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Which city was called a “hornet’s nest of rebellion” during the American
Revolutionary War?
Boston
Charlotte
Portland
Toronto
Answer
British general Charles Cornwallis made the remark — and coined the nickname for the city’s future NBA team — after being driven out of Charlotte in 1780, just two weeks after British occupation in the wake of the
Battle of Charlotte
.
Which city was called a “hornet’s nest of rebellion” during the American
Revolutionary War?
Charlotte
Toronto
Boston
Portland