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We are in the period of the 250 anniversary of the events leading up to the American Revolutionary War. British troops land in Boston to enforce the Townshend duties (taxes on paint, paper, tea, etc.) and clamp down on local radicals. The troops' presence doesn't sit well with locals and leads to street fights. One clash between soldiers and a mob in March 1770 will leave five dead and is referred to as the Boston Massacre.
On June 9, 1772 the first naval attack of the Revolutionary War takes place in Providence, Rhode Island. The H.M.S. Gaspee had run aground in Narragansett Bay. Approximately sixty armed men from Providence set out in eight longboats. Disguised in black-smeared faces or Indian headdresses, they set fire to the British ship. Some historians feel this was the first “shot” of the Revolution, pre-dating Concord and Lexington.
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Congress established a regular force known as the Continental Army on what date (mm/dd/yyyy); Add numbers of month, day and year and reduce to single digit and then subtract 1 to get A.
The American Revolutionary war ended with a treaty signed in what city (word value) for B. The treaty was signed in what year. That year – 1775 is E.
The Second Continental Congress voted to declare independence from Britain on July C 1776. Only 12 of the 13 colonies voted to declare impendence on that day, The colony of D (word value) delegates abstained.
The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. Between 50 or 60 "Sons of Liberty," disguised as Mohawks, protested tax on tea by dumping chests into the Boston harbor. The tax was how many cents per pound British. Add 1 to the tax amount for F.
The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence occurred primarily on August 2, 1776, at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, later to become known as ?? Hall. Name of Hall (word value) + 1 for G.
The United States Declaration of Independence was signed by 56 delegates of the Second Continental Congress. How many of those 56 delegates also signed the Constitution. That number is H.
The first battles of the American Revolutionary War were the Battles of Lexington and Concord on what date (mm/dd/yyyy); marking the “shot heard round the world” that signified the start of the Revolutionary War. Add numbers of month, day and year and reduce to single digit for I.
History's first submarine attack took place in New York Harbor in 1776: What was the name (word value) that the Connecticut inventor called his submarine? On September 6, 1776, the submarine targeted the HMS Eagle, flagship of the British fleet. The submarine was supposed to secure a cask of gunpowder to the hull of the Eagle and sneak away before it exploded. Unfortunately, it got entangled with the Eagle's rudder bar, lost ballast and surfaced before the gunpowder could be planted. The word value of the submarine name is J.
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Some other interesting facts
The word “independence” never appears in the Declaration of Independence — rather, it’s titled “The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.”
By a remarkable coincidence, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, the only two signatories of the Declaration of Independence later to serve as presidents of the United States, both died on the same day: July 4, 1826, which was the 50th anniversary of the Declaration.
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States was written during the War of 1812. The lyrics come from the "Defence of Fort M'Henry", where the British were defeated, the poem was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814.
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