Title: Blank Jeopardy
1 Fighting in The North
Declaring Independence
Fighting in The Middle States
Fighting on Many Fronts
War in The South
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2What was the name of the document that the Second
Continental Congress sent to King George to
declare their loyalty to him and to ask him to
repeal the Intolerable Acts?
3The Olive Branch Petition
4Which key location was taken from the British by
Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys and
Benedict Arnold?
5Fort Ticonderoga
6The colonists who favored war against Britain
called themselves
7Patriots
8The first major battle of the Revolution--the
British won, but it took them 3 tries.
9The Battle of Bunker Hill
10The British shut all the colonial ports to keep
people and supplies from moving in or out. This
is called
11A blockade
12Who wrote the pamphlet called Common Sense, in
which he encouraged colonists to separate
themselves from Britain?
13Thomas Paine
14 Which member of the Second Continental Congress
introduced a resolution for independence?
15Richard Henry Lee
16Who was the main writer of the Declaration of
Independence?
17Thomas Jefferson
18What is the introduction to the Declaration of
Independence called?
19The Preamble
20What are the 3 natural rights that the
Declaration of Independence says all people
should have?
21Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
22In what battle did the British trap the American
army, and the American army escaped to safety
across the East River?
23The Battle of Long Island
24Who was the young Patriot who was hanged as a
spy, and whose last words were I only regret
that I have one life to lose for my country
25Nathan Hale
26Where did the Americans attack and win on
December 26, 1776?
27Trenton, New Jersey
28Which battle, where British general John Burgoyne
surrendered to American general Horatio Gates, is
considered the turning point of the war?
29Battle of Saratoga
30Which country decided to join the war on the side
of the Americans as a result of the Battle of
Saratoga?
31France
32Where did the American army face a difficult
winter in 1777-1778?
33Valley Forge
34What was Mary Ludwig Hays, nicknamed Molly
Pitcher, famous for doing?
35Carrying water to soldiers Or Firing cannon when
her husband was wounded
36How did the British get a lot of African
Americans to join their side?
37They promised them freedom
38Which American led the fight against the British
in the Ohio Valley, and captured major British
forts?
39George Rogers Clark
40Which American sea captain captured the powerful
British warship Serapis in the greatest American
sea victory of the war?
41John Paul Jones
42Who were the two American generals that led the
fight against the British in the south?
43Nathanael Greene and Daniel Morgan
44Who was nicknamed The Swamp Fox because of the
guerilla tactics he and his soldiers used to
fight the British?
45Francis Marion
46At what battle did British general Cornwallis
surrender to the Americans--it was the last major
battle of the war
47Yorktown
48At Yorktown, American and French troops
surrounded the British and kept the British from
getting supplies or help. This is called a
49seige
50What agreement officially ended the Revolutionary
War?
51The Treaty of Paris