1. Social Studies Double Jeopardy
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Social Studies Double Jeopardy

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“Declare
the Causes”
“We hold
these Truths”
Rebel Rousers
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Loyalist Leaders
Armchair
General
Turning Points
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3. Colonial taxes were higher or lower than in “Mother England”
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Colonial taxes were higher or lower than in “Mother England”

4. What was lower?

5. Slogan used by Patriots to argue against taxes
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Slogan used by Patriots to argue against taxes

6. What is “No taxation without representation”?

7. 30 pts
This event caused thousands of dollars in damage and major punishment from Great Britain

8. What is the Boston Tea Party?

9. 40 pts
Fearing that local farms were being destroyed and looted, they fired on British troops

10. Who were the Minutemen?

11. 50 pts
List three of Boston’s Tea Party punishments- also known as “The Intolerable Acts”

12. What are:
closing Boston harbor, prohibiting town meetings, allowing trials in England and quartering troops?

13. Primary author of the Declaration of Independence
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Primary author of the Declaration of Independence

14. Who is Thomas Jefferson?

15. Crime committed by the signers of the Declaration of Independence
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Crime committed by the signers of the Declaration of Independence

16. What is treason?

17. 30 pts
Idea in the Declaration that was also used by Native Americans, African Americans and women to petition for better status

18. What is “all men are created equal”?

19. “HE” in the Declaration of Independence
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“HE” in the Declaration of Independence

20. Who is “King George’’?

21. The opening words of the Declaration of Independence
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The opening words of the Declaration of Independence

22. What is “When in the course of human events…”

23. 10 pts
Patriot who leads the Continental Army and later becomes our first president

24. Who was George Washington?

25. Major leader of Boston protests and colonial cartoon propaganda
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Major leader of Boston protests and colonial cartoon propaganda

26. Who was Paul Revere?

27. Percentage of the population in the colonies who were strong loyalists
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Percentage of the population in the colonies who were strong loyalists

28. What was 1/3 or 33%?

29. 40 pts
Frenchman who provided training to the Patriots during the winter at Valley Forge helping to mold them into an effective fighting force.

30. Who was the Marquis de Lafayette?

31. 50 pts
As Governor of Massachusetts, his house was raided and looted during the Stamp Act crisis

32. Who is
Thomas Hutchinson?

33. Region where the war began.
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Region where the war began.

34. What was New England?

35. Name given to united army of the colonies
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Name given to united army of the colonies

36. What is the Continental Army?

37. 30 pts
Hired professional soldiers from modern day Germany- major advantage to British

38. Who are the Hessians?

39. 40 pts Name the turning point of the Revolutionary War

40. What is the Battle of Saratoga?

41. Place your wager. Write it on the board.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
Place your wager. Write it on the board.

42. 50 pts
Name the strategy that American forces excelled at that, along with foreign aid and training, finally helped them to win the war

43. What was guerilla warfare?

44. Battles that started the Revolutionary War.
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Battles that started the Revolutionary War.

45. What are Lexington and Concord?

46. Nation that became a colonial ally against Britain in the war
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Nation that became a colonial ally against Britain in the war

47. Who was France?

48. 30 pts
Unsuccessful colonial attempt to control the St. Lawrence Seaway and Canada

49. What are the battles of Quebec and Montreal (or March on Canada)?

50. 40 pts
Reason that the French and other countries started to provide the colonists with financial and military aid.

51. What was the colonial victory over the British at Saratoga?

52. 50 pts
This siege was the final nail in the British coffin and the last battle of the Revolutionary War

53. What was the Battle of Yorktown?