Jeopardy
British Acts
and Taxes
F&I
Colonial
Protest
Revolutionary
War
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from H1
What was the main
purpose of the Stamp Act?
What was the effect?
$100 Answer from H1
Direct tax on colonial
documents – designed to hit
every colonist hard
Effect – led to protests in
colonies and formation of
the Sons of Liberty
$200 Question from H1
What is the significance
of the Proclamation of
1763?
$200 Answer from H1
After the F & I War, it regulated
trade, settlement, and land
purchases on the western frontier
$300 Question from H1
The Sugar Act was a tax on what item?
$300 Answer from H1
Sugar
$400 Question from H1
Under the terms of this legislation,
each colonial assembly was directed
to provide for the basic needs of
soldiers stationed within its borders.
Specified items included bedding,
cooking utensils, firewood, beer or
cider, candles, and required the
assemblies to billet soldiers in
taverns and unoccupied houses.
$400 Answer from H1
Quartering Act
$500 Question from H1
The event in this picture was the
direct result of the passage of
what Act?
$500 Answer from H1
Tea Act
$100 Question from H2
What were the causes of
The French and Indian
War?
$100 Answer from H2
Cause: Britain and France fought
over land in America
$200 Question from H2
What were the effects of The French and
Indian War?
$200 Answer from H2
Effect: British and Colonists
defeated French and Indians and
took Frances land in America
$300 Question from H2
As a result of the F & I War
the French lose their claim
to what territory?
$300 Answer from H2
Canada (east of the Appalachain)
$400 Question from H2
After the Treaty
of Paris was
signed what
physical feature
became the
boundary for the
British colonies
in North
America?
$400 Answer from H2
Mississippi River
$500 Question from H2
What Treaty ended the F & I War?
$500 Answer from H2
Treaty of Paris
$100 Question from H3
What is the significance
of the Boston
Massacre?
$100 Answer from H3
Colonists killed by British
soldiers is scuffle about loss of
colonial jobs – source of
propaganda
$200 Question from H3
This engraving by
Paul Revere was a
piece of Propaganda
published after this
incident?
$200 Answer from H3
Boston Massacre
$300 Question from H3
What is the significance
of the Boston Tea Party?
$300 Answer from H3
Colonists dressed as Natives
and dumped tea in Boston
Harbor
Effect – led to British passing
Intolerable Acts and punishing
colonists – cause of War
$400 Question from H3
What is the First
Continental Congress?
$400 Answer from H3
Colonies sent delegates to
discuss response to
Intolerable Acts and to
declare colonies rights
$500 Question from H3
Who were the minutemen?
What happened at Lexington
and Concord?
$500 Answer from H3
Minutemen – Militia formed in the
New England colonies
Lexington and Concord – first
battles in American Revolution
(“shot heard ‘round the world”)
$100 Question from H4
When writing the
Declaration of
Independence, what ideas
did Thomas Jefferson
borrow from John Locke?
What did Richard Henry
Lee introduce?
Text Here
$100 Answer from H4
Locke – natural rights > “life,
liberty and property (pursuit of
happiness)” Lee: VA resolution
for D of I
$200 Question from H4
Who wrote Common Sense
and why is it significant?
$200 Answer from H4
Thomas Paine – said
independence was
America’s destiny – spread
like wildfire among
colonists
$300 Question from H4
What were the strengths and
weaknesses of the Continental
Army and the British Army?
$300 Answer from H4
British – well trained, well
equipped, more money and
supplies
Colonists – new geography,
fighting for freedom, help of
French
$400 Question from H4
What was the significance of
each of the following battles?
Trenton:
Saratoga:
Yorktown:
$400 Answer from H4
Trenton: Washington crossing
Delaware – much needed
boost in morale
Saratoga: First major
colonist victory – convinced
French to support colonists
Yorktown: Cornwallis
surrendered
$500 Question from H4
What is the difference between
Loyalists (Tories) and Patriots?
$500 Answer from H4
Tories – supported British
Patriots - independence
$100 Question from H5
What was Ben Franklin’s role in
the Revolution?
$100 Answer from H5
Secured the alliance with France
$200 Question from H5
This document, a list of
grievances was signed
July 4, 1776?
$200 Answer from H5
Declaration of Independance
$300 Question from H5
What was a significant
challenge facing the
United States at the end of
the American Revolution?
$300 Answer from H5
Forming a new government
and the relationships of the
new states
$400 Question from H5
Who was the leader of the
Colonial forces during the
war?
$400 Answer from H5
George Washington
$500 Question from H5
“Give me Liberty! Or
give me Death!”
Who said this?
$500 Answer from H5
Patrick Henry
Final Jeopardy
What was the name of the document that established the
first government of the United States?
Final Jeopardy Answer
Articles of Confederation