Q 01/05

Which document, signed July 4, 1776, announced the thirteen colonies' separation from Britain?

A) The Articles of Confederation

B) The Declaration of Independence

C) The Virginia Declaration of Rights

D) The Constitution

Answer · why

B) The Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, declaring the colonies free from British rule. It was primari...

Q 02/05

Who served as the first President of the United States?

A) John Adams

B) Thomas Jefferson

C) Benjamin Franklin

D) George Washington

Answer · why

D) George Washington

He is the only president to have been elected unanimously by the Electoral College, and he managed it twice.

Q 03/05

In what year did the United States purchase the Louisiana Territory from France?

A) 1798

B) 1803

C) 1812

D) 1820

Answer · why

B) 1803

For fifteen million dollars, about eighteen dollars a square mile, the US nominally acquired some 828,000 square miles.

Q 04/05

Which amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery in the United States?

A) 13th

B) 12th

C) 14th

D) 15th

Answer · why

A) 13th

Its one exception, forced labour as punishment for a crime, is still the basis for prison labour today.

Q 05/05

What was the name of the first permanent English settlement in North America, established in 1607?

A) Plymouth

B) Roanoke

C) Jamestown

D) Williamsburg

Answer · why

C) Jamestown

Jamestown, Virginia, was established on May 14, 1607, by the London Company. It preceded the Plymouth Colony (1620) by thirteen years and became the f...