Timeline Activity: Events Leading to the American Revolution

This product includes instructions and directions for a student created timeline that includes important events leading to the American Revolutionary War. The instruction sheet includes directions for important events, visuals, and info about all of the events listed. The events that students will include on the timeline are:

● The French and Indian War

● The Sugar Act

● The Stamp Act

● Townshend Acts

● The Boston Massacre

● The Boston Tea Party

● The Intolerable Acts

● Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death” Speech 

● The Declaration of Independence

● The First Continental Congress

Students are asked to create a timeline that includes the following criteria:

● Correctly place the event on the timeline with the correct date 

● Describe the event in 1-2 sentences

● Correct dates of the above events

● Correct placement of the events on the timeline

● Timeline is completed neatly and easy to understand

● 4 visuals/pictures related to the events listed above - no stick figures 

● Color - not just black and white

This product includes a Microsoft Word and PDF version of the resource.  

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