American Revolution - Events Leading to the Revolutionary War Activities Bundle

This bundled product contains the following 7 StudentSavvy resources:

Interactive Notebook

Reading Passages

Interactive PowerPoint

PBL Activities

STEM Challenges

Google Classroom Student Projects

Assessment | Exam | Test

This resource is part of the US History Complete Curriculum

More information on each resource:

Interactive Notebook

Topics covered in this unit include:

Proclamation of 1763, Sugar Act of 1764, Quartering Act of 1765, Stamp Act, Sons of Liberty, Daughters of Liberty, Townshend Acts of 1767, Boston Massacre, The Boston Tea Party, The First Continental Congress, Paul Revere’s Ride, taxes, smuggling, proclamation, boycotts, parliament, minutemen, delegates, Patriots, Loyalists, militia, petitions, King George III, Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, Crispus Attucks, Lord Fredrick North, Mercy Otis Warren, Benjamin Franklin

Reading Passages

Quick overview of topics covered in this resource include:

1.) The Intolerable Acts and Events Leading up to the Revolutionary War

-Description of how conflicts between the British and colonists were escalating. Taxes were being placed upon colonists to pay for the French and Indian War.

-Overview of the Proclamation of 1763

-Overview of Sugar Act of 1764 (tax laws) and Quartering Act (forced colonists to accommodate British troops)

-Overview of Stamp Act (Patrick Henry gave compelling speech against the Stamp Act “Give me liberty, or give me death!”)

-The Townshend Acts of 1767 (more taxes and restrictions)

Keywords: The Intolerable Acts, taxes, proclamation, Patriot, Loyalist, rights, representation, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts,

2.) The Sons and Daughters of Liberty

-Definition of Liberty (how it is the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority / Colonists were responding to the unfair taxes the British were placing on them)

-Overview of how the Sons of Liberty were created (colonists who were organizing protests and boycotts)

-Overview of who the Daughters of Liberty were and their impact on the American Revolution (organized and participated in boycotts. Ran local small local shops and didn’t use British goods – created their own goods) They replaced many British products (or avoided using) by using skill and wit

Keywords: boycott, liberty, Sons of Liberty, Daughters of Liberty, smuggling, Patriot, Samuel Adams

3.) Conflicts in Boston

Overview of the Boston Massacre in 1770

Crispus Attucks was one of the five colonists killed – he may have been a slave or freeman and was an important icon of the anti-slavery movement.

Overview of Boston Tea Party in 1773

-Brief overview of Tea Act

-Colonists responded to the Tea Act by dumping England’s tea into the harbor. “Boston will be a teapot tonight!”

Keywords: Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Crispus Attucks

4.) The First Continental Congress

-Brief overview of the events leading up to the meeting

-Delegates from the 13 Colonies (except Georgia) met in Philadelphia to organize a resistance to the Intolerable Acts

-Description of all the steps they decided on taking

-Petition to stop the Intolerable Acts, agreed to stop trade, wanted minutemen to defend colonies,

Keywords: minutemen, Intolerable Acts, Continental Congress, rights

5.) Paul Revere’s Ride

-Overview of Paul Revere (colonist and silversmith)

-He was part of the Boston’s Committee of Safety and he designed a system of lanterns to warn other colonists and minutemen of a British invasion

-On April 18, 1775, he rode to Lexington to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock of the British approaching.

-How his ride was made famous by the Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

-His ride also represented the very beginning of the Revolutionary War (alerted the first Battles of Lexington and Concord)

Keywords: Paul Revere, minutemen, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Battle of Lexington and Concord

Interactive PowerPoint

This teaching resource is quite the virtual experience! This US History PowerPoint can be used as a powerful classroom presentation or students can click their way through it on individual computers.

***This product was created with PowerPoint (2016). The effects and transitions may not display properly on older versions.

PBL Activities

Events Leading Up To Revolutionary War PBL Activities (Problem Based Learning | Project Based Learning)

Cross-curricular challenge for students who are studying US History and The American Revolution

Welcome to 1765-1775

You travel back in time to the late 1700’s. Tensions are strong between the British and the colonists. The Proclamation of 1763 was a major source of conflict for the two groups.

Students will create their very own PBL booklet. PBL activities utilize creative learning and real-world problem-solving strategies!

Students use mapping skills as well as knowledge of simple machines to build tools!

Sample pages (answer key) included in the file.

STEM Challenge

1Events Leading to the Revolutionary War STEM Challenge | American Revolution

The STEM Challenge in this resource has detailed directions, photo examples, a list of materials needed, prediction section, brainstorming section, trials 1, 2, & 3, final results section with drawings, and a reflection section.

Cross-curricular challenge for students who are studying US History and the American Revolution!

This resource has science, technology, engineering, and ,math activities to do with your upper elementary kids that will really enhance their learning!

The STEM Challenge: Using a list of supplies, STEM groups must engineer a model of a spinning wheel! The model must contain the following elements: a drive wheel, a bobbin, and legs. The drive wheel must be able to spin... (more instructions in the download)

Google Classroom Student Projects

This product contains 3 digital projects that students can complete using Google Slides! This resource has a brochure project, a timeline project, and a info-graphic / poster project.

Each student-centered project has a sample project, answer key, and detailed project instructions for the students.

Assessment/Exam

This product contains an assessment that has vocabulary matching, fill in the blank, short answer, essay, and an info-graphic! It has 19 questions total.

It also contains an ANSWER KEY and an EDITABLE powerpoint file

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