Category: The Founding Fathers

The Framers of the Constitution
1.   Of the 55 framers of the US Constitution, how many were merchants?  How many had legal training? 

2.   How many were physicians?   How many were small farmers?

3.   How many were born outside the 13 colonies?  What was their average lifespan? 

The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
4.  How many delegates attended the  first Continental Congress?   What did the Continental Association that they established do? 

5.  While Benjamin Franklin was not a delegate to the First Continental Congress, he was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress.  What state did he represent?    Who was the president of the Second Continental Congress and presided over the congress?

6.  How were the delegates chosen?  How many colonies sent delegates?

7.  What is the date that the Declaration of Independence was signed?    What date did Congress vote to declare independence from Great Britain? 

LUCKY 7 TRIVIA BONUS

Name the 7 Founding Fathers that historians have identified as the "key" founding fathers? 





Answers: 

1.  13 were merchants.   35 had legal training, though not all were practicing attorneys. 

2.  3 were physicians.  2 were small farmers. 

3.  Only 9 were born outside the 13 colonies.   Their average lifespan was about 67.

4.   56 delegates attended the First Continental Congress.  The Continental Association administered boycott actions against Great Britain.

5.   Benjamin Franklin was a delegate who represented Pennsylvania.   John Hancock was president of the Second Continental Congress. 

6.  The delegates were elected by their colonial assemblies.  12 of the 13 colonies sent delegates.

7.  The Declaration of Independence was signed July 4, 1776.   Congress voted to declare independence from Great Britain on July 2, 1776.  John Adams wanted to celebrate Independence Day on July 2 instead of July 4. 

LUCKY 7 TRIVIA BONUS

The key founding fathers identified by historians are John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and George Washington. 

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