The Class will divide into two teams. Individuals will be paired against each other. The individual from the team that last got the question right will get to choose the category and points. The teacher will read aloud the question. First student to say “BUZZ” will answer the in the form of a question.
People Acts And Events Places Vocabulary Misc
The first African American to die in America’s fight for independence
Who is Crispus Attucks?
Alerted townspeople letting them know “The British are Coming! The British are coming!”
Who is Paul Revere?
England’s lawmaking body
Who is Parliament?
This group protested the Tea Act by dressing as Mohawk Indians and dumping tea into the Boston Harbor
Who are the Son’s of Liberty?
Writer of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Law requiring all paper products to bear a stamp
What is the Stamp Act?
Placed a fee on tea, paper, glass, paint and lead
What are the Townshend Acts?
Stated that English settlers could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Daily Double!!
At this event in September 1774, 55 men gathered in Philadelphia. Among their actions was a petition proclaiming the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
What is the First Continental Congress?
This act stated that colonists were unable to hold public meetings, had to close the Boston Harbor, must quarter soldiers and no self governance of the colonies.
What were the Intolerable Acts?
City of the first bloodshed in the American Revolution
Where is Boston?
Location of first battle in the War
Where is Lexington?
French and Indian War was fought at this location
Where is the Ohio River Valley?
This was closed as a result of the Intolerable Acts
What is the Boston Harbor?
Name pf the colony where the Boston Tea Party occurred
Where is Massachusetts?
This is a colonial solider that had to be ready at a minute’s notice
What is a minuteman?
Another word for freedom
What is liberty?
Means depending on one another
What is interdependence?
A person who supported the American cause for independence from England
What is a patriot?
The killing of a group of people who are unable to defend themselves
What is a massacre?
This event caused many of the taxes the King imposed on the colonists
What is the French and Indian War?
Colonist stated this when the King imposed the Stamp Act
What is “No taxation without representation?”
Daily Double!!!
The colonist who started the Committee of Correspondence, the Sons of Liberty and wrote about the Boston Massacre
Who is Samuel Adams?
The colonist who rode to Concorde to alert the minutemen that the British were coming.
Who is Paul Revere?
Defended he soldiers on trial after the Boston Massacre
Who is John Adams?