American Revolution: Causes, People, Battles, and Final Jeopardy

1. Sources D.O.I. OTHER OTHER II CAUSES PEOPLE BATTLES Final Jeopardy $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

2. Person that was loyal to Britain and opposed independence BACK ANSWER

3. Person that wanted independence from Britain and was willing to fight for it BACK ANSWER

4. 2,000 Continental soldiers lost their lives at this camp in the winter of 1777-1778 BACK ANSWER

5. Colonial phrase that came out of the Stamp Act BACK ANSWER

6. Reason the British decided to move the war to the South towards its end BACK ANSWER

7. George Washington was their leader, fought on their own land, controlled countryside, fighting a people’s movement – determination BACK ANSWER

8. More experienced and better equipped army, more soldiers, more funds, controlled cities easily, help from Native Americans BACK ANSWER

9. States began to do this as a result of the American Revolution BACK ANSWER

10. How does British style of fighting differ from Continental style of fighting? BACK ANSWER

11. Name one European group that fought with the British and one that fought with the Continental army. BACK ANSWER

12. 5 colonists were killed when British soldiers opened fire on a group of colonists – Revere does an engraving BACK ANSWER

13. Said the colonists cannot go past the Appalachian Mountains BACK ANSWER

14. Tax on all printed materials – newspapers, pamphlets, playing cards, etc. BACK ANSWER

15. Closed Boston Harbor, forced colonists to house troops, and forbade town meetings – done in reaction to Boston Tea Party BACK ANSWER

16. The Tea Act/Tax forced colonial tea to be more expensive by not taxing tea from this company BACK ANSWER

17. Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army BACK ANSWER

18. Rode twice as far as Paul Revere to warn that the British were coming BACK ANSWER

19. Trained the Continental Army at Valley Forge BACK ANSWER

20. Famous American traitor – helped the Continental army to win the Battle of Ticonderoga, but later tried unsuccessfully to surrender West Point to the British BACK ANSWER

21. British general who surrendered at Yorktown to end the American Revolution BACK ANSWER

22. First battles of the American Revolution, called “the shot heard round the world” BACK ANSWER

23. Colonial loss where the colonists were told not to fire until they see the whites of their eyes BACK ANSWER

24. Last battle of the American Revolution BACK ANSWER

25. Turning point of the war – after this Patriot win the French decided to help the Patriots BACK ANSWER

26. Battle of Trenton: 100 – date of attack 100 – who attacked whom? 100 – key to success? 100 – who won? 100 – impact of this victory? BACK ANSWER

27. Type of source that comes from the actual event – quote, speech, picture, diary, letter BACK ANSWER

28. Source not from the actual event – encyclopedia, movie, book BACK ANSWER

29. Main author of the DOI BACK ANSWER

30. Purpose of the DOI BACK ANSWER

31. The 3 Enlightenment ideas in the DOI BACK ANSWER

32. NEXT

33. US government is a mixture of what 2 democracies? How did the American Revolution influence this? ANSWER

34. LOYALIST BACK

35. PATRIOT BACK

36. VALLEY FORGE BACK

37. NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION BACK

38. MORE LOYALISTS THERE BACK

39. COLONIAL ADVANTAGES BACK

40. BRITISH ADVANTAGES BACK

41. WRITE THEIR OWN CONSTITUTIONS BACK

42. BRITISH – ORGANIZED, SET FORMATIONS, RANKED FIRING IN OPEN AREAS CONTINENTAL – AMBUSH, QUICK SKIRMISHES AND RETREATS, GUERILLA WARFARE BACK

43. HESSIANS FOUGHT WITH BRITISH PRUSSIANS AND FRENCH FOUGHT WITH CONTINENTALS BACK

44. BOSTON MASSACRE BACK

45. PROCLAMATION OF 1763 BACK

46. STAMP ACT BACK

47. INTOLERABLE OR COERCIVE ACTS BACK

48. EAST INDIA TRADING COMPANY BACK

49. GEORGE WASHINGTON BACK

50. SYBIL LUDINGTON BACK