Revolutionary War Timeline

 

Directions:  You will visit several web sites and research the battles, people, and major events of the American Revolution.  Each student must research three topics from each category and complete the corresponding questions on the Data Sheet.  No one in your support group may research the same topic.  After researching your nine topics (three topics/three categories), you will come together as a team to evaluate each topic and to decide which topics should be included in the timeline.  Below you will find a list of web sites that you will use for research.

 

Battles

People

Events
  1. Battle of Lexington and Concord
  2. Battle of Bunker Hill
  3. Battle of Charles Town
  4. Olive Branch Petition
  5. British Evacuation of Boston
  6. Washington crossing the Delaware River
  7. Battle of Camden
  8. Battle of Trenton
  9. Battle of Princeton
  10. Battle of Brandywine
  11. Battle of Saratoga
  12. Winter at Valley Forge
  13. Battle of Cowpens
  14. Battle of King's Mountain
  15. Battle of Yorktown
  1. John Adams
  2. Samuel Adams
  3. Abigail Adams
  4. Benjamin Franklin
  5. Christopher Gadsden
  6. Ethan Allen
  7. Thomas Heyward
  8. Thomas Jefferson
  9. James Madison
  10. Francis Marion
  11. Thomas Paine
  12. Pontiac
  13. Paul Revere
  14. Betsy Ross
  15. Edward Rutledge
  16. Thomas Sumter
  17. George Washington
  18. William Moultrie
  19. Benedict Arnold
  20. Phillis Wheatley

 

 
  1. First Continental Congress meets
  2. Paul Revere’s Ride
  3. The war moves South
  4. King George declares colonies in rebellion
  5. Attack on Canada
  6. U.S. Navy created
  7. Common Sense published
  8. Siege of Boston
  9. Declaration of Independence
  10. Siege of Charleston
  11. Benedict Arnold becomes a traitor
  12. British capture Ticonderoga
  13. Articles of Confederation ratified
  14. Treaty of Paris
  15. Sons of Liberty formed
  16. Boston Massacre

 

Topics

 

Battle 1:  _________________________________

 

Battle 2:  _________________________________

 

Battle 3:  _________________________________

 

Person 1: _________________________________

 

Person 2: _________________________________

 

Person 3: _________________________________

 

 

 

Event 1:  __________________________________

 

Event 2:  __________________________________

 

Event 3:  __________________________________

 

Web Sites

 

 

Battles: 

  1. http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/AMericanRevolution/Battles.htm#Major%20Battles
  2. http://www.multied.com/revolt/battles.html

 

People

  1. http://www.multied.com/Bio/RevoltBIOS/INDEX.html

 

Events

  1. http://www.multied.com/revolt/causes.html
  2. http://www.multied.com/revolt/battles.html

 

Other Helpful Sources

  1. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/timeline.html
  2. http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle/timeline.html
  3. http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/AMericanRevolution/AmerRevolution.htm
  4. http://library.thinkquest.org/11683/High.html
  5. http://www.ushistory.org/march/phila/background.htm

PART II

 

Today you will evaluate the information you have researched.  Your team must decide which events, battles, and people to include on your timeline, and which to exclude. 

 

  1. Include ten (10) battles.
  2. Include five (5) people
  3. Include ten (10) events
  4. For each topic you choose to INCLUDE, write one statement explaining why you chose to include that topic rather than another topic. 
  5. For each topic you choose to EXCLUDE, write one statement explaining why you chose to include that topic rather than another topic.