History of America Quiz

Date posted on: December 25, 2008


1.Who was America named after?

Amerigo Vespucci (Italian explorer, 1454-1512)

2.What took place on Griffin's Wharf in America in 1773?

The Boston Tea Party (on 16 December - American colonists, protesting against British taxes and lack of self-governance, dumped more than 300 crates of British-owned tea in Boston harbour, after boarding three ships disguised as Mohawk natives - the event is regarded as a precursor to the American revolutionary war of independence)

3.In which US state was the American Declaration of Independence signed on 4th July 1776?

Pennsylvania (in Philadelphia, in the Pennsylvania State House, subsequently renamed Independence Hall and now preserved as a world heritage site. The building was also the original location of the iconic Liberty Bell, which has since been relocated to the Liberty Bell Centre also in Philadelphia.)

4.Who was the first president to occupy the White House?

John Adams

5.In 1865 what significant event happened at Ford's Theatre in Washington DC?

Abraham Lincoln's assassination by John Wilkes Booth

6.The 1976 film All The President's Men is about which US political scandal?

Watergate

7.How many boroughs does New York have?

Five (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, The Bronx)

8.Which is the oldest University in the USA?

Harvard (founded 1636, in Cambridge Massachusetts)

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