The Founding Fathers
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| Who presided over the Constitutional Convention, where the U.S. Constitution was written and ratified? | show 🗑
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| Who wrote the Declaration of Independence, but was serving as ambassador to France at the time of the Constitutional Convention, and therefore did not attend? | show 🗑
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| He wrote an influential pamphlet called "Common Sense." | show 🗑
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| show | John Adams
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| He gave the shorted inauguration speech in American history, with a speech that consisted of only 133 words. The speech was delivered on March 4, 1793. | show 🗑
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| Which president gave the longest inauguration speech in American History, 8,442 words on a cold and blustery day, then died a month later from a severe cold? | show 🗑
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| show | John Adams
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| show | John Adams
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| show | Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
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| Which Founding Father's last words were, "I die hard, but I am not afraid to go... Let me go quietry. I cannot last long... It is well." | show 🗑
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| show | Alexander Hamilton
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| show | Benjamin Franklin
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| show | James Madison
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| show | James Madison
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| show | George Washington
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| This Founding Father had many scars on his face from having the disease Smallpox as a child, and was so shy around women that he was rejected by the first two women he proposed to. | show 🗑
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| show | George Washington
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| Which Founding Father was president from 1809 to 1817? | show 🗑
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| show | James Madison
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| Which Founding Father was so tiny (5'4'' tall and weighed less than 100 pounds) that he couldn't serve in the Revolutionary War? | show 🗑
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| show | James Madison
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| Which presidential First Lady saved crucial government documents and a portrait of George Washington when the British stormed teh capitol during the War of 1812? | show 🗑
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| Which Founding Father was president from 1801 to 1809? | show 🗑
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| show | Thomas Jefferson
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| show | Thomas Jefferson
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| show | Thomas Jefferson
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| show | Thomas Jefferson
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| This Founding Father believed strongly in the right of all to a free public education and a free library system. | show 🗑
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| show | Thomas Jefferson
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| show | Thomas Jefferson
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| show | Thomas Jefferson
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| show | John Adams
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| Which Founding Father was the first Vice President? | show 🗑
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| Which Founding Father was first to occupy the White House when the nation moved its capital from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.? | show 🗑
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| What were the two major political parties in the earliest days of the United States of America? | show 🗑
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| show | John Adams
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| Who is considered the first defense-minded president, who built the U.S. Navy to the point where it could compete with that of any other nation of the day? | show 🗑
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| show | John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
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| Which Founding Father wrote Poor Richard's Almanac? | show 🗑
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| show | Benjamin Franklin
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| show | Benjamin Franklin
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| show | Benjamin Franklin
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| Which Founding Father attended Columbia University, then organized artillery regiments in New York during hte Revolutionary War, then became president Washington's chief aide? | show 🗑
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| show | Alexander Hamilton
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| Which Founding Father believed that a "National Debt" was a good thing, because the higher the National Debt, the more people had a stake in the success of their country? | show 🗑
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| This person tied with Thomas Jefferson in the 1800 race for President. He also killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, which was instigated by political disagreements. | show 🗑
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