A web quest undertaken by and PowerPoint developed by: Megan

1. A web quest undertaken by and PowerPoint developed by: Megan

2. Following the Boston Tea Party the British passed some acts to punish Boston. What were these acts called and what did 2 of them do? http://www.usfca.edu/fac-staff/conwell/revolution/congress.htm Intolerable Acts. One law closed Boston Harbor until Bostonians paid for the destroyed tea.  Another law restricted the activities of the Massachusetts legislature and gave added powers to the post of governor of Massachusetts. 

3. When and why did the Continental Congress first meet? After you find find and write the answers, also copy and paste the painting onto this slide. http://www.usfca.edu/fac-staff/conwell/revolution/congress.htm The First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia from Sept. 5 to Oct. 26, 1774, to protest the Intolerable Acts.  Representatives attended from all the colonies except Georgia.  The leaders included Samuel Adams and John Adams of Massachusetts and George Washington and Patrick Henry of Virginia

4. British and American soldiers first exchanged gunshots at the towns of Lexington and Concord.http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/apr19.html What was the date of this battle? Why had the British troops been sent to Concord and Lexington? On April 19, 1775, British and American soldiers exchanged fire in the Massachusetts towns of Lexington and Concord.

5. The American revolutionaries knew that the British were coming to Lexington and Concord. What system of signals was used to alert them? http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/web01/segment5.html "The British are coming! The British are coming

6. Where were the major battles fought? Check out this interactive map and record who was the victor in each.http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g5s_u4/index.html in Lexington on April 19,1775 British victory. Concord April 19,1775 American victory. Fort Ticonderoga may 10,1775 British victory. Bunker hill June 17,1775 British victory. Quebec December 31,1775 British victory. Long Island August 27, 1776 British victory. Trenton December 26, 1776 American victory . Fort Ticonderoga July 5 ,1777 American victory. Brandywine September 11,1777 British victory .Saratoga September 19 and October 7,1777 American victory

7. The Declaration of Independence was drafted by Thomas Jefferson in June of 1776. Read a transcription of the Declaration to find out:http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html What 3 unalienable rights are named in the document. 3 grievances that are expressed in the declaration. IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation

8. Experience the signing of the Declaration of Independence alongside our forefathers at this interactive site.http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_sign.html Choose "black and white" for the printer. Sign the document and print. We will scan this document into your ppt later.

10. The colonists might have lost the war without the help ofFrance. http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/l3_world_france.html Why were the French willing to side with the American revolutionaries against England. Who persuaded France to be an American ally? When Franklin went to France as America's first ambassador, there were two superpowers in Europe: England and France, and the countries were very different. Like the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, England and France were diametrically opposed in their forms of government and their general beliefs.

11. Where and when was the last major battle of the war fought? http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/AmericanRevolution/YorktownBattle.htm Who surrendered? Copy the drawing and paste it on this page. By the summer of 1781, the American troops managed to force Cornwallis and his army to Yorktown, Virginia.

12. onto this page. Use the Wordsmyth web dictionary/thesaurus http://www.kidsclick.org/ksearch.html to look up the following terms .Choose the definition that best fits the word's use during American Revolutionary times. Copy and paste your answers onto this page. Loyalists someone who supported the British during the American Revolution, or the Republican government during the Spanish Civil War. Patriots one who loves, supports, and defends his or her nation and its interests. As a leader of the resistance against foreign rule, he is considered a great patriot. Tories during the American Revolution, an American who favored the continuation of colonial rule by the British or who favored the establishment of a monarchy. Choose the definition that best fits the word's use during American Revolutionary times. Copy and paste your answers onto this page.

13. Ben Franklin, John Hancock, and Paul Revere are well known patriots from the War of Independence. What others can you name? Explore this site http://www.42explore2.com/revolt3.htm to locate names and information about other famous people of the time. Choose one and read about him or her. Write their name and why they were important during the Revolutionary War.Major General Nathanael Greene In 1775 he was a member of the General Assembly as he had been in 1770 to 1772. When the news of the Battle of Lexington arrived, Greene and his fellow militiamen set out for Boston. Although the Loyalist governor recalled them, Greene and three others continued on.. It was there that Greene's ability began to be realized. The private became a brigadier general in the Continental Army on June 22, 1775. For the next three years he was in constant service as a field commander.

14. Now that you have found all the information for your powerpoint you may go back and set up the show however you desire. But don’t remove any of the words or pictures.