Jeopardy! : Road to Independence

Leaders & Groups

100

King of Britain

King George III

200

Main writer of the Declaration of Independence, one of the 12 delegates in the Second Continental Congress

Thomas Jefferson

300

Group of colonists that wanted to be separate from Great Britain

Patriots

400

Group of colonists that wanted to stay loyal to Great Britain

Loyalists

500

First general appointed to the First Continental Army 

George Washington

Who Said it?

100

"No Taxation without Representation" 

colonists

200

"All men are created equal"

The declaration of independence/ Thomas Jefferson 

300

"Tis time to part" 

Thomas Paine 

400

"An island should not rule a continent"

Thomas Paine, common sense

Documents

100

50 page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that explains why the American colonies should be free from Great Britain

Common sense

200

Written to announce and explain to Europe why the colonies were separating from Great Britain

Declaration of Independence

300

Document written to prevent war and reconcile with Great Britain, it also outlined how they felt about unfair taxation

Olive Branch Petition

400

Ended the American Revolutionary War and established U.S. independence.

Treaty of Paris 

500

First governing document of the United States, creating a weak central government. 

Articles of Confederation