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Declaration of Independence
Riddles
100

The Colonist began to ______British goods to protest the taxes on imports

boycott

100

Explain the difference between an indentured servant and a slave

indentured servant worked by choice, slaves were treated as property

100

The colonials did not have anyone to that brought issues to the king for them, their battle cry became

no taxation without representation

100

What is the date the Declaration was WRITTEN

JULY 2

100

What month has 28 days?

all of them
200

The ________threatened stamp distributers until Great Britain repealed the Stamp Act

Sons of Liberty

200

What is the difference between a patriot and a loyalist?

Loyalist = crown

Patriots=. New land

200
Explain the Quartering Act

Let Soldiers stay in your house

200

What day was the Declaration signed?

July 4

200

what is always in front of you but can't see yet

the future


300

The Boston Port Act punished both the ___________ and the loyalists because goods were not allowed into or out of the city.

patriots

300

Where were the Hessians from?

Germany

300

The Township Act taxed this popular drink

tea

300

We hold these ______to be self evident

truths

300

There's a one story house in which everything is yellow.  Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture.  What color were the stairs?

its a one story house

400

King George III decided to place tariffs on British ___________ that were shipped to America to pay the debt from the French and Indian War.

exports

400

What side were French soldiers fighting on?

Colonials

400

Explain the stamp act

tax paper goods

400

That they are endowed by their creator with certain ___________.

unalienable rights

400

What can break even if you never pick it up or touch it?

a promise

500

. The British parliament felt it was fair to tax the _____________because Great Britain spent a lot of money protecting the colonists.

Colonies

500

This group of people pulled off the Boston Tea Party

Sons of Liberty

500

 Daily double

As revenge for the Boston Tea Party, King George punished the colonials by passing the ________________ , a tax that was to be paid until the money was recovered from the tea losses.  

Intolerable acts

500

Among these are __________,_________,__________

life, liberty, and the pursuit of hapiness

500

What comes up, but never down?

age

600

Daily Double

When King George III declared the colonies to be in open rebellion, the First ___________________ began training a ____________ in case war broke out.

continental congress

militia


600

He once commanded an army against the French but he ended up leading the colonials against the British.

George Washington

600

Explain the Proclamation of 1763

East of the Appalachian Mountains

600

What does it say in the Declaration where powers of the government come from?

the people

600

I have branches, but not fruit, trunk or leaves.  What am I?

a bank