1. Leaders, Heroes, and Events
American Revolution
Scavenger Hunt
Leaders, Heroes, and Events
By Cliff Shaw, Nevada Elementary

2. FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

3.            
The British defeated the French and their Indian allies in the French and Indian War ( ). The result was British control over much of North America. But the war had cost England a great deal of money and Parliament decided it was time for the Colonies to pay a share for their own defense.
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

4. FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR 1. Who won the French and Indian war?
2. What was the result of the French and Indian War?
3. What had the war cost England?

5. Boston Massacre

6.                     
The people of Boston were most outspoken and violent in their reaction to taxes. They threatened and harmed British customs officials trying to collect taxes. So, the British quartered troops in Boston to protect their officials. In 1770, the Boston Massacre occurred as British troops fired into a group of protesters, killing five of them. This was the first blood.
Boston Massacre

7. BOSTON MASSACRE 1. What year did the Boston Massacre occur?
2. How many Americans were Killed?
3. Who was the Black American to first die in the Boston Massacre?
4. Why did the British quarter their troops?

8. STAMP ACT
         

9. STAMP ACT
         
To raise money, Parliament passed the Stamp Act in This law required the purchase of tax stamps to buy paper. The Colonists were outraged. After years of "Salutary Neglect" wherein Colonial taxes were not collected by the British, the new policy was unwelcome.

10. FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

11. FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
       
The first Continental Congress met in at Philadelphia's Carpenters' Hall. Twelve colonies sent delegates to discuss how to return to a state of harmonious relations with the Mother Country -- not revolution! But radical thinking won out. Parliamentary acts were declared "unconstitutional." Taxes were not paid, an import-export ban was established, and Colonists were urged to arm themselves. The "shot heard 'round the world" was fired at Lexington where armed colonists tried to resist British seizure of an arsenal. Eight Americans and 273 British soldiers were killed. The Revolution began.
FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

12. FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
What year did the first Continental Congress meet?
What city and place did the congress meet?
How many colonies were represented.
What did they meet to discuss?
What were the 4 results of the meeting.
Where did the revolution began.
What was the fatality rate?
What state is Lexington?
Name five members of the first
Continental Congress?

13. FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
First Congress
The first congress met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia on Sept. 5, 1774, with 44 delegates in attendance. Latecomers brought the total to 56. Peyton Randolph of Virginia was unanimously chosen president. (The use of that term for the presiding officer, as well as the use of the word congress, carried over into the formation of the new government under the Constitution of 1787.) At the insistence of the smaller colonies, each colony was given one vote regardless of its population.
Among the membership of the first congress were such notables as George Washington, Patrick Henry, John Jay, John Adams, and Samuel Adams. The membership of the 1775 congress was much the same, with the addition of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.
Meeting in secret session, the first congress rejected a plan by Joseph Galloway of Pennsylvania to somehow blend British authority with colonial freedom. Members voted instead for a declaration of rights, including those of life, liberty, property, assembly, and trial by jury. They also demanded amends for grievances that had been

14. On July 4th, 1776, Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence
On July 4th, 1776, Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence. The United States is born

15. GENERAL HOWE

16. GENERAL HOWE
General Howe, Commander of British troops in the Colonies, had a two-pronged plan for While the British army of the North under General Burgoyne would march down from Canada to capture Albany, isolating New England, the Southern army under Howe would capture Philadelphia. After a string of successful battles in 1776, General Howe spent the winter in New York City. Due to a fear of losing his supply line , the vacillating general performed an about face and returned to New York.

17.              
Back in London, Parliament, fed up with this Colonial rebellion and tired of bearing the burden of a costly war, wanted results. Howe, recently named Knight Companion of the Bath by King George III, needed to score a victory quickly -- the new "Sir William" had a title to live up to.
Yet, the fighting season was nearing an end without a single major engagement having taken place. Howe was finally ready to engage the enemy, capture Philadelphia, and show the King and Parliament that he was bringing the war to a close.
GENERAL HOWE
King George III of England

18. GENERAL HOWE Who was General Howe? What city did General Howe capture?
Where did Howe spend the winter of 1776?
What name was Howe given by King George III?
What 3 things were How finally ready to do?