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JEOPARDY
Credits
The Colonies
Causes of the Revolution
Key Dates in History
People in the Revolution
Mystery?
Presidents
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President during the War of 1812 and also
called the Father of the Constitution
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Who was James Madison?
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President whose election was decided in the
House of Representatives because of a tie
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Who was Thomas Jefferson?
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President who had the Indians removed to
advance the settlement of the West. This became
known as the Trail of Tears.
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Who was Andrew Jackson?
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Manifest Destiny President who wanted to
acquire land from Texas to the Pacific
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Who was James K. Polk?
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The oldest, permanent English Colony in the New
World
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What is Jamestown,Virginia?
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Colony established by the Pilgrims and Puritans
for religious freedom
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What is Massachusetts Bay Colony?
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Originally a Dutch colony wanted by the British
because of economic promise and an excellent
harbor
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What is New York?
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Colony established for debtors and as a buffer
for the other colonies from the Spanish in Florida
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What is Georgia?
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The action of the Sons of Liberty in protest of
the British taxation policy. It led to the
Intolerable Acts.
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What was the Boston Tea Party?
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The argument used by the colonists to protest
the British taxation policy after the French and
Indian War
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What is no taxation without representation?
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The direct tax (later repealed) on all legal
and other printed documents that resulted in
angry colonial protests and the formation of the
Sons of Liberty
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What is the Stamp Tax?
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The economic policy followed by the British
whereby they tried to gain more power and wealth
than their rivals through a favorable balance of
trade and a strong military force.
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What is mercantilism?
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1607
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What is the date of the founding of Jamestown?

• The first permanent English colony in North
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The year the U.S. buys the Louisiana Purchase
from Napoleon who needed money to fight the
British
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What is 1803?
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1861-1865
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What are the years of the Civil War between
the North and South?
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Daily Double
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The two key events of 1787
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What are The Northwest Ordinance which sets
the procedure for admission of new states and the
Constitutional Convention which convenes and
begins the writing of a new Constitution?
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Warned the colonists, The British are coming!
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Who is Paul Revere?
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Wrote the pamphlet, Common Sense trying to
persuade the colonists to support independence
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Who is Thomas Paine?
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French noble who came to help the colonists in
their fight with the British
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Who was the Marquis de Lafayette?
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Bostonian leader of the Sons of Liberty who led
the early fight for independence from the British
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Who was Sam Adams?
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The first territorial acquisition which doubled
the size of the United States
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What is the Louisiana Purchase?
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The war (1754-63) that resulted in financial
problems for England and caused them to change
their economic policies with the colonies
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What was the French and Indian War?
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Caused pioneers to rush across the Great
Plains in 1848-49 in search of quick wealth and a
better way of life
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What was the discovery of gold in California,
called the Gold Rush?
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The last piece of territory purchased from
Mexico in 1853 completing the continental United
States
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What is the Gadsden Purchase?
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A Special Thanks to the following who made
this game possibleBarbara Caffee, Social
Studies Co-coordinator for CFBISDand the 8th
Grade American History teachers of CFBISDEric
Fink, Technology consultant for CFBISDJeopardy
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