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 The
Fourth of July is a fun time to celebrate with your family
and friends. There are parades, cookouts and lots of swimming parties.
Here's a short quiz that will let you see how much you know about why
we celebrate on the Fourth of July. Good Luck!
1. What do we celebrate
on the 4th of July?
a. The end of the Civil War
b. The end of the Great Plague
c. Passage of the Declaration of Independence
d. The invention of fireworks
e. The Bill of Rights
2. On July 4th, 1776
Congress passed the Declaration of Independence. From whom were the colonists
declaring their independence?
a. Russia c. France e. Japan
b. Mexico d. Great Britain
3. Which famous American
actually wrote the Declaration of Independence?
a. Thomas Jefferson c. Abraham Lincoln e.
John Hancock
b. George Washington d. Martin Luther King,
Jr.
4. There were 56 signers
of the Declaration of Independence and some of them are listed below along
with people who are famous, but did
not sign the Declaration of Independence. Circle the names of the
men who signed it. Hint - there are 8 listed here.
a. Martin Luther King, Jr. f. George Washington
k. Samuel Adams
b. Button Gwinnett g. Thomas Jefferson l.
John Adams
c. Abraham Lincoln h. Benjamin Harrison m.
Patrick Henry
d. Lyman Hall i. Benjamin Franklin n. Christopher
Columbus
e. Dick Clark j. Andrew Jackson o. John Hancock
5. There were 13 colonies,
which declared their independence on the 4 of July 1776. Circle the names
of the 13 original colonies.
a. Georgia h. Virginia
o. New Hampshire
b. Florida i. Pennsylvania
p. California
c. North Carolina j. Delaware
q. Massachusetts
d. South Carolina k. New
York r. West Virginia
e. Tennessee l. Maine s.
Rhode Island
f. Maryland m. New Jersey
t. Connecticut
g. Kentucky n. Alabama
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