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Welcome to
American Revolution
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Declaration
Of
Independence
Causes
People
Part 2
People
Places
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Final Jeopardy
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100
• Answer– The commander of the
American army.
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• Question- Who
was George
Washington?
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200
• Answer- The writer of the
Declaration of Independence.
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200
• Question—
Who was
Thomas
Jefferson?
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300
• Answer— He taxed the
colonies to pay for the French
and Indian War.
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300
• Question— Who was King
George III of England?
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400
• Answer– She took her
husband’s place at the
cannon after he was injured
at the Battle of Monmouth.
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400
• Question– Who was Molly
Pitcher?
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500
• Answer— He asked the King of
France for money to help the
Americans.
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500
• Question– Who
was Benjamin
Franklin?
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100
• Answer– The First and Second
Continental Congresses met in
this city.
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• Question–
What is
Philadelphia?
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200
• Answer— The American army
spent the winter of 1777-1778
here.
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• Question—
What is Valley
Forge?
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300
• Answer— George Washington
and his men surprised the
British here on Christmas night,
1776.
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• Question—
What is
Trenton?
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400
• Answer— The English took
control of Philadelphia after
defeating the Americans here in
September, 1777.
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• Question–
What is the
Battle of
Brandywine?
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500
• Answer— The British attacked
the Americans at night and
killed 53 men.
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• Question— What is the Paoli
Massacre?
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100
• Answer— The building where
the Declaration was debated
and voted upon.
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• Question—
What is
Independence
Hall?
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200
• Answer— He wrote the first
“sloppy copy” of the
Declaration.
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200
• Question—
Who is Thomas
Jefferson?
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300
• Answer— The Declaration was
approved on this day.
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• Question—
What is July
4th, 1776?
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400
• Answer— The southern states
would not vote for
independence unless this issue
was removed from the
Declaration.
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400
• Question—
What is
slavery?
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500
• Answer— The Declaration was
written and approved during
this meeting.
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• Question—
What is the
Second
Continental
Congress?
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100
• Answer— King George III of
England decided to do this to
pay for the French and Indian
War.
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• Question— What is tax the
colonies?
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200
Answer - Stop buying imported
English goods.
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• Question—
What did the
First
Continental
Congress agree
to do?
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• Answer— Because the colonies
stopped buying English goods.
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• Question—
Why did the
king stop taxing
everything but
tea?
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• Answer— Because the tax
situation became very bad.
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• Question— Why did the
colonies decide to meet as a
group?
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500
• Answer- Because the Second
Continental Congress decided
to tell King George the colonies
wanted their freedom.
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• Question—
Why was the
Declaration of
Independence
written?
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100
• Answer— She
made the first
American flag.
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• Question— Who was Betsy
Ross?
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200
• Answer— A German officer
who trained the Americans at
Valley Forge.
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• Question—
Who was
Friedrich von
Steuben?
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300
• Answer— An American
General known for his risktaking and his bad temper.
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• Question— Who
was “Mad Anthony”
Wayne?
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400
• Answer – He
made uniforms
for the
American
soldiers, even
though he was
not paid.
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• Question— Who was Samuel
Wetherill?
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500
• Answer— He
helped to get a
loan of money
from the Dutch.
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• Question—
Who was Haym
Salomon?
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Final Jeopardy
• Answer— Because
Pennsylvania was the
“keystone”
center of the
colonies.
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Final Jeopardy
• Question— Why did the
Continental Congresses meet in
Philadelphia?
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