Q 01/05

Who commanded the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and later became the first US president?

A) Thomas Jefferson

B) George Washington

C) John Adams

D) Benjamin Franklin

Answer · why

B) George Washington

George Washington led the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783 and then served two terms as the first president; he also presided over the 1787 Constitu...

Q 02/05

Historian Richard B. Morris famously singled out how many 'key' Founding Fathers?

A) Seven

B) Nine

C) Twelve

D) Fifteen

Answer · why

A) Seven

Richard B. Morris picked seven key figures in his 1973 book Seven Who Shaped Our Destiny: The Founding Fathers as Revolutionaries, judging them on lea...

Q 03/05

Which three men negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War?

A) Jefferson, Madison and Monroe

B) Washington, Hamilton and Knox

C) Franklin, Jefferson and Hancock

D) Franklin, Adams and Jay

Answer · why

D) Franklin, Adams and Jay

Franklin, Adams and Jay signed the definitive treaty in Paris on September 3, 1783; Franklin had been America's senior diplomat in France throughout t...

Q 04/05

Which two Founding Fathers died on the same day, July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration?

A) Madison and Monroe

B) Adams and Jefferson

C) Franklin and Washington

D) Hamilton and Burr

Answer · why

B) Adams and Jefferson

Adams and Jefferson both died on July 4, 1826; Adams's reported last words, 'Thomas Jefferson survives', were mistaken, as Jefferson had died about fi...

Q 05/05

The 55 delegates who attended the 1787 Constitutional Convention are commonly known by what term?

A) Ratifiers

B) Federalists

C) Signers

D) Framers

Answer · why

D) Framers

The Framers numbered 55 delegates in all, though only 39 of them signed the finished Constitution on September 17, 1787; three who stayed to the end r...