1. American and French Revolutions Jeopardy! ROUND 1
Mr. Tirrito Presents…
American and French Revolutions
Jeopardy! ROUND 1
STUDY GUIDE—USE YOUR FLASHCARDS AND ALL HANDOUTS.
TEST ON FRIDAY, MAY 19!
HOMEWORK: Study for test! SUGGESTION: Make extra flashcards from this study guide!

2. Taxes and
Tough Stuff
Birth of
the U.S.A.
Leaders on
Both Sides
Famous
Quotes
I Wouldn’t
Want to
Be Them
$100
$100
$100
$100
$100
$200
$200
$200
$200
$200
$300
$300
$300
$300
$300
$400
$400
$400
$400
$400
$500
$500
$500
$500
$500

3. This tax on paper documents was Parliament’s first direct tax on colonists
1-100

4. Click Anywhere to Continue
What is the
Stamp Act ?
Click Anywhere to Continue

5. These laws included taxes on glass, paint, paper, and especially tea
1-200

6. Click Anywhere to Continue
What are the
Townshend Acts ?
Click Anywhere to Continue

7. During a riot, the killing of 5 colonists by British soldiers became
known as this
1-300

8. Click Anywhere to Continue
What is the
Boston Massacre ?
Click Anywhere to Continue

9. The purpose of the Boston Tea Party
1-400

10. To protest the tax on tea Click Anywhere to Continue
What is
To protest the tax on tea ?
Click Anywhere to Continue

11. This booklet used Enlightenment ideas to tell Americans to demand separation from Britain
1-500

12. Click Anywhere to Continue
What is
Common Sense ?
Click Anywhere to Continue

13. The last battle of the American Revolution, when Washington’s army and the French navy surrounded General Cornwallis in battle, was fought here
2-100

14. Click Anywhere to Continue
What is
Yorktown ?
Click Anywhere to Continue

15. In 1787, the Founding Fathers met in this city for the Constitutional Convention, where they wrote the Constitution of our present system of government
2-200

16. Click Anywhere to Continue
What is
Philadelphia ?
Click Anywhere to Continue

17. DAILY DOUBLE
The Founding Fathers’ beliefs about government were strongly influenced by these two Enlightenment writers
2-300

18. Charles de Montesquieu Click Anywhere to Continue
Who are
Charles de Montesquieu
and
John Locke ?
Click Anywhere to Continue

19. He wrote
Common Sense
2-400

20. Click Anywhere to Continue
Who is
Thomas Paine ?
Click Anywhere to Continue

21. --------------------------------------------------- His French friend,
DAILY DOUBLE
He wrote the Declaration of Independence and later became the 3rd U.S. President
His French friend,
who helped George Washington win the American Revolution,
then returned to France and
wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Man during the French Revolution
2-500

22. Click Anywhere to Continue
Who is
Thomas Jefferson ?
Who is
General Lafayette ?
Click Anywhere to Continue

23. colonial soldiers who were
American
colonial soldiers who were
ready to fight
at any time
3-100

24. Click Anywhere to Continue
Who are the
Minutemen ?
Click Anywhere to Continue

25. He wrote the U.S. Constitution; later became the 4th U.S. President
3-200

26. Click Anywhere to Continue
Who is
James Madison ?
Click Anywhere to Continue

27. King of England during the
American Revolution
3-300

28. Click Anywhere to Continue
Who is
George III ?
Click Anywhere to Continue

29. “Father of His Country”
Commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution; became
1st U.S. President;
called the
“Father of His Country”
3-400

30. Click Anywhere to Continue
Who is
George Washington ?
Click Anywhere to Continue

31. British general who surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia, when the Americans and the French navy surrounded him
3-500

32. Click Anywhere to Continue
Who is
Charles Cornwallis ?
Click Anywhere to Continue

33. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created ”
4-100

34. Click Anywhere to Continue
What is
equal ?
Click Anywhere to Continue

35. “…that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are…”
4-200

36. Click Anywhere to Continue
What is
life ?
Click Anywhere to Continue

37. “…life, , and the…”
4-300

38. Click Anywhere to Continue
What is
liberty ?
Click Anywhere to Continue

39. “…life, liberty, and the ”
4-400

40. Click Anywhere to Continue
What is the
pursuit of happiness ?
Click Anywhere to Continue

41. The motto of the
French Revolution
4-500

42. “Liberty! Equality! Fraternity! Click Anywhere to Continue
What is
“Liberty! Equality! Fraternity! ?
Click Anywhere to Continue

43. Jacobin newspaper editor who wanted to guillotine thousands of people; stabbed to death in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday
5-100

44. Click Anywhere to Continue
Who is
Jean Paul Marat ?
Click Anywhere to Continue

45. Jacobin leader of the Committee of Public Safety; the practical dictator of France during the
Reign of Terror, when he had thousands of people killed, until he was beheaded
in 1794
5-200

46. Maximilien Robespierre Click Anywhere to Continue
Who is
Maximilien Robespierre ?
Click Anywhere to Continue

47. Jacobin Minister of Justice who was popular with the people, but was beheaded by his former friend Robespierre for saying that it was time to end the Reign of Terror
5-300

48. Click Anywhere to Continue
Who is
Georges Danton ?
Click Anywhere to Continue

49. he was overthrown and beheaded during
King of France who made France’s debt worse by helping the American Revolution;
he was overthrown and beheaded during
the French Revolution
5-400

50. Click Anywhere to Continue
Who is
Louis XVI ?
Click Anywhere to Continue

51. Born in Austria, she was hated by the French people for how much money she spent as queen; beheaded in Oct. 1793
5-500

52. Click Anywhere to Continue
Who is
Marie Antoinette ?
Click Anywhere to Continue