britannica

2. Which battle is commonly thought of as the start of the American Revolutionary War?

A) Battle of Saratoga
B) Battle of Bunker Hill
C) Battles of Lexington and Concord
D) Battle Yorktown

Amos Doolittle engravings of the Battle of Lexington and Concord, December 1775

Source: Amos Doolittle/Concord Museum/Daderot-Wikimedia Commons

Answer: Battles of Lexington and Concord

Source: Britannica

3. After Great Britain imposed the Tea Act, what iconic event followed?

A) The Battle of Bunker Hill
B) The Stamp Act Congress
C) The Boston Tea Party
D) The Boston Massacre

A painting of crowd of people protesting in a harbor facing ships on the water

Source: Nathaniel Currier/Wikimedia Commons

Answer: The Boston Tea Party

Colonists in Philadelphia and New York made the tea ships return to Britain

Source: Britannica

4. Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

A) John Adams
B) Benjamin Franklin
C) George Washington
D) Thomas Jefferson

Faces of the Founding Fathers carved in stone on the side of a mountain at Mt. Rushmore

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Answer: Thomas Jefferson

Source: Britannica

5. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

A) July 4, 1776
B) September 3, 1775
C) December 25, 1776
D) April 19, 1775

John Trumbull's painting of the Declaration of Independence being represented to the Congress

Source: John Trumbull/United States Capitol/Wikimedia Commons

Answer: July 4, 1776

Source: Wikipedia

6. Which country first recognized the USA as an independent country?

A) Great Britain
B) France
C) The Netherlands
D) Spain

Various nation’s flags pinned on a world map in front of a person

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Answer: France

Source: Britannica

7. When was the Treaty of Paris that officially ended the Revolutionary War signed?

A) 1776
B) 1781
C) 1783
D) 1789

An incomplete painting by Benjamin West of the American delegation in the Treaty of Paris

Source: Benjamin West/Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library/Wikimedia Commons

Answer: 1783

Source: History

8. Which Founding Father was the first Secretary of the Treasury?

A) Alexander Hamilton
B) James Madison
C) John Jay
D) Aaron Burr

Flag of the United States Secretary of the Treasury

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Answer: Alexander Hamilton

Source: Wikipedia

9. In what year was the United States Constitution written?

A) 1791
B) 1787
C) 1781
D) 1776

A black and white photo of the United States Constitution

Source: National Archives at College Park/Wikimedia Commons

Answer: 1787

Source: History

10. Name the last great battle in the American Revolutionary War.

A) The Battle of Lexington
B) The Battle of Yorktown
C) The Siege of Boston
D) The Battle of Saratoga

A painting of the Siege of Yorktown where General Rochambeau and general Washington give last orders before an attack

Source: Auguste Couder/Palace of Versailles/Wikimedia Commons

Answer: The Battle of Yorktown

Source: Wikipedia

11. Which figure was called “the Father of the Constitution”?

Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison

A white marble statue of a James Madison, Father of the Constitution, in a room

Source: Walker Hancock/Madison Building-Library of Congress/Wikimedia Commons

Answer: James Madison

Source: Britannica

12. Who was famous for this quote: “Give me liberty, or give me death!”?

A) Benjamin Franklin
B) John Hancock
C) Paul Revere
D) Patrick Henry

A hand-colored lithograph of Patrick Henry delivering his great speech on the Rights of the Colonies before the Virginia Assembly

Source: Currier and Ives/Metropolitan Museum of Art/Wikimedia Commons

Answer: Patrick Henry

Source: History