The American Revolution

There are six sections to the flipchart (all are hyperlinked). Sections 2-6 start with a review of the previous section and ends with an activity that can be changed to fit your classroom needs. Throughout the sections there are also posed questions for students to discuss as a class and all unit vocabulary is highlighted.

*Text is paraphrased from the Scott Foresman Social Studies: Building a Nation textbook*

Here’s a brief outline of what’s in the sections.

1. Trouble Over Taxes
King George
taxes
parliament
the Stamp Act
Patrick Henry
“Join, or Die” advertisement
Samuel Adams
Sons of Liberty
the Townshend Act
Mercy Otis Warren
Daughters of Liberty

2. & 3. The Colonist Rebel
The Boston Massacre
Committee of Correspondence
the Tea Act
The Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
Loyalist vs. Patriot
First Continental Congress

4. The Revolution Begins
Paul Revere’s Ride
John Parker
The Shot Heard Around the World
Battle of Lexington
The Battle of Bunker Hill

5. Declaring Independence
The Second Continental Congress
The Olive Branch Petition
Thomas Paine

6. Patriots at War & The World Turned Upside Down
The Turning Point
Benedict Arnold
African Americans and Women in the Revolution
Victory at Yorktown
The Treaty of Paris