Statistics for U.S. History by Year, 1776-1799

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Year	Hint	Answer	% Correct
1782	Congress recognizes this animal as the national bird	Bald Eagle	94%
1792	The first celebration of this Italian explorer takes place	{Columbus} Day	94%
1789	This former general is elected as the first president of the United States	George Washington	94%
1784	This country establishes it's first colony in Alaska	Russia	92%
1798	The United States fights a naval war with this country in a Quasi-War	France	91%
1793	Eli Whitney's creation of this invention inadvertently prolongs slavery	Cotton Gin	87%
1787	This state becomes the first to ratify the Constitution	Delaware	87%
1776	The United States formerly declares independence in this city	Philadelphia	86%
1790	The District of Columbia is established to be the capital along the banks of this river	{Potomac} River	83%
1778	This British captain becomes the first European to land on the Hawaiian islands	James Cook	82%
1785	This founding father and future president becomes the first ambassador to England	John Adams	82%
1779	This country declares war on Great Britain in support of the U.S.	Spain	82%
1788	A fire in this city kills 25% of the population and destroys much of the French Quarter	New Orleans	77%
1781	General Cornwallis' surrender after the siege of this city is seen as the end of the fighting in the American Revolution	Yorktown	74%
1783	Great Britain formerly recognizes the independence of the U.S. following this treaty	Treaty of {Paris}	72%
1780	This American general defects to the British	Benedict Arnold	70%
1791	This independent Republic joins the U.S. as the 14th state	Vermont	67%
1796	This city is founded along Lake Erie at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River	Cleveland	62%
1777	The American victory in this battle is seen as the turning point of the Revolutionary War	Battle of {Saratoga}	55%
1797	This "Old Ironsides" ship is launched by the Navy in Boston	USS Constitution	49%
1795	The University of North Carolina becomes the first state university, opening in this city	Chapel Hill	48%
1786	Farmers take up arms and start this rebellion in Massachusetts over an increase in taxes	{Shay}'s Rebellion	46%
1799	A 12 year old starts a gold rush after finding gold in this state	North Carolina	34%
1794	This gun manufacturer is founded in the Massachusetts city of it's namesake	{Springfield} Armory	34%