Jeopardy The Game of Knowledge
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
People $100? I was commander and chief of the Continental Army.
People $100 Answer George Washington
People $200? I wrote Common Sense, a pamphlet that urged Americans to break with Great Britain.
People $200 Answer Thomas Paine
People $300? I surrendered to George Washington at the Battle of Yorktown.
People $300 Answer Lord Cornwallis
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.
People $400 Answer Marquis de Lafayette
People $500? I helped organize the Colonies Army by making them more disciplined and teaching the correct way to fight.
People $500 Answer Baron von Steuben
Events $100? These battles were the first battles of the revolution.
The Battles of Lexington & Concord Events $100 Answer The Battles of Lexington & Concord
Events $200? This battle was the turning point of the revolution.
Events $200 Answer The Battle of Saratoga
Events $300? This event in March of 1770 caused tensions to flare when angry Bostonians caused a fight with the British soldiers and shots were fired and 5 colonists were killed.
Events $300 Answer The Boston Massacre
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.
Events $400 Answer Tea act
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.
The Declaration of Independence Events $500 Answer The Declaration of Independence
Various $100? A person who was loyal to Great Britain was know as this.
Various $100 Answer A Loyalist
Various $200? I was the first person killed in the Revolutionary War
Various $200 Answer Crispus Attucks
Various $300? I was the leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty.
Various $300 Answer Samuel Adams
Various $400? I was the principal writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Various $400 Answer Thomas Jefferson
Various $500? I was an enlightenment philosopher who’s ideas were reflected in the Declaration of Independence.
Various $500 Answer John Locke
French & Indian War $100? This was the western boundary of the colonies after the war.
French & Indian War $100 Answer Proclamation of 1783
French & Indian War $200 This treaty ended the French and Indian War.
French & Indian War $200 Answer Treaty of Paris 1763
French & Indian War $300? This man was a general for the colonists during the war who later became general of the colonial army during the revolutionary war.
French & Indian War $300 Answer George Washington
French & Indian War $400? This act was issued to help raise funds to pay off the British war debt.
French & Indian War $400 Answer The Sugar Act
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 lead them on the path of rebellion.
French & Indian War $500 Answer Raised colonial taxes