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Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Key People

Who was the author of Common Sense?

$100 Answer from Key People

Thomas Paine

$200 Question from Key People

Who was the commander of the British Troops during the American Revolution?

$200 Answer from Key People

Lord General Cornwallis

$300 Question from Key People

What author influenced the Constitution

through his book, The Spirit of the Laws?

$300 Answer from Key People

Montesquieu

$400 Question from Key People

Who was a key leader among

the Federalists?

$400 Answer from Key People

Alexander Hamilton

$500 Question from Key People

Who is the Father of the Constitution?

$500 Answer from Key People

James Madison

$100 Question from Key Terms

Describe the Treaty of Paris, 1763.

$100 Answer from Key Terms

This is the treaty ending the French and Indian War. The British gained control of Canada and all land east of the Mississippi River except New Orleans.

$200 Question from Key Terms

Define the term popular sovereignty.

$200 Answer from Key Terms

The belief that government is created by and subject to the will of the people.

$300 Question from Key Terms

Describe the term unalienable rights.

$300 Answer from Key Terms

A right which cannot be transferred or sold such as the natural rights of life and liberty.

$400 Question from Key Terms

Define the Intolerable Acts.

$400 Answer from Key Terms

The series of laws passed in response to the Boston Tea Party. They were known in the colonies

the Intolerable Acts. Included shutting down Boston Harbor & the housing of British soldiers in

colonists homes.

$500 Question from Key Terms

Describe the Great Compromise.

$500 Answer from Key Terms

The Great Compromise created a bicameral Legislature. The Senate contains the same number of representatives from each state. The House of Representatives is based on population. This was a combination of the New Jersey & Virginia Plans.

$100 Question from The Constitution

What three branches of government does the Constitution outline?

$100 Answer from The Constitution

Executive BranchLegislative BranchJudicial Branch

$200 Question from The Constitution

Describe checks and balances.

$200 Answer from The Constitution

The term checks & balancesIs used to describe the system

Established to keep one branch from misusing their power.

Each branch has the power to Check or stop the other branches.

$300 Question from The Constitution

Who led the Anti-Federalists?

$300 Answer from The Constitution

Thomas Jefferson

$400 Question from The Constitution

Describe the beliefs of the Federalists?

$400 Answer from The Constitution

A strong federal government would protect all people, not just the most powerful. The federal government should have more power than the state governments. Ordinary people cannot be trusted to govern themselves wisely; an aristocratic, well-educated few should govern. The Constitution should be loosely interpreted (what it says could have several different meanings) The debt from the Revolutionary War should be paid so that the new nation will have good credit. The United States should have a strong defense and stay out of Europe’s affairs.

$500 Question from The Constitution

What did the Anti-Federalists believe?

$500 Answer from The Constitution

A strong central government poses dangers to individual liberty. State government should have more power than the federal government. Ordinary people, if educated can govern themselves. The Constitution should be strictly interpreted (it means exactly what it says and nothing more) The debt for the Revolutionary War should not be paid; an old government that no longer existed (under the Articles of Confederation) had contracted the debt and the new government was not responsible.

$100 Question from The American Revolution

Where was “the shot heard round the world” fired ?

$100 Answer from The American Revolution

Lexington

$200 Question from The American Revolution

Where did Washington cross the Delaware and kill or capture 1000 mercenaries?

$200 Answer from The American Revolution

Trenton

$300 Question from The American Revolution

Where were the Continental troops camped during the Winter of 1777-1778?

$300 Answer from The American Revolution

Valley Forge

$400 Question from The American Revolution

Where did a combined French and AmericanArmy trap Cornwallis’ troops?

$400 Answer from The American Revolution

Yorktown

$500 Question from The American Revolution

What treaty ended the American Revolution?

$500 Answer from The American Revolution

Treaty of Paris 1783

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List the causes of the American Revolution.

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• Proclamation of 1763• Sugar Act of 1764• Quartering Act of 1765• Stamp Act of 1765• Declaratory Act of 1766• Boston Massacre of 1770• Tea Act of 1773• Intolerable Acts of 1774

$200 Question from Random Unit Mix

Why was Common Sense importantto the cause of the American Revolution?

$200 Answer from Random Unit Mix

Common Sense provided encouragement

to the colonists to get them to support theRevolution. Thomas Paine provided simple facts colonists could understand and refuted each British claim for colonial loyalty.

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Why was a French alliance so important to the American cause?

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The colonies did not have a navy to defend their coastline.The French could provide much needed money & supplies. International recognition of the new nation would help give their cause validity.

$400 Question from Random Unit Mix

Describe the Presidency of George Washington.

$400 Answer from Random Unit Mix

• 1789-1797• Whiskey Rebellion showed the

government was willing to enforce its laws.

• Set the precedent of only serving two terms.

• Established the Federal Court System

$500 Question from Random Unit Mix

Describe Shay’s Rebellion.

$500 Answer from Random Unit Mix

• Daniel Shays led a rebellion that made it impossible for tax-collectors to do their jobs.

• Daniel Shays and his small army went to an arsenal. • Congress had no money to raise an army. The state gathered

an army.• Shays was arrested and sentenced to death but appealed the

sentence and eventually regained his freedom.

Final Jeopardy

Whose beliefs grew into the first political parties and what were those parties?

Final Jeopardy Answer• The beliefs of Hamilton and Jefferson grew

into the first political parties of the U.S.• Those who supported the views of Hamilton

were called Federalists • Those who supported the views of Jefferson

were called the Democratic-Republicans