ABC’s of the American Revolution

[Pages:2]ABC's of the American Revolution

Directions: 1. Fold a piece of construction paper horizontally twice and crease your folds. 2. Unfold your construction paper. 3. Fold the construction paper vertically 3 times and crease your folds. 4. When you open your paper, you should see 32 boxes. 5. In the first row of boxes in the top row, write your title: "ABC's of the American Revolution" and your name. 6. Trace the creases of each box, except for the top row where you wrote your title. 7. In the following 28 boxes, you will write one letter of the alphabet in each box, starting with A and ending with Z. 8. You must use one of the provided vocabulary words for each letter. Look up the definition or an example for each word you choose. If you choose a person's name, look up what they are known for. Put this information in the box for that letter. 9. Draw and color a picture for 10 of the words.

Title & Name

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X, Y, Z

ABC List

A

Benedict Arnold

Samuel Adams

Albany Plan

B

Boston Tea Party

Benjamin Franklin

Battle of Bunker Hill

C

Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Committees of Correspondence

D

Declaration of Independence

E

East India Company

Edenton Tea Party

F

First Continental Congress

French and Indian War

G

Geography of colonies

Thomas Gage

H

Alexander Hamilton

ABC's of the American Revolution

John Hancock

Patrick Henry

I

Intolerable Acts

Iroquois Confederacy

J

Thomas Jefferson

Join or Die

K

King George III

L

Loyalists

Battle of Lexington

Marquis de Lafayette

M

Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge

Minutemen

Mecklenburg Resolves

N

Navigation Acts

Nathaniel Greene

O

Olive Branch Petition

P

Patriots

Proclamation of 1763

Parliament

Q

Quartering Act

R

Paul Revere

Redcoats

Betsy Ross

S

Stamp Act

Sugar Act

Sons of Liberty

T

Townshend Acts

Treaty of Paris

Taxation without Representation

U

United States of America

V

Winter at Valley Forge

Virginia's House of Burgesses

W

George Washington

Whigs

Phillis Wheatley

X

TaX

Y

Battle of Yorktown

Z

Peter Zenger (brought up the idea of freedom of the press)

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