Britain's Most Wanted
Non Violent Offenders
Let's Brawl
Act Like It
A Cause for Concern
Location, Location, Location
100
Wanted:
________________
Suspect is accused of:
Treason against the crown
Leading the colonial army against His Majesty's troops
Conspiring with the 'Continental Congress' to undermine His Majesty's rule of law
George Washington
100
Wanted:
________________
Suspect is accused of:
Main author of the 'Declaration of Independence'
Convincing France to assist colonists
Thomas Jefferson
100
Which battle was the final battle in the American Revolution?
Battle of Yorktown (1781)
100
Which act required that a tax be placed on nearly all printed materials, which were everyday items such as:
Newspapers
Playing cards
Printed sermons
Deeds for purchasing/selling property
Stamp Act (1765)
100
Because of the Proclamation of 1763, where were the colonists forbidden from settling?
Beyond the Appalachian Mountains, in the Ohio River Valley.
100
Highlights:
Skirmish between colonists and soldiers, 5 dead
Sons of Liberty destroyed $1.7 million of tea
Harbor closed
Boston, Massachusetts
200
Wanted:
________________
Suspect is accused of:
General in the rebellious colonial army
Defeating the British at Yorktown
Being French
Marquis de Lafayette
200
Illustrious ruler of Great Britain during the American Revolution
King George III
200
The "Shot Heard Round the World" that started the American Revolution
Lexington and Concord
200
Which Act am I?
- They were a series of laws that replaced the Stamp Act.
Indirect taxes
Created the “Writs of Assistance”
Townshend Acts
Townshend Acts (1767)
200
What is the name for the rag tag group of rebels and patriots who got together in opposition to the taxes issued by the King, beginning with the Stamp Act?
Sons of Liberty
200
What city was the treaty that ended the Revolutionary war signed in?
Paris, France
300
Wanted:
________________
Suspect is accused of:
Member of Sons of Liberty
Delegate to 1st Continental Congress
Helped organize Boston Tea Party
Samuel Adams
300
____________ was an American patriot. He/She was a writer who authored plays, poems and essays supporting the idea of independence. Her/His writings convinced many in Massachusetts to become Patriots.
Mercy Otis Warren
300
The treaty that ended the American Revolution was___________.
The Treaty of Paris 1783
300
Which act increased tax duties colonists had to pay on goods such as sugar, coffee, textiles, and wine?
Sugar Act
300
What is the main economic system during the colonial period?
Mercantilism
300
What was the boundary that marked the furthest west colonists could settle after the Proclamation of 1763?
The Appalachian Mountains
400
Wanted:
________________
Suspect is accused of:
Father of the US Navy
"I have not yet begun to fight!"
John Paul Jones
400
Wrote a pamphlet that urged the Thirteen Colonies to reject British rule and declare immediate independence.
Thomas Paine
(+50 Points, What is the name of the pamphlet?)
400
This battle was the turning point of the American Revolution.
The Battle of Saragtoga.
400
What was it called when the citizens of Massachusetts were forced to house and feed British soldiers in their homes?
Quartering
400
Which acts:
Suspended the Massachusetts Colonial Legislature
Closed the Port at Boston Harbor
Guaranteed that British officials would not be tried in colonial courts for capital crimes, but extradited to Britain
The Intolerable Acts
(+50 if you can tell me the other name for these acts)
400
Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
500
Victim:
Died during confrontation between angry colonists and British troops.
Boston, Mass.
Considered the first death in the American fight for freedom
Crispus Attucks
500
Wanted:
________________
Suspect is accused of:
known to have said “Give me liberty or give me death.”
Patrick Henry
500
During the winter of 1777–1778, General George Washington's Continental Army camped at ___________________, where they survived severe hardships, disease, and a supply crisis before transforming into a disciplined fighting force.
Valley Forge
500
______________ allowed customs officers to search any merchant goods when they want in order to search for smuggled goods.
Writs of Assistance
500
What was the meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 American colonies held in Philadelphia (1774), organized in direct response to the British Parliament's punitive Coercive Acts?
The First Continental Congress
500
Which colony was the only one not to send a delegate to the Continental Congress?
Georgia
