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Challenge
100
A place in NJ where a group of Patriots burned a load of tea from the British ship greyhound?
What is Greenwich, New Jersey
100
Was chosen as commander in chief of the Continental Army?
Who is George Washington
100
A source or eyewitness accounts of history. They include diaries, letters, speeches, and interviews?
What is a Primary source
100
To bring in from another country to sell, in this case from Great Britain?
What is import
100
Name these two New Jersey signers of the Decloration of Independence based on their jobs? Who was a.... farmer and surveyor?
Who is John Hart (farmer) and Abraham Clark (surveyor)
200
What town did the colonists get beaten at war?
What is Lexington, Massachusetts
200
Was chosen to write the first draft of the Decloration of Independence because he had legible handwriting.
Who is Thomas Jefferson
200
This document listed colonists' complaints against Great Britain and King George the third. It also said that if the government doesn't treat its people fairly, the people have the right to replace him. The document declared that all men have to be treated equally.
What is the Decloration of Independence
200
To withdrew?
What is repeal
200
What did the signers of the Decloration of Independence pledge?
What is their lives, their fortunes, and sacred Honor
300
Where was the Decloration of Independence read to the public?
What is Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
300
One of the five New Jersey signers who was a clergyman and teacher?
Who is John Witherspoon
300
A source that is secondhand accounts of history. This collects infromation about a person from what the author or writer finds out in books, or his or her beliefs.
What is a Secondary source
300
To refuse to buy, sell, or use British goods?
What is boycott
300
Who was the president of New Jersey's provincial congress?
Who is Hendrick Fisher
400
Where the colonists won at war against Great Britain?
What is Concord, Massachusetts
400
He was a member of the Decloration of Independence committee that prepared the decloration/
Who is Benjamin Franklin
400
This document stated the colonists main concerns and wishes.
What is the Declaration of Rights
400
Money that a government collects regularly?
What is tax
400
What tune was God Save the King and God Save the Thirteen States sang to?
What is "My Country 'Tis of Thee"
500
Where the colonial leaders began an important meeting to address their concerns?
What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
500
He was the governor of New Jersey that supported the British following the Boston Tea Party, but many of his people in his colony didn't?
Who is William Franklin
500
What did the Stamp act tax?
What is newspapers, playing cards, almanacs, and lawyer's licenses
500
The betrayal of one's country or ruler?
What is treason
500
Name at least three liberties the First Continental Congress included in its Declaration of Rights?
What is Life, Liberty, Property, Assembly, Trial by jury, No taxation without representation, No British army in the colonies without the colonists' consent