Scavenger+Hunt

The American Revolution

This is an internet based scavenger hunt for grade levels 6 and 7. Students will utilize internet skills by following the links provided to answer the questions.

Read each question carefully. Follow the link provided for each question. Read the material on the web-page and answer each question.

Created by: Alexandra Gomez, Caitlynn Worrell, Richard Rogers, Stephanie Conway, and Stephanie Triosi

Roots of the Conflict
1. What causes to impose restriction on the [|purchase of tea] in the colonies?

2. Where was [|Benjamin Franklin] sent and why?

3. What is the [|1765 Stamp Act]? Do you think that the Stamp Act was successful and why?

Everyday Life
1. What legal [|rights] did women have? What rights did they //__not__// have?

2. What things did children [|learn] in school?

3. How were [|songs] passed down generations during the time of the American Revolution?

Battles- Into the Fray
1. Which [|two battles] marked the beginning of the Revolution? In which state did they take place?

2. Complete this sentence: “The march back to Boston...established - ---as the colonists’ best [|defense strategy] against the British.”

3. The Battles of and, which took place in [|December 1776], helped turn the tide of the American Revolution. a) Lexington and Concord b) Whoville and Hogsmead c) Trenton and Princeton d) Yorktown and Virginia Capes

Popular Political Figures
1. Who was[| Benedict Arnold] and what was he known for during the Revolutionary War?

2. When and where did[| Francis Scott Key] complete the Star Spangled Banner?

3. What message was [|Paul Revere] to deliver? To whom was the message intended?

The Declaration of Independence
1. Fill in the blanks: "We hold these [|truths] to be --, that all men are created -, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable ---, that among these are ---,, and the pursuit of -."

2. Who [|drafted] The Declaration of Independence? Who edited it? (under section titled “The Committee of Five”)

3. On what date did the delegates of Congress begin to [|sign] the engrossed copy of The Declaration of Independence?

**Weapons of the American Revolution**

 * 1) What are the ingredients of [|gunpowder] used in the projectile type weapons of the American Revolution?
 * 2) What was the [|most common weapon]of the American Revolution?
 * 3) Did General George Washington loathe the [|submarine] manner of attack as "ungentlemanly"?