Jeopardy The Game of Knowledge

1. JeopardyThe Game of Knowledge

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

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

4. People$100 Answer George Washington

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

6. People$200 Answer Thomas Paine

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

8. People$300 Answer Lord Cornwallis

9. 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.

10. People$400 Answer Marquis de Lafayette

11. People$500? I was an American statesman who created the Albany Plan of Union, signed the Declaration of Independence and was an accomplished inventor and scientist and later ambassador.

12. People$500 Answer Benjamin Franklin

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

14. Events $100 Answer The Battles of Lexington & Concord

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

16. Events$200 Answer The Battle of Saratoga

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

18. Events$300 Answer The Boston Massacre

19. 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.

20. Events$400 Answer The Boston Tea Party

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

22. Events$500 Answer The Declaration of Independence

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

24. Various $100 Answer A Loyalist

25. Various $200? I wrote not only Common Sense but The Crisis as well.

26. Various $200 Answer Thomas Paine

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

28. Various $300 Answer Samuel Adams

29. Various $400? I was president of the 2nd Continental Congress.

30. Various $400 Answer John Hancock

31. Various $500? I was the first American traitor.

32. Various $500 Answer Benedict Arnold

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

34. French & Indian War $100 Answer Proclamation of 1783

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

36. French & Indian War $200 Answer Treaty of Paris 1763

37. French & Indian War $300? This was the other name of the French & Indian War.

38. French & Indian War $300 Answer Seven Years War

39. French & Indian War $400? This plan was a way to unite the colonists to fight the French, but it never did.

40. French & Indian War $400 Answer Albany Plan of Union

41. 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 led them on the path of rebellion.

42. French & Indian War $500 Answer Raised colonial taxes

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