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Final Jeopardy
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100 Question from Causes
What were Englands reasons for control over the
American colonies?
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100 Answer from Causes
England desired to remain a world power. They
imposed taxes, such as the Stamp Act to raise
necessary revenue to pay the cost of the French
and Indian War.
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200 Question from Causes
What were some of the Englands reasons for
taxation of the American colonies?
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200 Answer from Causes

• To help finance the French and Indian War
• To help with the maintaining of English troops
  in the colonies

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300 Question from Causes
What were some sources of colonial
dissatisfaction?
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300 Answer from Causes

• Colonies had no representation in Parliament
• Some colonies resented power of colonial
  governors
• England wanted strict control over colonial
  legislatures
• Colonies opposed taxes
• The Proclamation of 1763 hampered the western
  movement of settlers

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400 Question from Causes
As England expanded control over the American
colonies, what was the reaction of many colonists?
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400 Answer from Causes
Many colonists became dissatisfied and rebellious.
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500 Question from Causes
What ideas/philosophies about government were
expressed in the Declaration of Independence?
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500 Answer from Causes

• Key Philosophies
• People have certain unalienable rights (rights
  that cannot be taken away) life, liberty,
  pursuit of happiness
• People establish government to protect those
  rights
• Government derives power from the people
• People have a right and a duty to change a
  government that violates their rights.

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100 Question from Key People

• Whose ideas included
• People have natural rights to life, liberty, and
  property
• Government is created to protect the rights of
  people and has only the limited and specific
  powers the people consent to give it

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100 Answer from Key People
John Locke
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200 Question from Key People
Who was an outspoken member of the House of
Burgesses who inspired colonial patriotism with
the, Give me liberty or give me death speech?
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200 Answer from Key People
Patrick Henry
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300 Question from Key People
Who was the patriot who made a daring ride to
warn colonists of British arrival?
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300 Answer from Key People
Paul Revere
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400 Question from Key People
What is Thomas Paine known for?
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400 Answer from Key People
He was a journalist and author of Common Sense.
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500 Question from Key People
Describe the role played by Benjamin Franklin in
shaping events of the American Revolution.
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500 Answer from Key People
Benjamin Franklin was a prominent member of the
Continental Congress. He helped framed the
Declaration of Independence.
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100 Question from More Key People
Who was King George III?
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100 Answer from More Key People
King George III was the British King during the
Revolutionary era.
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200 Question from More Key People
What roles did George Washington and Thomas
Jefferson play in the Revolutionary era?
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200 Answer from More Key People
George Washington was Commander and Chief of the
Continental Army. Thomas Jefferson was the major
author of the Declaration of Independence.
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300 Question from More Key People
What roles did John Adams play in the
Revolutionary era?
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300 Answer from More Key People
John Adams championed the cause of independence.
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400 Question from More Key People
Who was a former slave who wrote poems and plays
supporting American independence?
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400 Answer from More Key People
Phillis Wheatley
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500 Question from More Key People
     Who was the British general who surrendered
at Yorktown?
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500 Answer from More Key People
Lord Cornwallis
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100 Question from Key Events
This was the sight of the first armed conflict of
the Revolutionary War.
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100 Answer from Key Events
Battle of Lexington and Concord
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200 Question from Key Events
What was the Boston Tea Party?
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200 Answer from Key Events
Patriots, led by Samuel Adams and Paul Revere,
threw tea into Boston Harbor to protest tea taxes.
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300 Question from Key Events
What was the name of the event in which colonists
were shot after taunting British soldiers?
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300 Answer from Key Events
The Boston Massacre
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400 Question from Key Events
What occurred at the approval of the Declaration
of Independence?
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400 Answer from Key Events
Colonies declared independence from England (July
4, 1776).
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500 Question from Key Events
What American victory was the turning point in
the war?
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500 Answer from Key Events
The Battle of Saratoga
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100 Question from More Key Events
What were some key events that occurred during
the Revolutionary War? Name at least four.
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100 Answer from More Key Events
Boston Massacre Boston Tea Party First
Continental Congress Battle of Lexington and
Concord Approval of Declaration of
Independence Battle of Saratoga Surrender at
Yorktown Signing of the Treaty of Paris
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200 Question from More Key Events
What marked the end of the Revolutionary War?
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200 Answer from More Key Events
The Surrender at Yorktown by Lord Cornwallis
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300 Question from More Key Events
What occurred at the signing at the Treaty of
Paris?
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300 Answer from More Key Events
England recognized American independence.
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400 Question from More Key Events
Which was the only colony that did not
participate in the discussions on the First
Continental Congress?
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400 Answer from More Key Events
The Georgia Colony
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500 Question from More Key Events
What occurred at the First Continental Congress?
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500 Answer from More Key Events
Delegates from all colonies except Georgia met to
discuss problems with England and to promote
independence.
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Final Jeopardy
What three advantages helped the American
colonists win the Revolutionary War?
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Final Jeopardy Answer

• Colonists defense of their own land, principles
  and beliefs
• Support from France and Spain
• Strong leadership