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Hint	Answer	% Correct
The Sons of Liberty threw crates of tea into this capital’s harbor.	Boston	100%
To avoid British raids, the state capital moved here from Newcastle in 1777. It would eventually be the first state capital to ratify the U.S. Constitution.	Dover	83%
George Washington crossed the icy Delaware River to attack Hessian mercenaries stationed in this future state capital.	Trenton	75%
The “shot heard round the world” was not fired in this capital city, but rather in a town in Massachusetts that shares its name. Don't confuse the two!	Concord	67%
Settled in 1779, this capital was named in honor of Revolutionary General Francis Nash.	Nashville	67%
Benedict Arnold used this state capital's predecessor, Fort Western, as a staging area to go up the Kennebec and attack Quebec.	Augusta	58%
Patrick Henry exclaimed, “Give me liberty or give me death!” in a church in this capital.	Richmond	58%
Governor Juan Batista de Anza sets out from this capital with 573 men in 1779 to attack the Comanche in an entirely different war.	Santa Fe	58%
The Paris Treaty that ended the Revolutionary War was signed in this coastal capital, while it briefly served as the national capital.	Annapolis	50%
The failed _____ Plan of the Union was proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 was proposed at this capital.	Albany	42%
This capital was temporarily renamed "Louisburg" in 1786 because of King Louis XVI's help in the Revolutionary War, but the largest landholder demanded the name revert to his father's namesake.	Harrisburg	33%
The British captured the old capital, New Bern, in 1781. This led to the establishment of a planned city designed specifically to be the capital.	Raleigh	25%
The siege of this previous state capital marked the worst defeat the Americans suffered in the war, with 5,466 soldiers captured. The capital relocated after the war and should not be confused with the modern state capital that shares the name.	Charleston	17%
In 1774, militiamen attacked a Mingo village, destroying the indigenous community at the fork of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, the future location of this capital.	Columbus	17%
The British revenue schooner HMS Gaspee ran aground near this state capital. Colonists seized and burned the ship in 1772, an early act of violent resistance in the leadup to the revolution.	Providence	17%
General Washington and French General Rochambeau met in this capital to plan an attack on British General Cornwallis's army that was stationed 500 miles south, in Yorktown, Virginia.	Hartford	8%

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