EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The Star-Spangled Banner
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Three Blind Mice
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Yankee Doodle Dandy
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -"Yankee Doodle” was born as a jest at American soldiers. The song first appeared during the French and Indian War, sung by British troops to poke fun at the bumpkin nature of their American cousins. Americans were called Jonathan’s by the British.
Detailed explanation-2: -To be “macaroni” was to be sophisticated, upper class, and worldly. In “Yankee Doodle, ” then, the British were mocking what they perceived as the Americans’ lack of class. The first verse is satirical because a doodle-a simpleton-thinks that he can be macaroni-fashionable-simply by sticking a feather in his cap.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first version of “Yankee Doodle” seems to have been written by a British army physician, Dr. Richard Schuckberg, during the French and Indian War. It was a satiric look at New England’s Yankees.