How about,
What was the maximum income tax rate back then?
Sales tax was charged on what items?
Who charged these taxes?

They are basic, but knowledge of our history is not common anymore.

Lol

Sorry they all seem kind of basic. :) well at least to those educated in american history.

haha. Ok, uh. I got it! 1) My right to have a job in which I am not qualified for (I only need to look at the exec branch for my proof). 2) Get paid "fairly", that is, I draw in what the CEO's get, except I don't really do anything (I exist and that's enough!) and 3). My right to never get fired no matter how stupid, irresponsible & no-value I am to my employer. (Got unions?)

Now, I want my $$ back and double that just because that would be fair. Wouldn't it?

What war was a result of the signing of the Declaration of Independence?
The Revolutionary War

The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4th of what year?
1776

please see my comment on "inalienable".
#5 is interesting and trivial - not what I'm looking for. If I asked "why is it the largest?", it would be a deeper question.

I'm also not doing a first sort for admittance into the Gulch. I'm seeing if people under the age of 25 know THE MOST BASIC FACTS about the 4th of July, on the order of the video posted where the questioner was asking "why do we celebrate the 4th?"
I did this same sort of thing [at a pro-gun rally] and asked "What is the Bill of Rights? and what rights are listed?" dismal. absolutely dismal.

Start by reading the Declaration of Independence.
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/doc...

1. At the end of the Declaration of Independence, what did the signers pledge?

"We mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor."

2. What rights are declared as inalienable in the Declaration?

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.

3. Did the Declaration of Independence include a section on immigration and naturalization?

He (the King of Britain) has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

4. Did the nation's founders have to deal with a standing army within its borders during peacetime? (like we saw recently with the UN armored vehicles)

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

and "for quartering large bodies of armed troops among us"

5. Whose signature was the largest?
John Hancock (who was a Ragnar of his time)

A fun alternative to this quiz is contained on quite a few web sites such as:
http://www.fourthofjulytrivia.com/

One of my favorite 4th of July questions is
Which two presidents who died on the same 4th of July, and in which year?

7/4/1826

John Adams' last words were "Thomas Jefferson survives." He was unaware that Jefferson had died earlier that day.

Free healthcare, permanent, unjustified unemployment checks and food stamps?

Super-basic:

1) Which country did we declare our independence from?

2) Did Washington, DC exist in 1776?

3) Who was Washington, DC named after?

4) Name at least one author of the Declaration of Independence.

5) Which language was the Declaration of Independence written in?

6) Is there an app for that?

What are the three rights mentioned in the Declaration of Independence?
(If you don't know the answer to that one...)

#2 and #5 above are basic. The others are for those who might be considered for admittance into the Gulch.

All excellent, but not BASIC. These are people who I'm positive won't understand "quartering", "standing armies", "naturalization" and "inalienable". If I ask those questions, all I'll get is resentment, not interest in the subject.
Thanks for playing!

Thank you - I get to keep my money on that one alone!