1. US History Jeopardy KJ Productions

2. American Revolution Jeopardy
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Patriots
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Death 10 20 30 40 50

3. document proclaiming independence from England
10 points
Category

4. What is the Declaration of Independence?

5. three inherent (natural) rights people have according to the
Declaration of Independence
20 points
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6. What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?

7. The Declaration of Independence
is based on ideas from
English ________.
30 points

8. What are philosophers?

9. Declaration of Independence, government is created for this reason.
According to the
Declaration of Independence,
government is created for this reason.
40 points

10. What is to protect the rights of the people?

11. According to the Declaration of Independence, government gets its power from this.
50 points

12. What is the people?

13. Declaration of Independence
major author of the
Declaration of Independence
10 points

14. Who is Thomas Jefferson?

15. commander of the Continental Army
20 points

16. Who is George Washington?

17. he fought for the cause
of independence
30 points

18. Who is John Adams?

19. He helped frame the
Declaration of
Independence and
secured support
from France.
40 points

20. Who is Benjamin Franklin?

21. British general who surrendered at Yorktown
50 points

22. Who is Lord Cornwallis?

23. sent by England to govern colonies
10 points

24. Who are colonial governors?

25. colonists were forced to
obey these
20 points

26. What are English laws?

27. to raise revenue (money)
these were imposed
to raise revenue (money)
in the colonies
30 points

28. What are taxes?

29. representation in this
colonists had no
representation in this
English law-making
body
40 points

30. What is Parliament?

31. England kept strict control
over these 2 things in
the colonies
50 points

32. What are the colonial legislature, trade, or laws?

33. he said, “Give me liberty,
or give me death.”
10 points

34. Who is Patrick Henry?

35. British king during
the Revolutionary
War
20 points

36. Who is King George III?

37. warn Boston of the coming
he made a daring ride to
warn Boston of the coming
of British soldiers
30 points

38. Who is Paul Revere?

39. man, along with Paul Revere, that led the patriots in the Boston
Tea Party
40 points

40. Who is Samuel Adams?

41. former slave who wrote poems and plays supporting American
independence
50 points

42. Who is Phyllis Wheatley?

43. massacre and a tea party
city in which both a
massacre and a tea party
fueled independence
10 points

44. What is Boston?

45. battle in which Cornwallis surrendered ending the Revolutionary War
20 points

46. What is the Battle of Yorktown?

47. site of the first armed conflict in the Revolutionary War
30 points

48. What is Lexington and Concord?

49. battle that was the turning point because France got involved
40 points

50. What is Battle of Saratoga?

51. meeting in which delegates from the colonies discussed
problems with England
50 points

52. What is the First Continental Congress?