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3. President during the War of 1812 and also called the “Father of the Constitution”

4. Who was James Madison?

5. President whose election was decided in the House of Representatives because of a tie

6. Who was Thomas Jefferson?

7. President who had the Indians removed to advance the settlement of the West. This became known as the “Trail of Tears.”

8. Who was Andrew Jackson?

9. “Manifest Destiny” President who wanted to acquire land from Texas to the Pacific

10. Who was James K. Polk?

11. The oldest, permanent English
Colony in the New World

12. What is Jamestown,Virginia?

13. Colony established by the Pilgrims and Puritans for religious freedom

14. What is Massachusetts Bay Colony?

15. Originally a Dutch colony wanted by the British because of economic promise and an excellent harbor

16. What is New York?

17. Colony established for debtors and as a buffer for the other colonies from the Spanish in Florida

18. What is Georgia?

19. The action of the Sons of Liberty in protest of the British taxation policy. It led to the Intolerable Acts.

20. What was the Boston Tea Party?

21. The argument used by the colonists to protest the British taxation policy after the French and Indian War

22. What is “no taxation without representation?”

23. The direct tax (later repealed) on all legal and other printed documents that resulted in angry colonial protests and the formation of the Sons of Liberty

24. What is the Stamp Tax?

25. The economic policy followed by the British whereby they tried to gain more power and wealth than their rivals through a favorable balance of trade and a strong military force.

26. What is mercantilism?

27. 1607

28. What is the date of the founding of Jamestown?
The first permanent English colony in North America

29. The year the U.S. buys the Louisiana Purchase from Napoleon who needed money to fight the British

30. What is 1803?

32. What are the years of the Civil War between the North and South?

33. Daily Double

34. The two key events of 1787

35. What are The Northwest Ordinance which sets the procedure for admission of new states and the Constitutional Convention which convenes and begins the writing of a new Constitution?

36. Warned the colonists, “The
British are coming!”

37. Who is Paul Revere?

38. Wrote the pamphlet, “Common Sense” trying to persuade the
colonists to support independence

39. Who is Thomas Paine?

40. French noble who came to help the colonists in their fight with the British

41. Who was the Marquis de Lafayette?

42. Bostonian leader of the Sons of Liberty who led the early fight for independence from the British

43. Who was Sam Adams?

44. The first territorial acquisition which doubled the size of the United States

45. What is the Louisiana Purchase?

46. The war ( ) that resulted in financial problems for England and caused them to change their economic policies with the colonies

47. What was the French and Indian War?

48. Caused pioneers to rush across the Great Plains in in search of quick wealth and a better way of life

49. What was the discovery of gold in California, called the Gold Rush?

50. The last piece of territory purchased from Mexico in 1853 completing the continental United States

51. What is the Gadsden Purchase?

52. A Special Thanks to the following who made this game possible Barbara Caffee, Social Studies Co-coordinator for CFBISD and the 8th Grade American History teachers of CFBISD Eric Fink, Technology consultant for CFBISD Jeopardy music from Television’s Greatest Hits, Volume II, distributed by TVT Records, 23 E. 4th St New York, New York 10003