Jeopardy Game for The Revolutionary War

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$100 Britain’s ruler during the Revolutionary War Period.

$100 Who was King George III?

$200 Chosen to command the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

$200 Who was George Washington?

$300 He was a silversmith who rode to Concord to warn that the British were coming.

$300 Who was Paul Revere?

$400 “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

$400 Who was Nathan Hale?

$500 He wrote the Declaration of Independence.

$500 Who was Thomas Jefferson?

$100 Colonists had to provide shelter, food, horses, medicine… to all British soldiers.

$100 What was the Quatering Act?

$200 A tax placed on all printed materials.

$200 What was the Stamp Act?

$300 The name the colonist gave the new laws after the Boston Tea Party.

$300 What was the Intolerable Acts?

$400 This was a tax on imported items, paper, wool, tea…

$400 What was the Townsend Acts?

$500 The result of this act was the Boston Tea Party.

$500 What was the Tea Act?

$100 Colonist who were ready to fight at a moments notice.

$100 Who were minutemen?

$200 A group that led protests against the new tax.

$200 Who were the Sons of Liberty?

$300 An army made up of volunteers.

$300 What was the militia?

$400 Colonists who opposed British rule.

$400 Who were the Patriots?

$500 Colonists who remained loyal to King George and the British government.

$500 Who were loyalists?

$100 A response to the Tea Act.

$100 What was the Boston Tea Party?

$200 The British shot into a crowd killing five colonists.

$200 What was the Boston Massacre?

$300 These two acts passed by King George III did not involve taxing the colonists.

$300 What were the Intolerable Acts & Quartering Act?

$400 The city where most of the events leading to the American Revolution took place.

$400 What is Boston, Massachusetts?

$500 They met to form the Continental Army.

$500 What was the Second Continental Congress

$100 The shot that became known as “the shot heard round the world.”

$100 What was the battle of Lexington?

$200 A type of government that votes for members of the legislature.

$200 What is a representative government?

$300 The group of people that supported Great Britain during the Colonial Era.

$300 Who were the Loyalists?

$400 This popular phrase was the unofficial protest cry against British taxes.

$400 What is ‘no taxation without representation?’

$500 The two main men who helped write the Declaration of Independence

$500 Who were Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson?