1. Welcome to Jeopardy

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3. Who was Commander and Chief of the Continental Army? George Washington

4. He wrote the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson

5. He was a politician, ambassador, inventor of bifocals, and discovered electricity Benjamin Franklin

6. Created the Committee of Correspondence and was considered to be a Founding Father Samuel Adams

7. French nobleman who served with Washington. Marquis de Lafayette

8. Inspirational writer of Common Sense and The Crisis. Thomas Pain

9. The colonists most effective form of protest; it repealed the Stamp Act boycott

10. It happened in March 1770 when a protest at a Customs House turned violent. Boston Massacre

11. Signed by 56 men at the Philadelphia Convention Declaration of Independence

12. Sons of Liberty did this to protest the Tea Act. Boston Tea Party

13. This signed document ended the American Revolution. Treaty of Paris 1783

14. This women's organization was created to protest British taxes. Daughters of Liberty

15. First battle of the American Revolution Lexington

16. Patriot’s surprise defeat of the Hessians. Trenton

17. This battle ended the American Revolution. Yorktown

18. The shot heard around the world!, and battle at Old North Bridge. Concord

19. This battle was known as the turning point of the war. Saratoga

20. This is not a battle but the place where George Washington and his troops stayed During the winter of 1777-78. Valley Forge

21. Tax on Tea Tea Act

22. Tax on sugar Sugar Act

23. Tax on all legal documents, newspaper and letters Stamp Act

24. Colonists had to house and feed British soldiers Quartering Act

25. Tax on glass, lead, paper, and paint. Townshend Act

26. This closed the port of Boston, established military rule, And denied colonist the right to meet. The colonist thought This act was unbearable. Intolerable Act

27. Britain’s monarch during the American Revolution. King George III

28. He rode from town to town to warn of the British invasion. Paul Revere

29. Blank search warrants Writs of Assistance

30. The General in charge of the British forces. He also surrendered at Yorktown. General Lord Cornwallis

31. His famous quote is I have not yet begun to fight. John Paul Jones

32. This document stated that you could not settle West, past the Appalachian Mountains Proclamation of 1763