1. Directions: Using a scratch piece of paper, make two cards. Label one card fact and the other fib. When I put the statement on the screen decide whether it is a fact or fib. When I say go, lay down your card. Whoever plays the right card, gets a point!

2. Fact or Fib: Statement 1 Triangular Trade occurred in the Pacific Ocean. FIB It happened in the Atlantic Ocean.

3. Fact or Fib: Statement 2 The main goal of the policies and taxes was to enable Great Britain to raise revenue and control trade. FACT

4. Fact or Fib: Statement 3 The policies and taxes passed by the British government led to the French and Indian War. FIB They were caused by the French and Indian War. They lead to the start of the American Revolution.

5. Fact or Fib: Statement 4 A major effect of the Stamp Act on colonial trade was that many colonists boycotted British goods. FACT

6. Fact or Fib: Statement 5 Loyalists wanted to fight for independence, targeted custom officials, and joined militias. FIB The patriots did all of these things. The loyalists sided with the king and remained loyal to Great Britain.

7. Fact or Fib: Statement 6 The colonists went along the British policies and did not oppose to paying the taxes issued by Britain. FIB Actually, the British policies were opposed by many colonists.

8. Fact or Fib: Statement 7 Great Britain’s attempt to control and tax the colonists led to the American Revolution. FACT

9. Fact or Fib: Statement 8 England forcing the colonists to pay for the French and Indian War led to the American Revolution. FACT

10. Fact or Fib: Statement 9 FIB An example of a primary source would be a chapter from a history textbook. This is an example of a secondary source. A primary source would be a journal, letter, or an eyewitness account.

11. Fact or Fib: Statement 10 FACT The colonists felt restricted by the laws passed by the British government.

12. Fact or Fib: Statement 11 Canada becoming a colony of Spain was an outcome of the French and Indian war. FIB The outcome was that France lost most of its colonies in North America. Canada became a colony of Great Britain.

13. Fact or Fib: Statement 12 FACT Thomas Jefferson wrote most of the Declaration of Independence.

14. Fact or Fib: Statement 13 The Sons of Liberty organized boycotts that increased the sale of British products in the colonies. FIB Actually, boycott means to refuse to buy. The colonial boycotts severely hurt the sale of British goods in the colonies.

15. Fact or Fib: Statement 14 Give me liberty or give me death is something that would have been said by a loyalist. FIB Actually, this is a well known quote from a patriot by the name of Patrick Henry.

16. Fact or Fib: Statement 15 FACT The Declaration of Independence contains a list of colonial grievances, statement of natural rights, and establishes the United States of America.

17. Fact or Fib: Statement 16 The Declaration had 5 parts and was officially adopted on July 4, 1776. FIB The date is correct, but it only had 4 parts. A preamble, declaration of rights, grievances, and declaration of independence.

18. Fact or Fib: Statement 17 The Continental Congress picked Samuel Adams to be the commander of the Continental Army. FIB Actually, the Congress gave this commission to George Washington.

19. Fact or Fib: Statement 18 FACT Unalienable rights include but are not limited to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

20. Fact or Fib: Statement 19 FIB The belief that colonies exist to benefit the economy of the mother country is known as triangular trade. Actually, this describes mercantilism.

21. Fact or Fib: Statement 20 FIB When George Washington wrote the Declaration of Independence, he stated that it was okay for the rebellion because they could not afford the high taxes. Actually, Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration which stated the idea that people have the right to rebel against an unjust government.

22. Fact or Fib: Statement 21 British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion. FACT

23. Fact or Fib: Statement 22 FACT Events that occurred in the Revolutionary Era of American History include the Intolerable Acts, First Continental Congress meeting, and the publishing of Common Sense.

24. Fact or Fib: Statement 23 FIB The House of Burgesses, Mayflower Compact, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, and the English Bill of Rights are all colonial laws. Actually, these are all the Foundations of Representative Government in the Colonies.

25. Fact or Fib: Statement 24 FACT The Stamp Act Congress stated that only the colonial assemblies had the right to tax the colonists.

26. Fact or Fib: Statement 25 FIB Thomas Jefferson signed his name rather large so that King George III could see it without his glasses on. Actually, this was done by John Hancock.

27. Fact or Fib: Statement 26 FIB George Washington in an effort to save gun powder told his troops that they could not fire until they saw the whites of the enemies’ eyes. Actually, this action was done by Colonel William Prescott.

28. Fact or Fib: Statement 27 FACT John Locke was an English philosopher who said people were born with the natural rights of life, liberty, and property

29. Fact or Fib: Statement 28 FIB Ben Franklin was a member of the Sons of Liberty who drew a popular engraving that portrayed the Boston Massacre in a way that favored the colonists Actually, this action was done by Paul Revere.

30. Fact or Fib: Statement 29 FACT John Adams defended the soldiers accused of murder because of the Boston Massacre

31. Fact or Fib: Statement 30 FACT Sam Adams was the founder of the rebel group named the Sons of Liberty and organized committees of correspondence

32. Fact or Fib: Statement 31 FIB King Henry VIII refused to read the Olive Branch Petition Actually, this action was done by King George III

33. Fact or Fib: Statement 32 FIB Thomas Jefferson penned the line “shot heard ‘round the world” Actually, this action was done by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

34. Fact or Fib: Statement 33 FACT Crispus Attucks was killed after fight in Boston

35. Fact or Fib: Statement 34 FACT Patrick Henry gave a speech to House of Burgesses that convinced many that liberty was worth fighting and possibly dying for