Continental Congress
Delegates
Colonies
Events
Independence
100
The 1st Continental Congress happened in what years?
1774-1775
100
How many Delegates were part of the 2nd Continental Congress?
55
100
There were only_____ colonies during the Revolutionary War?
13
100
In 1770 this event marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War?
Hint:
This city is now the home of the Celtics and the Red Sox.
Boston
100
The colonies wanted to be independent from which country?
Great Britain
200
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: (Team Answers)
Name at least 10 of the Delegates and all 13 Colonies
200
Patrick Henry gave a s a very important speech to the House of Burgesses. Here's a clip of the famous phrase: "give me __________, or give me________!"
liberty, death
200
Because the king of England refused to listen to the colonists' list of complaints, representatives went to Philadelphia in May of 1775 for another meeting: what was this meeting known as:
Second Continental Congress
200
Famous man that warned the colonists that the British were preparing to attack?
Paul Revere
200
Who was the king during the period of the first Continental Congress?
Hint:
There is a man dressed in Yellow that handles his pet Monkey, who has the same name as the King.
King George III
300
TRIPLE JEOPARDY:
In September of 1774 about _____ men from the colonies of
1.___________ 2. ___________ 3. ___________
4.___________ 5____________ 6.____________
7. ___________ 8. ___________ 9. ___________
10. __________ 11. __________ 12. __________
13. __________
1. Georgia 2. New Hampshire 3. Rhode Island
4. Virginia 5. Massachusetts 6. New York
7. New Jersey 8. Connecticut 9. Pennsylvania
10. Delaware 11. Maryland 12. North Carolina
13. South Carolina
300
This man was a spy for the British participating on the congress and later returned to London leaving behind everything, and his wife and children. He was called: Traitor and would be accused for Treason by the colonitsts.
Robert Alexander
300
Who was elected to head the new form Army?
George Washington
300
Famous phase that this great patriot came at midnight screaming all through the colony of Boston?
"the British are coming, the British are coming"
300
The Declaration of Independence is one of the oldest documents in history. Which of the following delegates' signature was the biggest in the signatures found on the Declaration of Independence?
John Hancock
400
These men agreed to meet and this meeting was called the First______________ _______________.
Hint:
Title of this section
Continental Congress
400
the delegates chanted this phrase to ensure that the King in Britain understood they were not going to put up with his taxes on Sugar, Tea and Stamps.
"No Taxation without __________!"
Representation
400
What was the name of the new formed Army?
Continental Army
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: (EVERYONE GETS DOUBLE POINTS) "ONLY ONE TEAM CAN ANSWER "NO COLAB ALLOWED"
What happened on this famous scuffle between the British soldiers and a group of minutemen . No one knows who fired the first shot, but it started the _______________________ war for ______________. Name this event:_________________
American war for Independence
The Shot Heard 'round the World
400
On what day do we celebrate our nations' independence day?
4th of July
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY:
After British warships and soldiers arrived in the colonies, the colonists began to train as soldiers and to hide gunpowder and ammunition. Many men from ___________( Name of the Colony) called themselves the: _________________.
Why these men called themselves this name?
Massachusetts, minutemen
Why?
They said they could be ready to fight at a minute's notice.
500
The ____________ Party was a declaration of war against who:________________
Boston
Britain
500
Three of the most famous battles that the colonists and the newly formed Army fought were:
1. _______________ 2. ________________
3. _______________
1. Lexington 2. Concord 3. Bunker Hill
500
The king of England hired soldiers from another country, what was this country called?
Germany
500
John Hancock was the President of the Congress and he signed first and Benjamin Franklin said we must do what together, because, we will all be ________ separately.
Hanged