Scavenger+Hunt

Sarah Hawkins Michelle Schwartz Alysha Anderson Karelia Bello Grace Dixon

=The American Revolution- Scavenger Hunt =

 Read the questions listed below about the events of the American Revolution and answer the questions by following the links to find the correct information.



I. The Stamp Act/The Sugar Act
1. When was the [|stamp act] passed and who announced this new law?

2. Why was the stamp act [|created]? Was it the first tax on America from Britain?

3. What year was the [|sugar act] enacted and what items did it tax?

4. Did Parliament [|repeal] the Stamp Act and if so, what Act was to be passed instead? If the Stamp Act was repealed, what was the official date it was repealed?

II The Boston Massacre


1. What were the [|causes] that led up to the Boston Massacre and when did it occur? Who was involved in the Boston Massacre?

2. How did the Boston Massacre [|begin]?

3. How many people died [|during] the Boston Massacre and how many were injured?

4. After the Boston Massacre, [|trials] took place to determine what really happened during the mob attack. Who were some of the soldiers on trial?

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1. W hat did parliament excuse the [|East India Tea Company] from, and why did American merchants oppose?

2. Read this eyewitness report from a colonist at the Boston Tea Party: [] What were the colonists dresses as to board the ships and what were they ordered to do on ce they were boarded?

3. How many crates [|crates] did the colonists dispose of that day? And how did Parliament and King George III respond to the tea party?

4. England also responded with the [|Intolerable Acts] to retaliate against the colonists. What laws were put into place under the Intolerable or Coercive a cts?

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">IV. The End of the American Revolution
<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">1. In the [|Battle of Yorktown in 1781], General Washington led the Americans and Major General Lord Cornwallis led the British army. After twenty-two days of battle, what finally led to the [|surrender] of Major General Lord Cornwallis on the October 19, 1781?

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">2. What was the number of [|casualties] and wounded on both the American/French army and the British army once the Battle of Yorktown had ended?

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">3. On September 3, 1783, the [|Treaty of Paris was signed] between the American colonies and Great Britain. What were [|two crucial provisions] of the treaty?

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">4. The Treaty of Paris also gave France, Spain, and Holland the freedom to navigate what river as well as gave the United States the [|right to fish] off of what country?

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">V. The Aftermath of War
<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">1. During the American Revolution, the [|Articles of Confederation] were created in order to ensure what for America after the war?

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">2. After problems arose between state government and its people, it was clear that something had be created to unite the country under a form of government that could be enforced. As a result, state delegates met and formed the [|U.S. Constitution]. Where and in what year did this take place? How many states were needed in order to ratify it?

3. Describe two [|changes] that came about after the Revolutionary War and one aspect that stayed the same.

4. During the American Revolution, many Native American tribes allied with the British while others allied with the colonists. However, after the Treaty of Paris was signed, what eventually happened to the [|Native Americans] as a result?