This board helps players review The American Revolution through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Road to War, Key People, Major Battles, Ideas & Docs, Timeline & Places. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.
- Classroom review
- Test prep
- Team trivia
- Group play
- Family game night
A peek at what's on the board — 5 categories and one sample clue from each. Answers stay hidden until you open them, so the game still works.
Which 1765 law taxed printed materials in the colonies?
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Stamp Act
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Who wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?
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Thomas Jefferson
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Which 1775 skirmishes marked the war’s first battles?
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Lexington and Concord
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Which 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine urged independence?
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Common Sense
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In what year was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
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1776
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Board content
Road to War
- $100 — Which 1765 law taxed printed materials in the colonies?
- Stamp Act
- $200 — What slogan protested taxation without representation?
- No taxation without representation
- $300 — Which 1773 event saw colonists dump tea into Boston Harbor?
- Boston Tea Party
- $400 — Which British laws punished Boston after the tea protests?
- Intolerable Acts
- $500 — What 1774 meeting of colonial delegates responded to the Intolerable Acts?
- First Continental Congress
Key People
- $100 — Who wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?
- Thomas Jefferson
- $200 — Who served as commander of the Continental Army?
- George Washington
- $300 — Which British monarch opposed colonial independence?
- King George III
- $400 — Whose midnight ride warned that the British were coming?
- Paul Revere
- $500 — Which American general became infamous for betraying West Point?
- Benedict Arnold
Major Battles
- $100 — Which 1775 skirmishes marked the war’s first battles?
- Lexington and Concord
- $200 — At which 1775 battle was the order given to hold fire until close range?
- Bunker Hill
- $300 — Which December 1776 victory after a river crossing boosted morale?
- Trenton
- $400 — Which 1777 American victory convinced France to join the war?
- Saratoga
- $500 — At which 1781 siege did Cornwallis surrender, ending major fighting?
- Yorktown
Ideas & Docs
- $100 — Which 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine urged independence?
- Common Sense
- $200 — What document announced separation from Britain on July 4, 1776?
- Declaration of Independence
- $300 — According to the Declaration, life and liberty are what kind of rights?
- Unalienable rights
- $400 — What 1775 petition asked King George III for peace?
- Olive Branch Petition
- $500 — Whose Enlightenment ideas on natural rights influenced Jefferson?
- John Locke
Timeline & Places
- $100 — In what year was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
- 1776
- $200 — What winter camp tested Washington’s army in 1777-1778?
- Valley Forge
- $300 — Name the river crossed before Washington’s attack on Trenton.
- Delaware River
- $400 — Which European nation formally allied with the Americans in 1778?
- France
- $500 — What 1783 treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War?
- Treaty of Paris
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