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Jeopardy: Causes of the War Acts and Random Vocabulary

Challenge your knowledge on the causes of the war acts and random vocabulary with this exciting Jeopardy game! Test your understanding of the French & Indian War, the Stamp Act, the Boston Tea Party, the Intolerable Acts, and more. Engage in a fun and educational experience while learning about the American Revolution!

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Jeopardy: Causes of the War Acts and Random Vocabulary

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  1. THIS IS JEOPARDY

  2. Your With Host... Mr.Duffy

  3. Causes of the War Acts Random Vocabulary …. Random 2 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500

  4. Name the 4 causes of the war A 100

  5. French & Indian War The Stamp Act The Boston Tea Party The Intolerable Acts A 100

  6. What was the Boston Massacre? Who was the 1st person to die? How do you believe this affected the colonists views about war? A 200

  7. Colonists began throwing snowballs, rocks and shouting profanities at British soldiers one evening. British soldiers opened fire on the crowd. Killing 5 people and wounding 6 others. African American sailor Crispus Attucks was the first to die. A 200

  8. Describe the Stamp Act. Why do you believe the colonists would be angry about this? What was the Boston Tea Party? A 300

  9. Stamp act required all colonists to buy special tax stamps for all kinds of products and activities. The stamps had to be placed on newspapers, wills, licenses, insurance policies, land titles, contracts, etc. Boston Tea Party: colonists dressed as Native American Indians and boarded a British tea ship and dumped it all overboard. A 300

  10. How did the French & Indian War affect the taxes being put on the colonists? Who won the French & Indian War and how? A 400

  11. The French and Indian War led to a high debt for England. So they needed to tax the colonists to raise more money. The British won the war with the help of the colonists. They were able to capture New Frances capital Quebec and win the war. A 400

  12. Describe the 4 causes of the American Revolution. Why did these causes lead to war? A 500

  13. French and Indian War The Stamp Act Boston Tea Party The Intolerable Acts A 500

  14. What is a Boycott? Name one thing the colonists may have boycott. B 100

  15. Boycott- an organized campaign to refuse to buy certain products. Ex: Stamps, Tea, etc. B 100

  16. What is a petition? B 200

  17. A written request to a government. B 200

  18. What was the Writs of Assisstance? B 300

  19. Court order that allowed officials to make searches without saying for what they were searching. B 300

  20. What is a blockade? Who did it and why? B 400

  21. The shutting off of a port by ships to keep supplies from moving in or out. Britain did this to the colonists to blocks supplies from coming in. B 400

  22. What is a monopoly and which company had a monopoly on tea? B 500

  23. Total control of a market for a certain product. East India trading company had a monopoly on tea. B 500

  24. What is another name for a duty? C 100

  25. A tax C 100

  26. Which act lead to the Boston Tea Party? Which group committed the act? C 200

  27. The Tea Act was committed by the Sons of Liberty. C 200

  28. What was the Quartering Act? How did the colonists feel about this? C 300

  29. Colonists were required to house British troops and provide them with food and other supplies. The colonists were angered and protested across the colonies. C 300

  30. DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager C 400

  31. What did the colonists keep saying about the taxes being put on them? What did they say about taxation as a whole? C 400

  32. The new taxes were infringing on their rights. They said no taxation without representation. C 400

  33. Describe the Intolerable Acts. Why do you think this was the last straw for the colonists. C 500

  34. Closed the port of Boston Increased power of royal governors and abolished the upper house of Massachusetts legislature Cut the power of town meetings. C 500

  35. Name at least 2 different acts the British imposed on the colonists. D 100

  36. D 100

  37. What was the Declaratory Act? D 200

  38. Gave Britain full authority over the colonies. D 200

  39. What other ways, besides the Boston Tea Party, might the colonists have protested the Tea Act. D 300

  40. Boycott Petition Bought smuggled Dutch Tea D 300

  41. What was the purpose of the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress? D 400

  42. Ultimately whether or not to go to war with England. Agreed they needed to prepare for war. D 400

  43. Describe the Patriots and Loyalists? What was the “shot heard round the world?” D 500

  44. Patriots- Colonists who wanted freedom from England Loyalists- Colonists who wanted to stay with England Shot Heard Round the World happened at Lexington and Concord. Officially the beginning of the American Revolution. D 500

  45. Who is a suffragist? E 100

  46. People who worked for women’s right to vote. E 100

  47. Which Amendment was passed that allowed women to vote? E 200

  48. 19th Amendment E 200

  49. What is lynching and why was it so important to try to stop it from happening? E 300

  50. Lynching is murder by a mob. Usually, by hanging. E 300

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