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4. …Always phrase your answers in the form of a question!

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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

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. THIS MAN TOOK THE BATTLE TO THE SEA AND FOUGHT IN AMERICAS FIRST NAVAL BATTLES Battles for $400

14. Captain John Paul Jones 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 THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WERE VIEWED TO BE COMMITTING AN ACT OF THIS BY THE ENGLISH

24. Treason Back to Game

25. Declaring Independence $500 HE WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED TO DRAFT THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BUT TURNED THE OFFER DOWN SAYING THAT HE WAS “OBNOXIOUS AND DISLIKED.”

26. John Adams 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 MAN STOOD UP AT THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS IN JUNE 1776 AND PROPOSED THE COLONIES DECLARE THEIR INDEPENDENCE

35. Richard Henry Lee Back to Game

36. Famous People for $500 THIS MAN PLANNED TO CUT OFF NEW ENGLAND FROM THE SOUTHERN COLONIES BY WINNING AT SARATOGA

37. Back to Game John Burgoyne

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 BECAUSE BRITAIN DID NOT WANT TO LOSE BRITISH LIVES, THEY HIRED THESE MERCENARIES TO HELP THEM FIGHT THE COLONISTS.

57. Hessians/ Germans 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 WAS THE NAME OF BENJAMIN TALLMADGE'S SPY RING THAT HE ORGANIZED IN NEW YORK CITY.

61. Potpourri for $200 Back to Game CULPER GANG

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.