Welcome to Trashball! Let me take roll and then we will move the desks Take out a notebook or sheet of paper We will be building a study guide The rules are simple Welcome to Trashball!

Rules There are three teams Each team will have one member compete at a time, (ONLY ONE!) so keep your traps shut! If you are caught talking while others are working on their problem, your team will lose points.

Rules Each competitor is given a white board and a marker You will have 30 seconds to read the question and write your answer on the white board Do not show your answer until I tell you Remember to keep your answer hidden from the other team

If you answer the question correctly you get one point automatically Rules If you answer the question correctly you get one point automatically You also get to shoot the ball into the trashcan for an extra point Bounces are fair when shooting The team with the most points at the end will be the winner

The winning team will win something super sweet… The Winners! The winning team will win something super sweet…

Today we are playing to study for our Chapter 6 Final Here’s how it works I am going to show you a slide, and you are going to write your answer(spelled correctly) on the board

Lets Begin Play Ball!

Question What led to the British sending 10,000 troops to the colonies and enacting the Quartering Act?

ANSWER Proclamation of 1763

Question Who wrote “Common Sense”?

ANSWER Thomas Paine

Question The of accompanied the Townshend Acts

ANSWER Writ(s) of assistance

Question When did the colonists decide to boycott and form a militia?

ANSWERs 1st Continental Congress

Question What was another name for a member of the Militia?

ANSWER Minutemen

Question Who was the MOST well known member of the Sons of Liberty?

ANSWER Sam Adams

Question Where was the idea of the Continental Army first discussed?

ANSWER 2nd Continental Congress

Question What TWO battles did Paul Revere spread warning for?

ANSWERs Lexington and Concord

Question Who defended the British troops after the Boston Massacre?

ANSWER John Adams

Question Who was the leader of the Committees of Correspondence Hint: it was one of the main leaders of the Sons of Liberty

ANSWER Sam Adams

Question What did Thomas Jefferson write?

ANSWER The Declaration of independence

Question What acts were passed to pay for the French and Indian War?

ANSWERs Stamp and Sugar acts

Question How did the colonists respond to the Sugar and Stamp Acts Hint: three methods

ANSWER Letters, boycotts, and violence

Question When were the Intolerable (Coercive) Acts Passed?

ANSWER 1774 or after the Boston tea Party

Question What was the purpose of passing the Intolerable (Coercive) Acts?

ANSWER Control the Colonies and punish Boston

Question Why did the Tea Act lead to the Boston Tea Party?

ANSWER Protesting unrepresented taxes

Question What was ironic about the Tea Act?

ANSWER Tea was cheaper!!!

Question How many people were killed in the Boston Massacre and what happened to the British soldiers?

ANSWER 5 They were found to be innocent of their crimes!

Question Why did the 2nd Continental Congress take so long to declare independence?

ANSWER Not all Colonies agreed.

Question In his famous quote, Thomas Paine said government was a .

ANSWER Necessary evil

Question According to Thomas Jefferson, where does a government get its power?

ANSWER From the governed

Question What right do people have if the government abuses its power?

ANSWER To alter or overthrow it and institute a new government .