Jeopardy The Game of Knowledge The American Revolution

Jeopardy The Game of Knowledge

The American Revolution People Events Various French & Indian War 100 100 200 200 300 300 400 400 500 500

People $100? I was commander and chief of the Continental Army.

People $100 Answer George Washington

People $200? I wrote Common Sense, a pamphlet that urged Americans to break with Great Britain.

People $200 Answer Thomas Paine

People $300? I surrendered to George Washington at the Battle of Yorktown.

People $300 Answer Lord Cornwallis

People $400? I came from France to volunteer in Washington’s army and became a general, I was instrumental in helping the Americans achieve victory.

People $400 Answer Marquis de Lafayette

People $500? I helped organize the Colonies Army by making them more disciplined and teaching the correct way to fight.

People $500 Answer Baron von Steuben

Events $100? These battles were the first battles of the revolution.

Events $100 Answer The Battles of Lexington & Concord

Events $200? This battle was the turning point of the revolution.

Events $200 Answer The Battle of Saratoga

Events $300? This event in March of 1770 caused tensions to flare when angry Bostonians caused a fight with the British soldiers and shots were fired and 5 colonists were killed.

Events $300 Answer The Boston Massacre

Events $400? This event caused the Boston Sons of Liberty to dress as Mohawk Indians and go aboard a British tea ship and throw all the tea into Boston Harbor.

Events $400 Answer Tea act

Events $500? After the battles of Lexington & Concord and Bunker Hill delegates to the 2 nd Continental Congress drafted this document, it was written by Thomas Jefferson.

Events $500 Answer The Declaration of Independence

Various $100? A person who was loyal to Great Britain was know as this.

Various $100 Answer A Loyalist

Various $200? I was the first person killed in the Revolutionary War

Various $200 Answer Crispus Attucks

Various $300? I was the leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty.

Various $300 Answer Samuel Adams

Various $400? I was the principal writer of the Declaration of Independence.

Various $400 Answer Thomas Jefferson

Various $500? I was an enlightenment philosopher who’s ideas were reflected in the Declaration of Independence.

Various $500 Answer John Locke

French & Indian War $100? This was the western boundary of the colonies after the war.

French & Indian War $100 Answer Proclamation of 1783

French & Indian War $200 This treaty ended the French and Indian War.

French & Indian War $200 Answer Treaty of Paris 1763

French & Indian War $300? This man was a general for the colonists during the war who later became general of the colonial army during the revolutionary war.

French & Indian War $300 Answer George Washington

French & Indian War $400? This act was issued to help raise funds to pay off the British war debt.

French & Indian War $400 Answer The Sugar Act

French & Indian War $500? After the French & Indian War the British did this to help pay its war debts. This also angered the colonists and lead them on the path of rebellion.

French & Indian War $500 Answer Raised colonial taxes