Who Wants to be a Hillionaire?

1. Who Wants to be a Hillionaire?

2. Who Wants to be a Hillionaire? Team #1 Team #2 Team #3 Team #4 Team #5

3. Royal Governor Who was more powerful in the colonies, the royal governor, or the members of the colonial assemblies? Wrong Correct Final?

4. Colonists agreed to stop trade with Britain and gather minutemen to defend the cities. How did the colonists rebel against Britain’s Intolerable Acts? Wrong Correct Final?

5. Time is up!

6. Who are you going to ask?

7. Colonial Assemblies Who was more powerful in the colonies, the royal governor, or the members of the colonial assemblies? Wrong Correct Final?

8. Britain Who did the royal governor support, Britain or the English colonies? Wrong Correct Final?

9. Freedom of Speech (or Press) John Peter Zenger established this freedom when he printed criticism about the royal governor of New York Wrong Correct Final?

10. The first form of government in the colonies was called the house of ________? Burgesses Wrong Correct Final?

11. English Colonies From where were the militia and the minutemen, English colonies or British? Wrong Correct Final?

12. Sons of Liberty The name of the group that formed to protest the Stamp act was called ________? Wrong Correct Final?

13. She was an African American slave who published a book of poetry urging colonists to free their slaves. Phyllis Wheatley Wrong Correct Final?

14. To refuse to do business or have contact with a person, group, or country. What does the word Boycott mean? Wrong Correct Final?

15. The first battle of the Revolutionary War took place in ______. Lexington Wrong Correct Final?

16. On horseback, this man warned the colonists of a British attack in Concord. His cry was “The British are coming!” Paul Revere Wrong Correct Final?

17. How did the women help keep British soldiers from finding the colonists’ supplies in Concord? The women of concord kept the soldiers from finding most of the supplies. They had hidden them under straw in barns and freshly plowed fields. Wrong Correct Final?

18. Name one man who joined Paul Revere on his journey to warn the colonists about a British attack. William Dawes or Samuel Prescott Wrong Correct Final?

19. He said, “Give me Liberty or give me Death” when he argued that the British were trying to take away the colonists rights. Patrick Henry Wrong Correct Final?

20. A unified group of colonies would be more powerful as they entered a war with Britain. Also, communication between the colonies helped keep people informed about political events Why were the Committees of Correspondence important in uniting the colonies? Wrong Correct Final?

21. Crispus Attucks What was the name of the slave who yelled, “The way to get rid of these soldiers is to attack the main guard?” Wrong Correct Final?

22. What was the name of the acts that said colonists had to pay taxes on all the tea, paper, glass, lead, and paint that they imported from Britain? Townshend Acts Wrong Correct Final?

23. Britain repealed the Stamp Act. However, parliament soon passed another law taxing the colonies called the Townshend Acts. What was the result of the protesting of the Stamp Act by the Sons of liberty? Wrong Correct Final?

24. Fort Ticonderoga was Britain main supply posts for their army. Why did the colonists attack Britain’s Fort Ticonderoga? Wrong Correct Final?

25. No one knows Who fired the first shot of the Revolutionary War? Wrong Correct Final?

26. What is treason? The betrayal of one’s country by giving up help to one of its enemies. Wrong Correct Final?

27. Why did the colonists dump tea into Boston Harbor? To protest the tax Britain had put on all imported tea. Wrong Correct Final?

28. How were the colonists punished for the Boston Tea Party? British parliament imposed the Intolerable Acts and close the port of Boston. Wrong Correct Final?

29. Who was the man who printed stories that criticized New York’s Governor? His actions established freedom of speech and Press. John Peter Zenger Wrong Correct Final?

30. Mercy Otis Warren She was a poet and playwright who encouraged women to give up tea and other goods from Britain. Wrong Correct Final?

31. They boycotted British goods. Women formed the Daughters of Liberty and held “spinning bees” so that they wouldn’t have to import their own thread. They also stopped drinking tea. How did the colonists react to the Townshend Acts? Wrong Correct Final?

32. Mercy Otis Warren She was a poet and playwright who encouraged women to give up tea and other goods from Britain. Wrong Correct Final?

33. Colonists had to feed and house the British Soldiers • Town Meetings were banned What were the Intolerable Acts? Describe all of them in detail. Wrong Correct Final?

34. Voters looked forward to cookies, coffee, and punch • Loud cheers or boos followed each vote (No secret ballots) • Candidates often personally thanked each person for his vote How were elections different in 1758 than they are today? Wrong Correct Final?

35. First Continental Congress At this meeting, delegates wrote a petition to King George III asking for a repeal of the Intolerable Acts. Wrong Correct Final?

36. Colonists agreed to stop trade with Britain and gather minutemen to defend the cities. When the British would not repeal the Intolerable Acts, what did the colonists do? Wrong Correct Final?

37. Describe the Battle of Bunker Hill. How did it start, who won, etc. Wrong Correct Final?

38. No, only white, Protestant, land-owning men were elected Was the House of Burgesses a true representation of the colonies? Wrong Correct Final?

39. Why did the British Parliament enact the Stamp Act after the French and Indian War? To pay off their debts from the French and Indian War. Wrong Correct Final?

40. Put these events in order: Intolerable Acts, Battle of Lexington, Stamp Act, Boston Tea Party, Boston Massacre, Townshend Acts 1. Stamp Act 2. Townshend Acts 3. Boston Massacre 4. Boston Tea Party 5. Intolerable Acts 6. Battle of Lexington Wrong Correct Final?

41. What was the name of the militia that Ethan Allen led on Fort Ticonderoga? The Green Mountain Boys Wrong Correct Final?

42. Pass the question to another team. If they answer the question correctly, you both get the points. If they answer the question incorrectly, they lose the points.

43. He was a writer who encouraged colonists to give up tea and other goods from Britain. Wrong Correct Final?

44. He was a writer who encouraged colonists to give up tea and other goods from Britain. Wrong Correct Final?

45. He was a writer who encouraged colonists to give up tea and other goods from Britain. Wrong Correct Final?

46. He was a writer who encouraged colonists to give up tea and other goods from Britain. Wrong Correct Final?

47. He was a writer who encouraged colonists to give up tea and other goods from Britain. Wrong Correct Final?

48. He was a writer who encouraged colonists to give up tea and other goods from Britain. Wrong Correct Final?

49. He was a writer who encouraged colonists to give up tea and other goods from Britain. Wrong Correct Final?

50. He was a writer who encouraged colonists to give up tea and other goods from Britain. Wrong Correct Final?