Unit 2 Jeopardy

Revolutionary Figures

100

Which Revolutionary Figure is described below:

- Founder of the Democratic-Republican Party

- Primary author of the Declaration of Independence

- 3rd President of the United States

Thomas Jefferson

200

Nathanael Greene and Benedict Arnold are examples of ____________.

American military leaders

300

This person stood up to the British by warning colonists and revolutionary leaders that the British were approaching on his famous Midnight Ride. 

Paul Revere

400

This founding father served as a diplomat to France and secured their alliance during the Revolutionary War.

Benjamin Franklin

500

This member of the Daughters of Liberty wrote poems, plays, and was the first woman to publish a documentation of the Revolution. 

Mercy Otis Warren

The Enlightenment

100

According to John Locke, these are life, liberty, and property.

Natural rights

200

This is Montesquieu's idea that governments should be separated into 3 different branches

Separation of Powers

300

This was the principle that The Enlightenment Era was mainly based on

Reason/Logic

400

This is the idea that citizens give up some power to the government in exchange for protection of their rights.

Social Contract 

500

The Enlightenment Era influenced the writing of which American document

The Declaration of Independence

Road to Revolution

100

The American Revolution's purpose was to separate from which European country?

Britain/England

200

Which country allied with the colonies during the Revolutionary War?

France

300

This event was a protest in 1773 in response to the Tea Act passed by Britain.

The Boston Tea Party

400

What new concept emerged from the American Revolution?

Self-government

500

This assembly met to discuss how to handle new British laws and taxes.

The First Continental Congress

British Policies

100

This Act put a tax on all printed documents.

The Stamp Act

200

This Act gave the British East India Company control over the sale of tea to the colonies.

The Tea Act

300

This Act forced colonists to let troops in their homes.

The Quartering Act

400

This Act prohibited (did not allow) colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains, increasing tensions between the colonies and Britain

The Proclamation of 1763

500

These Acts cut off the colonies' trade with other countries and was a punishment for the Boston Tea Party

The Intolerable Acts

The Declaration of Independence

100

This section of the Declaration of Independence lists the colonists' complaints to King George III

The List of Grievances

200

This was the European leader that the Declaration of Independence was addressed to

King George III

300

This section of the Declaration of Independence is the introduction stating why the colonists wanted to separate from Britain

The Preamble

400

These are rights that cannot be taken away from you

Unalienable rights

500

Fill in the blank: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created __________"

Equal