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This famous duel in 1804 resulted in the death of a Founding Father at the hands of the sitting Vice President of the United States.
Difficulty: Easy- Madison-Monroe Duel
- Adams-Hamilton Duel
- Burr-Hamilton Duel
- Burr-Jefferson Duel
This annual publication, filled with weather predictions, proverbs, and practical advice, was published for 25 years starting in 1732.
Difficulty: Medium- The Farmer's Almanac
- The Philadelphia Gazette
- Poor Richard's Almanack
- The Penny Post
This Caribbean island, struck by a devastating hurricane in 1772, was the birthplace of one of America's most influential Founding Fathers.
Difficulty: Medium- Jamaica
- Barbados
- Puerto Rico
- Nevis
This English Unitarian minister and discoverer of oxygen corresponded extensively with an American scientist about electrical experiments.
Difficulty: Hard- Humphry Davy
- Henry Cavendish
- Joseph Priestley
- John Dalton
This percentage of bank capital, which Hamilton specified should be held in specie, was designed to maintain confidence in the bank's ability to redeem its notes.
Difficulty: Hard- Twenty percent
- Ten percent
- Seventy-five percent
- Fifty percent
Despite never serving as president, this Founding Father's portrait appears on this high-denomination U.S. bill.
Difficulty: Easy- $10 bill
- $20 bill
- $50 bill
- $100 bill
This U.S. denomination of paper currency features the portrait of the first Secretary of the Treasury, despite him never serving as President.
Difficulty: Easy- $10 bill
- $50 bill
- $20 bill
- $1 bill
This Boston newspaper, run by James Franklin, was where his younger brother secretly published satirical essays as a teenager.
Difficulty: Medium- Boston Gazette
- New-England Courant
- Massachusetts Spy
- American Weekly Mercury
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