Founding Fathers Trivia
Prove you’re as sharp as Franklin’s kite experiment in this bite-sized quiz on the Founding Fathers—no powdered wig required.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
The Louisiana Purchase, which nearly doubled U.S. territory in 1803, expanded the nation west of what major river?
Mississippi
Which Founding Father risked his popularity by defending British soldiers in the Boston Massacre trials?
John Adams
Which key grievance in the Declaration of Independence challenges King George III for levying taxes without colonial consent?
Taxation without representation
Which U.S. president’s 1949 inauguration was the first televised live broadcast?
Harry Truman
Which university did Thomas Jefferson found in 1819 to advance his vision of secular, nonsectarian higher education?
University of Virginia