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6. 500 100 200 300 100 300 200 300 200 100 200 500 300 200 100 400 BattlesDecl.Indep. Docu ments Cause or Effect Famous People 300 200 100 500 400 Potpo- urri Click HERE for Double JeopardyHERE

7. THIS BATTLE WAS THE MAJOR TURNING POINT FOR THE AMERICANS Battles $100

8. Saratoga Back to Game

9. THIS WAS THE FIRST MAJOR BATTLE BETWEEN AMERICAN AND BRITISH FORCES Battles for $200

10. Bunker Hill Back to Game

11. IN THIS BATTLE THE FRENCH NAVY HELPED THE AMERICANS WIN BY PREVENTING THE BRITISH FROM ESCAPING. Battles for $300

12. Yorktown Back to Game

13. THESE TWO LOCATIONS ARE WHERE THE FIRST SHOTS OF THE WAR WERE FIRED. Battles for $400

14. Lexington and Concord Back to Game

15. THIS WAS WASHINGTON’S FIRST VICTORY AND KEPT HIS ARMY ALIVE DURING THE WINTER OF 1776. Battles for $500

16. Back to Game Trenton

17. WE CELEBRATE OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY IN REMEMBRANCE OF THIS DAY AND YEAR Declaring Independence for $100

18. July 4, 1776 Back to Game

19. THIS MAN DRAFTED THE ACTUAL DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ITSELF Declaring Independence for $200

20. Thomas Jefferson Back to Game

21. THIS IS THE FIRST OF THE FOUR PARTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Declaring Independence for $300

22. Preamble Back to Game

23. Declaring Independence $400 ACCORDING TO THE DECLARATION, ALL PEOPLE ARE BORN WITH THESE THREE RIGHTS.

24. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness Back to Game

25. Declaring Independence $500 ACCORDING TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THIS IS THE MAIN JOB OF GOVERNMENT.

26. To protect our rights Back to Game

27. HE WAS COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE COLONIAL ARMY Famous People for $100

28. GEORGE WASHINGTON Back to Game

30. HE LED THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS IN THEIR CAPTURE OF FORT TICONDEROGA Famous People for $200

31. Ethan Allen Back to Game

32. Famous People for $300 THOUGH HE ONCE FOUGHT BRAVELY FOR THE AMERICANS, THIS MAN LATER BECAME AN INFAMOUS TRAITOR TO THE PATRIOT CAUSE

33. Benedict Arnold Back to Game

34. Famous People for $400 THIS PRESIDENT OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS WAS THE FIRST TO SIGN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. HIS SIGNATURE WAS ALSO THE LARGEST.

35. John Hancock Back to Game

36. Famous People for $500 THIS MAN SPENT MOST OF THE WAR IN EUROPE TRYING TO ENLIST THE HELP OF THE FRENCH.

37. Back to Game Benjamin Franklin

38. Documents for $100 JOHN HANCOCK WAS THE FIRST TO SIGN IT ON JULY 4, BUT THE COPY NOW ON DISPLAY WAS ACTUALLY SIGNED ON AUGUST 2

39. Declaration of Independence Back to Game

40. Documents for $200 THIS DOCUMENT OFFICIALLY ENDED THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND FORCED GREAT BRITAIN TO RECOGNIZE AMERICA AS AN INDEPENDENT NATION

41. Treaty of Paris, 1783 Back to Game

42. THOMAS PAINE WROTE THIS TO TELL COLONISTS WHY THEY SHOULD BREAK AWAY FROM ENGLAND Documents for $300

43. Common Sense Back to Game

44. Documents for $400 THIS DOCUMENT WAS SENT BY THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS TO KING GEORGE III AS A LAST EFFORT AT PEACE.

45. The Olive Branch Petition Back to Game

46. Documents for $500 GEORGE WASHINGTON READ THIS THOMAS PAINE WORK ALOUD TO HIS TROOPS AT VALLEY FORGE TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO STAY THE COURSE OVER THE HARD WINTER

47. The Crisis Back to Game

48. Cause or Effect for $100 AS AN EFFECT OF THE CAPTURE OF FORT TICONDEROGA BY THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS, THE COLONIAL ARMY MANAGED TO SEIZE THESE INVALUABLE ARMAMENTS

49. Cannons and Gunpowder Back to Game

50. Cause or Effect for $200 THIS BEST SELLING PAMPHLET CAUSED MANY AMERICANS TO THINK VERY SERIOUSLY ABOUT DECLARING INDEPENDENCE FROM GREAT BRITAIN.

51. Common Sense Back to Game

52. Cause or Effect for $300 THIS VICTORY PROVED TO THE FRENCH THAT THE AMERICANS COULD WIN AND CAUSED THEM TO GIVE AID

53. Saratoga Back to Game

54. Cause or Effect for $400 BECAUSE OF THEIR LOOTING THE AMERICAN FORCES THAT WENT TO CANADA UNDER MONTGOMERY AND ARNOLD WERE UNABLE TO ENLIST THE HELP OF THIS GROUP

55. French Canadians Back to Game

56. Cause or Effect for $500 AS A RESULT OF THIS BATTLE, WASHINGTON WAS FORCED TO FLEE NEW YORK AND LEAVE IT IN THE HANDS OF THE BRITISH.

57. Battle of Long Island Back to Game

58. Potpourri for $100 THE UNKNOWN SHOT THAT STARTED THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR WAS NICKNAMED THIS.

59. Potpourri for $100 Back to Game THE SHOT HEART ‘ROUND THE WORLD

60. Potpourri for $200 THIS SOLDIER WROTE ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES DURING THE WINTER AT VALLEY FORGE.

61. Potpourri for $200 Back to Game Joseph Plumb Martin

62. Potpourri for $300 THESE MERCENARY SOLDIERS WERE FROM GERMANY.

63. Potpourri for $300 Back to Game HESSIANS

64. Potpourri for $400 THIS FRENCH COMMANDER BROUGHT TROOPS TO AMERICA AND HELPED WASHINGTON TRAIN AND LEAD HIS ARMY.

65. Potpourri for $400 Back to Game MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE

66. Potpourri for $500 THESE WERE THE SUPPOSED "FAMOUS LAST WORDS" OF CAPTURED SPY NATHAN HALE.

67. Potpourri for $500 Back to Game I ONLY REGRET THAT I HAVE BUT ONE LIFE TO GIVE FOR MY COUNTRY.

68. 1000 200 400 600 200 600 400 600 400 200 400 1000 600 400 200 800 Britain or America Patriot or Loyalist Foreigners Geography Oh, Say Can You “C”? Stupid Answers 200 400 600 800 1000

69. THIS SIDE HAD A STRONG NAVY Britain or America $200

70. Britain Back to Game

71. THIS SIDE WAS DEFENDING ITS HOMELAND Britain or America $400

72. America Back to Game

73. THIS SIDE HAD MORE EXPERIENCED SOLDIERS AND GENERALS Britain or America $600

74. Britain Back to Game

75. THIS SIDE HAD A MORE MONEY AND RESOURCES Britain or America $800

76. British Back to Game

77. MANY ON THIS SIDE ALREADY OWNED RIFLES AND KNEW HOW TO USE THEM Britain or America $1000

78. Back to Game America

79. "WE COLONISTS SHOULD BE GREATFUL FOR BRITISH RULE AND PROTECTION." Patriot or Loyalist $200

80. Loyalist Back to Game

81. "THE KING IS VIOLATING THE RIGHTS OF BRITISH CITIZENS." Patriot or Loyalist $400

82. Patriot Back to Game

83. "IT'S TOO LATE TO APOLOGIZE... IT'S TOO LATE." Patriot or Loyalist $600

84. Patriot Back to Game

85. Patriot or Loyalist $800 "IT IS ONLY FAIR THAT THE COLONIES HELP PAY FOR THE DEBT OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR."

86. Loyalist Back to Game

88. Patriot or Loyalist $1000 "TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION IS TYRANNY!"

89. Patriot Back to Game

90. GEORGE WASHINGTON COMMANDED THIS ARMY. Oh, Say Can You “C”? $200

91. Continental Back to Game

92. THIS THOMAS PAINE PAMPHLET EXPLAINED WHY COLONISTS SHOULD BREAK AWAY FROM GREAT BRITAIN. Oh, Say Can You “C”? $400

93. Common Sense Back to Game

94. Oh, Say Can You “C”? $600 WASHINGTON HAD THIS READ TO HIS MEN TO TELL THEM NOT TO BE "SUNSHINE SOLDIERS"

95. The Crisis Back to Game

96. Oh, Say Can You “C”? $800 THIS SPY RING HELPED WASHINGTON KEEP AN EYE ON THE BRITISH IN NEW YORK CITY.

97. Culper Gang Back to Game

98. Oh, Say Can You “C”? 1000 THIS BRITISH GENERAL SURRENDERED IN 1781, ENDING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

99. Back to Game Charles Cornwallis

100. Foreigners $200 THIS FRENCHMAN HELPED WASHINGTON TOWARDS THE END OF THE WAR AND DURING THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN

101. Marquis de Lafayette Back to Game

102. Foreigners $400 THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS SENT TO THIS KING.

103. King George III Back to Game

104. THIS ENGLISHMAN SYPATHIZED WITH THE AMERICAN CAUSE AND WROTE A PAMPLET TO CONVINCE COLONISTS TO BREAK AWAY. Foreigners $600

105. Thomas Paine Back to Game

106. THIS BRITISH GENERAL WANTED TO CUT THE COLONIES IN HALF BY CAPTURING ALBANY BUT LOST HIS ENTIRE ARMY AT SARATOGA. Foreigners $800

107. John Burgoyne Back to Game

108. THIS POLISH ENGINEER HELPED DESIGN THE DEFENSES AT SARATOGA Foreigners $1000

109. Thaddeus Kosciusko Back to Game

110. Geography $200 THIS MODERN DAY STATE CONTAINS THE SITES OF THE BATTLES OF SARATOGA AND LONG ISLAND.

111. New York Back to Game

112. Geography $400 THIS EUROPEAN NATION HELPED THE AMERICANS DURING THE WAR AND HOSTED THE SIGINING OF THE TREATY TO END THE REVOLUTION.

113. France Back to Game

114. Geography $600 NOT ONLY DID GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THOMAS JEFFERSON COME FROM THIS COLONY, IT WAS ALSO THE SITE OF THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN.

115. Virginia Back to Game

116. Geography $800 THIS IS THE MODERN EUROPEAN NATION WHERE HESSIAN MERCENARIES CAME FROM.

117. Germany Back to Game

118. Geography $1000 THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS WOULD HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THIS COLONY.

119. Pennsylvania Back to Game

120. Stupid Answers $200 THESE AMERICAN SOLDIERS WERE MEN THAT COULD BE READY IN A MINUTE'S NOTICE

121. Back to Game Minutemen

122. Stupid Answers $400 VERMONT, THE GREEN MOUNTAIN STATE, IS WHERE THESE BOYS CAME FROM.

123. Back to Game Green Mountain Boys

124. Stupid Answers $600 THIS DOCUMENT DECLARED THAT THE COLONIES WERE INDEPENDENT FROM BRITAIN.

125. Declaration of Independence Back to Game

126. Stupid Answers $800 BRITAIN FORMALLY RECOGNIZED AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE WITH THE SIGNING OF THIS TREATY IN PARIS IN THE YEAR 1783.

127. The Treaty of Paris, 1783 Back to Game

128. Stupid Answers $1000 THIS WAS A STRATEGY USED BY THE BRITISH NAVY TO BLOCK OFF AID FROM COMING INTO ANY AMERICAN PORTS.

129. Blockade Back to Game