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Jeopardy! LeadersEventsTerms Strength/ Weakness Quotes Potpourri 100 200 300 400 500
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Leaders - 100 BACK This is the author of Common Sense and American Crisis. Who is Thomas Paine?
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Leader - 200 This man was the naval hero in the Battle of Bonhamme Richard and Serapis; also said “I have not yet begun to fight”. Who is John Paul Jones? BACK
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Leaders - 300 This American colonel was known for saying “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes”. Who is William Prescott? BACK
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Leaders - 400 This man was the governor of Louisiana that helped Americans take over British forts. Who is Bernardo de Galvez? BACK
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Leaders - 500 This man was a French General who became Washington’s most trusted advisor and helped in the Battle of Yorktown Who is Marquis de LaFayette? BACK
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Events - 100 These were the first battles of the American Revolution. What are Lexington and Concord? BACK
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Events - 200 This was the turning point of the American Revolution because Europeans came to help them after they won. What is Battle of Saratoga? BACK
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Events - 300 This Christmas night battle gave hope to the Patriots that Americans actually could beat Britain and encouraged enlistments. What is Battle of Trenton? BACK
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Events - 400 This was signed by John Jay, John Adams, and Ben Franklin to end the war. What is The Treaty of Paris 1783? BACK
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Events - 500 Americans suffered their greatest loss as they lost their entire Southern Army at these two battles. What is Battle of Charleston and Savannah? BACK
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Terms - 100 Rights not capable of being taken away What is unalienable? BACK
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Terms - 200 Foreign soldiers who fight to earn money, for example Hessians. What is a mercenary? BACK
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Terms - 300 A privately owned ship that wartime government gives permission to attack an enemy's merchant ship. What is privateer? BACK
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Terms - 400 Strategy of small bands of fighters who weaken the enemy with surprise raids and hit-and-run attacks. What is guerrilla warfare? BACK
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Terms - 500 A Person that opposed war. (ex. Quakers) What is pacifist? BACK
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Strength/Weakness - 100 Great leadership, knowledge of the battlegrounds, and foreign aid. What is American Strength? BACK
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Strength/Weakness - 200 Very little money, supplies, and ammunition, and no military discipline. What is American Weakness? BACK
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Strength/Weakness – 300 Had soldiers (mercenaries) that had no personsal interest/purpose in fighting What is British Weakness? BACK
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Strength/Weakness - 400 More soldiers, military supplies, better clothing, and better trained troops What is British Strength? BACK
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Strength/Weakness - 500 Underestimation, unaccustomed to wilderness, 3000 miles separated from home ground, and soldiers with no interest. What is British Weakness? BACK
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Quotes - 100 "Could I have foreseen what I have, and am likely to experience, no consideration upon earth should have induced me to accept this command" Who is George Washington? BACK
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Quote - 200 "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman Who is Thomas Paine? BACK
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Quote - 300 " I have not yet begun to fight," Who is John Paul Jones? BACK
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Quote - 400 " If a country is not worth protecting, it is not worth claiming." Who is George Rogers Clark? BACK
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Quote - 500 "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes”! At which battle was this said? What is the Battle of Bunker Hill? BACK
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Potpourri - 100 The Americans had certain Advantages that let them win. Name 3 advantages What is Better Leadership, Foreign Aid, Knowledge of the Land, and Motivation? BACK
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Potpourri - 200 The Americans obeyed all conditions of the Treaty of Paris but two conditions. Name them What is Repaying prewar debt and Returning Loyalist property? BACK
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Potpourri - 300 This idea for a government replaced the monarchy after declaring independence. What is republicanism? BACK
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Potpourri - 400 What were 2 conditions that British ignored? What is returning runaway slaves and giving up military outposts in the Great Lakes area, such as Fort Detroit? BACK
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Potpourri - 500 How much did the States owe after the Revolutionary War? What is $27 million? BACK
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