1. JEOPARDY The American Revolution

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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