FMF MARINE CORPS HISTORY
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS (GRADED A+)
1775 - ANSWER✔✔The Marine Corps was created on 10 November 1775 in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Tun Tavern by a resolution of the Continental
Congress, which "raised two battalions of Marines." Captain Samuel Nicholas
became the commander of these two battalions and is traditionally considered the
first Commandant of the Marine Corps.
1834 - ANSWER✔✔the Marines came under the Department of the Navy.
1776 - ANSWER✔✔-First landing during revolutionary war
-New providence in bobamas
-Seized guns and supplies
-gained the nickname "leatherneck"
1805 - ANSWER✔✔Marines stormed the Barbary pirates' stronghold at Burma on
the "Shores of Tripoli." Marines raised the "Stars and Stripes" for the first time in
the Eastern Hemisphere.
1847 - ANSWER✔✔The Mexican war, marines occupied the "halls of
Montezuma" during the battle of Chapultepec in Mexico City. Marines also helped
take California
1859 - ANSWER✔✔-Commander was Robert E.Lee (U.S. Army)
-Stormed US arsenal at Harpers ferry
-Put down attempted slave revolt lead by abolitionist John Brown
1868 (EGA is great) - ANSWER✔✔-EGA adopted by Brigadier General Jacob
Zeilin (7th Commandant)
- Globe-Worldwide service
-Anchor-Naval ties
- Eagle-Nation itself
1883(Semper fi came to be) - ANSWER✔✔Official motto of the Marine Corps
(Semper Fidelis=Always Faithful was adopted
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS (GRADED A+)
1775 - ANSWER✔✔The Marine Corps was created on 10 November 1775 in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Tun Tavern by a resolution of the Continental
Congress, which "raised two battalions of Marines." Captain Samuel Nicholas
became the commander of these two battalions and is traditionally considered the
first Commandant of the Marine Corps.
1834 - ANSWER✔✔the Marines came under the Department of the Navy.
1776 - ANSWER✔✔-First landing during revolutionary war
-New providence in bobamas
-Seized guns and supplies
-gained the nickname "leatherneck"
1805 - ANSWER✔✔Marines stormed the Barbary pirates' stronghold at Burma on
the "Shores of Tripoli." Marines raised the "Stars and Stripes" for the first time in
the Eastern Hemisphere.
1847 - ANSWER✔✔The Mexican war, marines occupied the "halls of
Montezuma" during the battle of Chapultepec in Mexico City. Marines also helped
take California
1859 - ANSWER✔✔-Commander was Robert E.Lee (U.S. Army)
-Stormed US arsenal at Harpers ferry
-Put down attempted slave revolt lead by abolitionist John Brown
1868 (EGA is great) - ANSWER✔✔-EGA adopted by Brigadier General Jacob
Zeilin (7th Commandant)
- Globe-Worldwide service
-Anchor-Naval ties
- Eagle-Nation itself
1883(Semper fi came to be) - ANSWER✔✔Official motto of the Marine Corps
(Semper Fidelis=Always Faithful was adopted
