JEOPARDY The American Revolution

(Sorta like) JEOPARDY – The American Revolution Enlightenment Ideas Declaration of Independence Conflicts Patriots and Loyalists Leaders 100 200 300 400 500

Who was the most famous Enlightenment thinker? Enlightenment Ideas 100 Who was the most famous Enlightenment thinker? John Locke

Who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense? Enlightenment Ideas 200 Who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense? Thomas Paine

All people had what kind of rights? Enlightenment Ideas 300 All people had what kind of rights? NATURAL rights

Where did the Enlightenment begin? Enlightenment Ideas 400 Where did the Enlightenment begin? Europe

Change it or throw it out Enlightenment Ideas 500 What can people do if a government doesn’t protect natural rights? Change it or throw it out

Declaration of Independence 100 Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? Thomas Jefferson

Declaration of Independence 200 “We hold these truths to be ***” Self-evident

Declaration of Independence 300 “… that all men are …” created equal

Declaration of Independence 400 People have what “unalienable rights”? Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Declaration of Independence 500 Who violated the colonists’ rights? The King (George III)

What British tax was placed on colonial legal documents? Conflicts 100 What British tax was placed on colonial legal documents? The Stamp Act

Why did the British demand new taxes? Conflicts 200 Why did the British demand new taxes? To pay for the French and Indian War

Conflicts 300 Conflict started when British soldiers fired into a crowd of angry Boston colonists? Boston Massacre

How did Boston colonists protest the new tea tax? Conflicts 400 How did Boston colonists protest the new tea tax? Boston Tea Party

Lexington and Concord (MA) Conflicts 500 Where was the first fighting between British soldiers and Colonial Minutemen? Lexington and Concord (MA)

Patriots and Loyalists 100 What were people who favored complete independence from England called? Patriots

Patriots and Loyalists 200 What were people who remained loyal to England called? Tories (aka Loyalists)

Patriots and Loyalists 300 Which side did “neutrals” favor? Neither; they tried to stay uninvolved

Patriots and Loyalists 400 Who said: “Give me liberty, or give me death”?? Patrick Henry

Patriots and Loyalists 500 Which group thought that British taxes were fair? Tories (aka Loyalists)

Who led the American Army? Leaders 100 Who led the American Army? George Washington

Who lost the Battle of Yorktown? British General Cornwallis Leaders 200 Who lost the Battle of Yorktown? British General Cornwallis

Who negotiated a Treaty of Alliance with France? Leaders 300 Who negotiated a Treaty of Alliance with France? Benjamin Franklin

Who was England’s king during the American Revolution? Leaders 400 Who was England’s king during the American Revolution? George III

Who was the victor at the Battle of Yorktown? Leaders 500 Who was the victor at the Battle of Yorktown? George Washington