Fact or Fib: Revolution

Directions: Using a scratch piece of paper, make two cards. Label one

card fact and the other fib. When I put the statement on the

screen decide whether it is a fact or fib. When I say go, lay down your

card. Whoever plays the write card, gets a point!

Fact or Fib: Statement 1 The

Proclamation of 1763 banned colonial

settlement west of the

Appalachians.

FACT

Fact or Fib: Statement 2 The Sugar act

lowered the tax on molasses to stop smuggling caused by the

Navigation Acts. FA

CT

Fact or Fib: Statement 3 The Stamp

Act taxed all imported good (tea, glass) and

included the Quartering

Act.

FIBThe Townshend Acts did all this. The Stamp Act taxed all printed materials.

Fact or Fib: Statement 4 The Boston

Massacre was a Boston

protest that led to death

of colonists by British

soldiers.

FACT

Fact or Fib: Statement 5 The Tea Act of 1773 helped

protect colonial

merchants by placing a tax

on tea.

FIBThe Tea Act helped the East India Tea Company by allowing them to sell directly to colonial merchants.

Fact or Fib: Statement 6 The passing

of the Intolerable Acts caused the Boston Tea Party.

FIBActually, the Intolerable Acts were an effect of the Boston Tea Party.

Fact or Fib: Statement 7Taxation without

representation,unfair searches and seizures, and

quartering soldiers were all colonial

grievances complained about in the Declaration of Independence.

FACT

Fact or Fib: Statement 8 Samuel

Adams was a Bostonian

who warned the Patriots of

the British movements.

FIBThis describes the actions of Paul Revere. Sam Adams organized the Sons of Liberty to protest British Actions.

Fact or Fib: Statement 9

FACT

Patrick Henry was a

powerful orator and his famous words include “Give me liberty or

give me death!”

Fact or Fib: Statement 10

FACT

The Daughters of Liberty organized boycotts of British goods.

Fact or Fib: Statement 11 The First

Continental Congress began to

govern the colonies.

FIBThis actually fits the 2nd Congress. The 1st Congress called for repeal of British acts, boycott of British goods, and the raising of militias.

Fact or Fib: Statement 12

FACT

The Battles of Lexington and Concord were

the first battles of the

American Revolution.

Fact or Fib: Statement 13 The Second Continental Army picked

Benedict Arnold as commander in chief of the Continental

Army.

FIBActually, they picked George Washington.

Fact or Fib: Statement 14 The Olive Branch

Petition was written by Thomas

Jefferson to declare

independence.

FIBThe petition was the colonies’ last attempt to declare loyalty to Britain and ask for cancellation of all acts.

Fact or Fib: Statement 15

FACT

The Declaration of Independence

stated that everyone had

the right to life, liberty, and the

pursuit of happiness.

Fact or Fib: Statement 16 The

Declaration had 5 parts

and was officially

adopted on July 4, 1776.

FIBThe date is correct, but it only had 4 parts. A preamble, declaration of rights, grievances, and declaration of independence.

Fact or Fib: Statement 17Nathan Hale was an army general who switched to the British side during the war.

FIBThis describes Benedict Arnold. Nathan Hale was a patriot spy who was hung by the British. His famous last words – “I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

Fact or Fib: Statement 18

FACT

George Washington

was the Commander

of the Continental

Army.

Fact or Fib: Statement 19

FACT

John Paul Jones was an

American Naval officer who refused

to surrender. Said,” I have not yet begun

to fight.”

Fact or Fib: Statement 20

FACT

Benjamin Franklin and

Thomas Jefferson were in France during the war

trying to get the French to

support the American cause.

Fact or Fib: Statement 21The Marquis de Lafayette was a

Prussian military officer

who helped trained the Continental

Army at Valley Forge.

FIBThis describes Frederich von Steuben. Lafayette was a French aristocrat who served as Washinton’s aide during most of the war.

Fact or Fib: Statement 22

FACT

Loyalist or tories were

colonists who were loyal to Britain and opposed the

war for Independence.

Fact or Fib: Statement 23

FACT

At the Battle of Bunker Hill in June of 1775,

the British realized that

defeating Americans would be difficult.

Fact or Fib: Statement 24

FACT

The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the

war and convinced the

French to support the Americans.

Fact or Fib: Statement 25Valley Forge

was the battle where

Benedict Arnold first met up with

the army after betraying the

Patriots.

FIBValley Forge is where the colonists spent the winter of 1777-78 and endured many hardships. The rest I made up. ;-)

Fact or Fib: Statement 26George

Washington lost at the battle of

Trenton when the Hessians did a surprise

attack on Christmas day.

FIBWell, actually Washington won because he and his troops surprised the Hessians on Christmas Day.

Fact or Fib: Statement 27

FACT

The Battle of Yorktown

marked the end of the war when

Cornwallis surrendered after he was

surrounded by the Continental

Army and French.

Fact or Fib: Statement 28The Treaty of Paris kicked Britain out of

North America.

FIBIt recognized American independence and them the Northwest Territory. Britain was allowed to keep Canada.