Colonial Campaigns Club (CCC)

Ok - this quiz is about the Colonial departure (giving credence to the British) better known to us on this side of the pond as THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
Ready? Here is the first question:
1. Who is reputed by some to have cut down a cherry tree?
a. George Washington
b. Sadaam Hussein
c. Genghis Khan
d. Attila the Hun
2. Which famous general deserted his army and after the war lived a sorrier life with his 'new' country?
a. Benedict Arnold
b. Josef Stalin
c. Manuel Noriega
d. Ferdinand Marcos
3. (still with me?) ok - we get tougher - Which American General was related to Robert E. Lee?
a. Charles Lee
b. Bruce Lee
c. Bruce Li
d. Lee Marvin
4. Who was reputed to have been one of the ladies responsible for sewing one of the first American Flags?
a. Betsy Ross
b. Diana Ross
c. Oprah Winfrey
d. Indura Ghandi
5. There were how many original colonies?
a. 13
b. 10
c. 5
d. None
6. Two of the most famous musical insruments in the war were:
a. Picolo and drum
b. Bass guitar and drum
c. Harmonica and drum
d. None of the above
7. This man did not sign the Declaration of Independence:
a. Charles Lindbergh
b. Benjamin Franklin
c. John Hancock
d. John Adams
8. Last and most important question: this famous general surrendered his troops at Yorktown:
a. Cornwallis
b. Corvallis
c. Capricorn
d. Count of Monte Cristo
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If you answered A to each question you got all of the answers correct. This quiz was not meant to be totally humorous as it is sad how many folks no longer know or care about what happened in the past. Sadly our citizens forget about even the most simple things about our history (but the cherry tree is obviously not that important - I put it in to point out how trivia has dominated our current events yet the most trivial events in history are often the most remembered).
I salute those that continue to write about history, neither being overbearing with their viewpoint or overlooking the obvious in their portratying of the events. Not trying to impress their own view on folks but trying to faithfully describe the past.
A salute to historians that are honest! And a salute to those youth of today to whom the past is more than just a tree being chopped down by Atilla the Hun!

Maj. Bill Peters, Morgan's Rifles, American Army
Commander of French Dept.

Are you sure Revolutionary War general Charles Lee was a relative of R.E. Lee? I think he was actually of Irish, not Virginia, descent, though I am not sure. Maybe you mean Light Horse Harry Lee? <img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle>

<font color=gold>Lt.Col. D.S. Walter O.S.M.
Commanding 4th Regiment of Foot, "The King's Own"
Aide-de-camp, Royal North American Corps</font id=gold>

Hmm... not positive, but I think Dierk is right... cause R.E. Lee's relative is always described as a "hero" and after the Monmouth fiasco...

Lt Gary McClellan
12th Virgina Light Dragoons
CO Northern Department

Well, I am positive that Light Horse Harry was a relative - he was R.E.'s father. <img src=icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle> And he was a general in the ARW - a great leader of cavalry. But maybe Charles Lee, the hero of Monmouth <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>, was a relative, too. Not sure.

<font color=gold>Lt.Col. D.S. Walter O.S.M.
Commanding 4th Regiment of Foot, "The King's Own"
Aide-de-camp, Royal North American Corps</font id=gold>

RE Lee married Mary Custis, the Gr Granddaughter of Martha CUSTIS Washington. Lee held George Washington is very high regard. An interesting site with some limited info on his lineage is at:http://www.stratfordhall.org/

Charles Lee was not a member of the Richard Henry Lee line (Richard Henry Lee was grandfather of RE Lee and a patriot), but Henry Lee was the son of a British Army officer and had served, himself, in the British Army for 30 years, from the age of 14.

<b><font color=gold>Ernie Sands
Col, 3rd East Kent,CCC
President, Colonial Camp Club
Col,1 Konig,VIII,AdR
LtGen,CO XXIII Corps AoO
Sch,183Inf,VIII,PzC
Pvt B Co, 3/3-MBC </b></font id=gold>

Yep. It was Light Horse Harry Lee. I saw his in Williamsburg..only from the outside though..

Maj. Gen. Sean Coffey
23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers
British CiC

Now see (as I emphatically slap my knee) there you go! Even I dont know my history. That is how bad this generation has sunk!
Actually meant to say old Light Horse but the brain cells wouldnt gel. (normal condition under stress)

Maj. Bill Peters, Morgan's Rifles, American Army
Commander of French Dept.