4th of July Trivia Answers For Yesterday's Questions

4th of July Trivia Answers for Yesterday's Questions

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               4th of July Trivia Questions

Answers:

1. The people were taxed without representation.

2. 56 people signed the Declaration of Independence

3. The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

4. "When in the course of human events”.

5. The Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence.

6. The largest signature on the Declaration of Independence is John Hancock's.

7. Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed Lee's resolution.

8. George III was king of England when the colonies declared their independence.

9. There were 2.5 million people living in the U. S. in 1776.

10. The word "patriotism" comes from the Latin "patria" meaning "fatherland" or "homeland".

11. The colors of the first flag were red, white, and blue.

12. Our national bird is the bald eagle.

13. The Liberty Bell is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the tower of Independence Hall.

14. No, the Liberty Bell no longer rings.

15. The bell rang from 1778-1843. Three bells were cast and the final ringing was on Washington’s Birthday, Feb.22, 1843 since the crack got too big.

16. The name: Uncle Sam" originated in 1812, when a meat packer by the name of Sam Wilson provided meat to the U. S. Army. Someone saw the meat shipments that were stamped with U. S. and joked that the initials stood for "Uncle Sam" and the name stuck.

17. The name of the National Anthem is the "Star Spangled Banner."

18. Francis Scott Key wrote the words to the National Anthem.

19. The music for the National Anthem comes from an old English drinking song named, "Anacreon in Heaven."

20. In 1912, President Woodrow Wilson made an Executive Order. Then in 1931, by a Congressional resolution.

21. Francis Bellamy wrote the Pledge of Allegiance.

22. Betsy Ross sewed the first official American flag?

23. The stars were in a circle on the first flag to show that all the colonies were equal.

24. The Statue of Liberty is 151 feet tall

25. France gave us the Statue of Liberty

26. The Chinese invented fireworks

27. Congress approved using fireworks in 1777 to celebrate the occasion and also bells and bonfires.

28. The Fourth of July became an unpaid holiday for federal workers in 1870. In 1938 it became a paid holiday, and in 1941, it was declared a federal holiday.

29. Francis Scott Key urged the adoption of "In God is our Trust" as the national motto. The United States adopted the motto "In God We Trust" by law on July 30, 1956 by President Dwight Eisenhower.

30. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson 1826

31. Calvin Coolidge- 1872 in Vermont.

32. The Philadelphia Evening Post on July 6, 1776.

33. Americans consume 150 million hot dogs on July 4th each year.

34. Americans spend around 211 million dollars every year on fireworks.

35. Over 74 million people have cookouts on July 4th.

36. Dave Righetti of the Yankees and President Nixon was.

37. Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Delaware, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Virginia, New Hampshire, and Maryland.

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