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Weekly Trivia 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