Timeline Activity

As we learn about the American Revolution, you will create timeline slides of the major events that we investigate.

If done carefully, this ongoing activity should serve as an excellent study guide for you prior to assessments.

Timeline Activity templates will be shared with you in Canvas for the following two mini-units of study:

1. The Road to Revolution

2. Fighting Breaks Out

1. ROAD TO REVOLUTION TIMELINE ACTIVITY

Criteria:

• All the events listed below must appear in your Timeline Activity (both on the slide 2 "overview" Timeline as well as on the appropriate event slide)

• Each event slide must have the correct event title

• Each event must be matched with the correct date (you might need to check this in the textbook)

• Each event slide must have a clear explanation of the event (MINIMUM THREE SENTENCES in length)

• It must be written IN YOUR OWN WORDS! (Yes, that means you should paraphrase)

• A relevant image (no citation needed)

Questions: For each event, the event slide should contain answers to the following three questions:

1. What is the act about or what is the event? [DEFINITION]

2. Why was it introduced or why did it happen? [CAUSES]

3. What happened as a result? [EFFECTS]

Example:

DEFINITION: The Sugar Act of 1764 was a law that lowered the taxes on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies. Parliament also created writs of assistance, documents that allowed officers to search homes and businesses for smuggled goods.

CAUSE(S): It was introduced to help Britain pay for the French and Indian War and the extra British soldiers who remained in the colonies to keep colonists safe. It was also intended to help prevent smuggling.

EFFECT(S): As a result, colonists grew angry. They felt like their right as British citizens to be secure in their homes was being violated. James Otis began discussing the idea of no taxation without representation. 

List of Road to Revolution Events:

• The French and Indian War

• The Proclamation of 1763

• The Sugar Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Quartering Act

• The Townshend Acts

• The Boston Massacre

• The Tea Act

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Intolerable Acts

2. FIGHTING BREAKS OUT TIMELINE ACTIVITY

Criteria:

• All the events listed below must appear in your Timeline Activity (both on the slide 2 "overview" Timeline as well as on the appropriate event slide)

• Each event slide must have the correct event title

• Each event must be matched with the correct date (you might need to check this in the textbook)

• Each event slide must have a clear explanation of the event (MINIMUM THREE SENTENCES in length)

• It must be written IN YOUR OWN WORDS! (Yes, that means you should paraphrase)

• A relevant image (no citation needed)

Questions: For each event, the event slide should contain answers to the following three questions:

1. What was the event? Include: when and where it took place and key people involved. [DEFINITION]

2. Why did this event happen? [CAUSES]

3. What happened as a result? [EFFECTS]

List of Fighting Breaks Out Events:

• First Continental Congress

• Battles of Lexington & Concord

  • Paul Revere and the "Shot Heard 'round the World" (this should be included in the event slide for Event #2)

• Second Continental Congress

  • The Olive Branch Petition should be included in the event slide for Event #3)

• The Battle of Bunker Hill

• Thomas Paine's Common Sense

• Siege of Boston (Dorchester Heights)

• The Declaration of Independence