Every time it asked for a name I would automatically type John-then remember the real name. This is an awesome quiz to remember everything forgotten since 6th grade.
It kept bouncing my "Benedict Arnold" answer too! I tried different spellings, and finally erased the first name for just Arnold--which it bounced until the end when I went back and tried just "Arnold" again. That time it accepted it. Something about the word "Benedict" makes the program spazz (sorry I am not techy).
Yeah, I tried "lobsterback" before "redcoat," too! I think it might be good to add it as a type-in, since the term also has to do with the color of the uniform.
Actually, most people erroneously assume it was from the American Revolution, but anyone who has actually studied it knows that the term “lobsterback” only came into being after the war. There are no records of it from the time period, only in contemporary sources. The term did exist, but long after the war. Similar insults from the American Revolution are “lobsters” and “bloodybacks,” which are historically documented, so it makes sense why the confusion came about.
Some people might think so. I was telling my granddaughters a story about a Civil War skirmish that happened in our area and the younger one asked, "Did that happen when you were a girl, Grandma?" Any history which occurred before we were born all seems to pancake together into one era.
Funniest misconception about age I've come across in young people was probably when my 1st grade students in Virginia saw how tall I was (about 2 meters), and under the assumption that growing older = growing bigger, guessed my age at over 100.
Funny conversations about "old" people aside, I don't think it's really accurate to say America was founded by rebels. My APUSH teacher always talked about how the American Revolution was relatively "conservative," in that the fight was about gaining independence as opposed to ideology. Plus, all of America's leaders during the Revolution were already rich, educated, and part of the elite. Compare that to the French Revolution, which was very idealistic, anti-authoritarian (although ironically, the government they ended up making was perhaps more authoritarian than the monarchy), and, of course, violent.
There is some controversy as to when that term first became popular. The term Lobster was used in the English Civil War and for British marines, and also saw limited use in the Am. Revolution in the Boston area, but there is not much evidence that lobsterback was used until after the War of 1812, and even then it may have first appeared in literature. http://boston1775.blogspot.com/2007/11/british-soldiers-werent-called.html
Some men say that I'm intense, or I'm insane; You want a revolution, I want a revelation; so listen to my declaration: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; and when I meet Thomas Jefferson, I'mma compel him to include women in the sequel
Only got seven. Learned all of that trivia at some point, but between being terrible with remembering people's names and having no practical use for the information, most of it quickly atrophies.
I find as I get older that I suddenly remember many of the things I learned when young, but quickly forget the things I learned yesterday. Unfortunately many of the things I learned when young have now changed - countries, capitals, we lose a planet, we gain an ocean, etc. Anyway, I was happy with a score of 17.
A few mistakes that should probably be cleaned up:
Ben Franklin was not the only American sent to Paris to get a deal, as key Founding Father John Adams was sent as well.
While Thomas Jefferson authored the first draft of the Declaration of Independence, it was edited by the committee he worked on to write it (which included both Franklin and Adams), before being edited again and accepted by the full body of the Continental Congress.
By "male slaves were only considered a percentage of a whole man," are you referring to the Three Fifths Compromise? If so, A) that's the Constitution, not the Declaration of Independence, and B) that's not what it means. It was referring solely to counting population for the purposes of determining the number of representatives (and by extension electoral votes) each state got, and had nothing at all to do with how much of a person they were. It was the slave states that wanted to fully count the slaves (so that they would get more power in government) and the free states that didn't want to count them at all.
Nice Quiz, but is the Boston Massacre really an "engagement"? It was just soldiers shooting into a crowd. Granted, there was basically a riot going on, but still...
Yes! Got them all with 2:15 remaining at 7:39:19 PM on March 12, 2019. I recently visited Valley Forge, and I have lived in the United States my whole life, so I took this quiz with pride.
Just a tiny nitpick, but Cornwallis wasn't the one to deliver the official surrender at Yorktown, it was actually his Lt. General Charles O'Hara. Cornwallis himself wasn't even present at the surrender ceremony.
On the authorship of the Declaration: Jefferson drew heavily (make that HEAVILY) on the Virginia declaration of rights, whose principal author was George Mason.
7/20. It's not really taught in UK schools. I don't know if it's because it is "embarrassing" to us (that we lost or whatever) or that we just don't care.
Hello to everyone asking that “lobsterbacks” be an accepted answer! Of course, it is up to the QM, but I wanted to point out the historical fact that the term “lobsterback” is not historically accurate, despite being in a lot of American War of Independence media. The term was indeed used after the war, mostly in the following century. There is no evidence of the soldiers ever being referred to as “lobsterbacks” during the time. Insults used were “lobsters” and “bloodybacks”, hence the confusion.
TL;DR: “Lobsterback” isn’t historically accurate. The media is a historical vandal.
I think the implication is that he is a naval hero to Americans. At the time anyway, almost every “American” could be considered more “British” as they were British citizens prior to US independence.
Don't say "we," Not everyone playing is from the US.
"Might have ended up like Canada?" Are you implying there is something wrong with Canada because they are sharing a head of state with the UK. There are many people who consider Canada better than the US
Only 14/20. I was extremely surprised when I instantly thought of Thomas Paine for "Common Sense" despite not having thought of him for at least 10 years. It's weird what the brain randomly remembers.
Patrick Henry said "Give me liberty, or give me death!", but he also spoke at length in favour of slavery (Virginia convention, 4 June 1788).
He may or may not have exclaimed "They'll free your [N-word]s!" as an argument against signing the Constitution (George Morgan, The True Patrick Henry); even if he didn't use those exact words, he definitely expressed the sentiment.
Well, he did say "give me liberty", not "and give other people liberty too".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_coat_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)
We fought for these ideals; we shouldn't settle for less
These are wise words, enterprising men quote 'em
Don’t act surprised, you guys, cuz I wrote 'em"
"Essentially, they tax us relentlessly,
then King George turns around, runs a spending spree"
"Those redcoats don’t want it with me"
"I’m takin this horse by the reins makin’
redcoats redder with bloodstains. "
"Here comes the general!
George Washington!"
"We negotiate the terms of surrender.
I see George Washington smile.
We escort their men out of Yorktown.
They stagger home single file."
Bonus points:
"Valley Forge, winter 1778
...
I am seeing the best minds of my generation
Waste away in pestilence and starvation
Is this all a test or have we met our doom?
Have we set a camp of parameters for our tomb?"
Ben Franklin was not the only American sent to Paris to get a deal, as key Founding Father John Adams was sent as well.
While Thomas Jefferson authored the first draft of the Declaration of Independence, it was edited by the committee he worked on to write it (which included both Franklin and Adams), before being edited again and accepted by the full body of the Continental Congress.
considered a percentage of a whole man was to justify the deviation from the proposition that "All men are created equal"
Although sometimes, I wish we did learn about it. Canada's history isn't the most exciting thing in the world.
TL;DR: “Lobsterback” isn’t historically accurate. The media is a historical vandal.
He worked on UK slave ships until he was around 29 when he fled to Virginia after killing a mutinous crew member and became an American at that point.
Given he died aged 45, I'd say he was much more Brit than American, though granted he was technically an American when he said those words.
"Might have ended up like Canada?" Are you implying there is something wrong with Canada because they are sharing a head of state with the UK. There are many people who consider Canada better than the US
He may or may not have exclaimed "They'll free your [N-word]s!" as an argument against signing the Constitution (George Morgan, The True Patrick Henry); even if he didn't use those exact words, he definitely expressed the sentiment.
Well, he did say "give me liberty", not "and give other people liberty too".
This is just a joke by the way.
lol.