History XTREME Quiz Game – Road to Revolution

Round 1

1. After the French and Indian War, Britain passed this decree that prohibited the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. (Proclamation of 1763)

2. What is the name of the King of England before and during the American Revolution?

(King George III)

3. This group organized colonial protests to the new British restrictions like the Stamp Act. (Sons of Liberty)

4. A Patriot who wrote, “I see the inhabitants of our plundered cities quitting the elegancies of life, possessing nothing but their freedom, I behold faction & discord tearing up an island we once held dear and a mighty Empire long the dread of distant nations, tott’ring to the very foundation. (Mercy Otis Warren)

5. This group of colonists was created to allow the colonial governments to communicate with each other by writing letters and coordinate revolutionary activity.

(Committees of Correspondence)

6. This event occurred in response to the Tea Act, which granted England a monopoly on colonial tea sales. (Boston Tea Party)

7. This group endorsed the Suffolk Resolved, which denounced the Intolerable Acts and urged each colony to form a militia. (First Continental Congress)

8. This is the name of the treaty that ended the French and Indian War. It greatly expanded English territory in the “New World.” (Treaty of Paris of 1763)

Tiebreaker: This chief minister of England realized that the Townshend Acts were costing more to enforce than they would ever bring in. He called upon Parliament to repeal all the taxes except the tax on tea. (Lord North)

Round 2

1. Colonists who were loyal to the British government prior to the Revolution were called this. (loyalists)

2. A Pacifist Quaker who chose to fight against the British (said: “I am determined to defend my rights and maintain my freedom or sell my life in the attempt.) - Nathanael Greene (107)

3. This Act required a tax on all written documents and made the colonists furious. (Stamp Act)

4. These harsh laws were passed to punish the people of Boston after the Boston Tea Party. (Intolerable Acts)

5. This law required the colonists to provide barracks and supplies for British troops in the colonies. (Quartering Act)

6. This slogan about taxes directly influenced many colonists to rebel against Great Britain. (taxation without representation)

7. The lawmaking body of England was called… (Parliament)

8. This commodity was continued to be taxed after the Townshend Acts were repealed. (Tea)

Tiebreaker: Perhaps the most important contribution of the Committees of Correspondence was the creation of this: (First Continental Congress)

Round 3

1. The Stamp Act Congress agreed on this declaration that repealed the colonists’ belief that Parliament had no right to expand the jurisdiction of admiralty courts. (Declaration of Rights and Grievances)

2. A series of revenue acts that declared that the colonists should pay their fair share of taxes and obey Parliament is called the … (Townshend Acts) hint: it is named after Charles…(Townshend)

3. The boycott of British goods prior to the American Revolution was called (non-importation)

4. After Charles Townshend died this person was chief minister of England in 1770. He called upon Parliament to repeal all the taxes except the one on tea. (Lord North)

5. What is the name of the city where a famous “massacre” occurred? (Boston Massacre)

6. This Act virtually tossed the Charter of 1691 out the window. The governor’s council was now appointed by the crown rather than elected by the assembly. (Massachusetts Government Act)

7. Colonists who were forming a new identity and were loyal to their colonies first were called this. (Patriots)

8. This Act permitted the French in Canada to follow their religion and control their schools. (Quebec Act)

Tiebreaker: This Virginian was a powerful speaker against unpopular British acts. (Patrick Henry)

Round 4

1. This act stated that the British government could make any law in the colonies at any time. (Declaratory Act)

2. This African-American colonist was killed at the Boston Massacre. (Crispus Attucks)

3. Wrote the famous pamphlet, Common Sense, that attacked King George III and helped to overcome many colonists’ doubts about separating from Britain. (Thomas Paine)

4. During these meetings, the loyalties that divided the colonists sparked endless debates. John Adams of Massachusetts was highly opinionated and wanted the colonies to break away from Britain and recognize the colonial militiamen who were camped around Boston as the Continental Army. (2nd Continental Congress)

5. A brave, idealistic French aristocrat who offered his assistance to General Washington and his army. (Marquis de Lafayette) 121

6. Loyalists in the Second Continental Congress offered this to King George III urging a “return to the former harmony” that had existed between England and the colonies (Olive Branch Petition)

7. This person was the author of the famous document that begins with the preamble: “When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands…” (Thomas Jefferson)

8. This was first a French and Indian War slogan; later it became a Revolutionary War Slogan. (Join or Die)

Tiebreaker: This act “forced” colonists to house and feed British soldiers in their homes.

(Quartering Act)

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