WHO WANTSTO BE A MILLIONAIRE?

Revolutionary War Edition

Created by Mrs. Kath, Adapted by Mrs. Chaves and Miss Dahl

The Rules

Build your fortune by answering multiple-choice questions correctly and moving up the ladder toward $1,000,000!

15 $1 MILLION

14 $500,000

13 $250,000

12 $125,000

11 $64,000

10 $32,000

9 $16,000

8 $8,000

7 $4,000

6 $2,000

5 $1,000

4 $500

3 $300

2 $200

1 $100

The Rules

To win, you must answer each question correctly.

You can get help on 3 questions.

You will need a piece of paper to play. Number 1 –4 then start again 1 – 15.

Helpers must circle the number of a question if they help a contestant.

15 $1 MILLION

14 $500,000

13 $250,000

12 $125,000

11 $64,000

10 $32,000

9 $16,000

8 $8,000

7 $4,000

6 $2,000

5 $1,000

4 $500

3 $300

2 $200

1 $100

Let’s Find our Contestants!

You will list the colonies in order from NORTH to SOUTH.

Write the letter for the northern most colony next to 1, then 2,

3 and 4 should be the southern most colony.

A. Virginia

B. New Hampshire

C. Pennsylvania

D. South Carolina

Put the colonies in order from North to South.

3. A. Virginia

2. C. Pennsylvania

1. B. New Hampshire

4. D. South Carolina

THE ANSWER:

You are ready to begin!

Write the letter of your answer next to the question number.

Q: What name would you call someone who sided

with the British? 15 $1 MILLION

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13 $250,000

12 $125,000

11 $64,000

10 $32,000

9 $16,000

8 $8,000

7 $4,000

6 $2,000

5 $1,000

4 $500

3 $300

2 $200

1 $100

A. Colonist

B. Patriot

C. Loyalist

D. Federalist

Q: After the battle of Saratoga, the ________

joined the Patriots in the

Revolutionary War.15 $1 MILLION

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12 $125,000

11 $64,000

10 $32,000

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7 $4,000

6 $2,000

5 $1,000

4 $500

3 $300

2 $200

1 � $100

A. British

B. Dutch

C. French

D. Spanish

Q: New York City was under ______ control through most of the

Revolutionary War.15 $1 MILLION

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5 $1,000

4 $500

3 $300

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1 � $100

A. American

B. British

C. Canadian

D. Dutch

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13 $250,000

12 $125,000

11 $64,000

10 $32,000

9 $16,000

8 $8,000

7 $4,000

6 $2,000

5 $1,000

4 $500

3 � $300

2 � $200

1 � $100

Q: Which fort did the British lose in a battle that started the French and

Indian War?

A. Niagara

B. Orange

C. Tree

D. Duquesne

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5 $1,000

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2 � $200

1 � $100

Q: Who read the Declaration of Independence to his troops in

New York?

A. King George III

B. George Washington

C. John Jay

D. Lord Cornwallis

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3 � $300

2 � $200

1 � $100

Q: Who defeated British troops at the Battle of Saratoga?

A. Horatio Gates

B. Jacques Cartier

C. John Burgoyne

D. George Washington

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1 � $100

Q: Who led “The Green Mountain Boys” to capture Fort Ticonderoga?

A. Banastre Tarleton

B. Francis Marion

C. Ethan Allen

D. Phyllis Wheatley

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Q: Which Patriot said “Give me Liberty, or give me Death!”?

A. Samuel Adams

B. James Otis

C. George Washington

D. Patrick Henry

Q: Who was famous for his “Midnight Ride” warning Lexington of the

British invasion?15 $1 MILLION

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A. John Paul Jones

B. Paul Revere

C. Benedict Arnold

D. Patrick Henry

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1 � $100

Q: Who was the Commander of the Continental Army?

A. George Washington

B. Horatio Gates

C. John Burgoyne

D. William Tavington

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2 � $200

1 � $100

Q: Who spread the news of the British arrival in Danbury?

A. Sybil Ludington

B. Paul Revere

C. William Dawes

D. Ethan Allen

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3 � $300

2 � $200

1 � $100

Q : Patriots dumped tea into the harbors of which TWO cities:

A. New York and Philadelphia

B. Boston and Yorktown

C. Boston and New York

D. Charleston and Saratoga

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Q: This treaty was signed to officially end the Revolutionary War:

A. The Treaty of Yorktown

B. The Treaty of Paris

C. The Treaty of New York

D. The Treaty of London

Q: Who founded the Sons of Liberty?

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A. Martha Washington

B. John Adams

C. King George III

D. Samuel Adams

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Q: Which of these acts of the British government said that soldiers

must be sheltered in colonists’

homes?A. The Tea Act

B. The Stamp Act

C. The Quartering Act

D. The Intolerable Act

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6 � $2,000

5 � $1,000

4 � $500

3 � $300

2 � $200

1 � $100

Congratulations!

You’ve become a

“Revolutionary War”

millionaire!