Download American Revolution Jeopardy

Jeopardy
Key
People
More Key
People
Q $100
Q $100
Q $100
Q $100
Q $100
Q $200
Q $200
Q $200
Q $200
Q $200
Q $300
Q $300
Q $300
Q $300
Q $300
Q $400
Q $400
Q $400
Q $400
Q $400
Q $500
Q $500
Q $500
Q $500
Q $500
Causes &
Results
Key
Events
More
Events
Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from Causes
What were England’s reasons
for control over the American
colonies?
$100 Answer from Causes
England desired to remain a
world power. They imposed
taxes, such as the Stamp Act
to raise necessary revenue to
pay the cost of the French and
Indian War.
$200 Question from Causes
What were some of the England’s
reasons for taxation of the
American colonies?
$200 Answer from Causes
 To help finance the French and
Indian War
 To help with the maintaining
of English troops in the colonies
$300 Question from Causes
What were some sources of
colonial dissatisfaction?
$300 Answer from Causes
 Colonies had no representation in
Parliament
 Some colonies resented power of colonial
governors
 England wanted strict control over
colonial legislatures
 Colonies opposed taxes
 The Proclamation of 1763 hampered the
western movement of settlers
$400 Question from Causes
As England expanded control over
the American colonies, what was
the reaction of many colonists?
$400 Answer from Causes
Many colonists became
dissatisfied and rebellious.
$500 Question from Causes
What ideas/philosophies about
government were expressed in the
Declaration of Independence?
$500 Answer from Causes
Key Philosophies:
 People have “certain unalienable rights”
(rights that cannot be taken away) – life, liberty,
pursuit of happiness
 People establish government to protect those
rights
 Government derives power from the people
 People have a right and a duty to change a
government that violates their rights.
$100 Question from Key People
Whose ideas included:
 People have natural rights to life,
liberty, and property
 Government is created to protect the
rights of people and has only the limited
and specific powers the people consent to
give it
$100 Answer from Key People
John Locke
$200 Question from Key People
Who was an outspoken member
of the House of Burgesses who
inspired colonial patriotism with
the, “Give me liberty or give me
death” speech?
$200 Answer from Key People
Patrick Henry
$300 Question from Key People
Who was the patriot who
made a daring ride to warn
colonists of British arrival?
$300 Answer from Key People
Paul Revere
$400 Question from Key People
What is Thomas Paine known for?
$400 Answer from Key People
He was a journalist and author
of Common Sense.
$500 Question from Key People
Describe the role played
by Benjamin Franklin in
shaping events of the
American Revolution.
$500 Answer from Key People
Benjamin Franklin was a
prominent member of the
Continental Congress. He
helped framed the
Declaration of Independence.
$100 Question from More Key
People
Who was King George III?
$100 Answer from More Key
People
King George III was the
British King during the
Revolutionary era.
$200 Question from More Key
People
What roles did George
Washington and Thomas
Jefferson play in the
Revolutionary era?
$200 Answer from More Key
People
George Washington was Commander
and Chief of the Continental Army.
Thomas Jefferson was the major author
of the Declaration of Independence.
$300 Question from More Key
People
What roles did John Adams
play in the Revolutionary era?
$300 Answer from More Key
People
John Adams championed the
cause of independence.
$400 Question from More Key
People
Who was a former slave who
wrote poems and plays
supporting American
independence?
$400 Answer from More Key
People
Phillis Wheatley
$500 Question from More Key
People
Who was the British general
who surrendered at Yorktown?
$500 Answer from More Key
People
Lord Cornwallis
$100 Question from Key Events
This was the sight of the first armed
conflict of the Revolutionary War.
$100 Answer from Key Events
Battle of Lexington and Concord
$200 Question from Key Events
What was the Boston Tea Party?
$200 Answer from Key Events
Patriots, led by Samuel Adams and
Paul Revere, threw tea into Boston
Harbor to protest tea taxes.
$300 Question from Key Events
What was the name of the event in
which colonists were shot after
taunting British soldiers?
$300 Answer from Key Events
The Boston Massacre
$400 Question from Key Events
What occurred at the approval of the
Declaration of Independence?
$400 Answer from Key Events
Colonies declared
independence from England
(July 4, 1776).
$500 Question from Key Events
What American victory was the
turning point in the war?
$500 Answer from Key Events
The Battle of Saratoga
$100 Question from More Key
Events
What were some key events that
occurred during the Revolutionary
War? Name at least four.
$100 Answer from More Key
Events
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
First Continental Congress
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Approval of Declaration of Independence
Battle of Saratoga
Surrender at Yorktown
Signing of the Treaty of Paris
$200 Question from More Key
Events
What marked the end of the
Revolutionary War?
$200 Answer from More Key
Events
The Surrender at Yorktown
by Lord Cornwallis
$300 Question from More Key
Events
What occurred at the signing
at the Treaty of Paris?
$300 Answer from More Key
Events
England recognized American
independence.
$400 Question from More Key
Events
Which was the only colony that
did not participate in the
discussions on the First
Continental Congress?
$400 Answer from More Key
Events
The Georgia Colony
$500 Question from More Key
Events
What occurred at the First
Continental Congress?
$500 Answer from More Key
Events
Delegates from all colonies
except Georgia met to discuss
problems with England and to
promote independence.
Final Jeopardy
What three advantages helped the
American colonists win the
Revolutionary War?
Final Jeopardy Answer
 Colonists’ defense of their own
land, principles and beliefs
 Support from France and Spain
 Strong leadership