Students complete nine sentences about the year the Declaration was signed, the term for independence-supporting colonists (Patriots), and the term for colonists who remained loyal to the king (Loyalists). The matching activity pairs Boston Tea Party, Lexington and Concord, Declaration of Independence, and Yorktown with their historical significance.
Matching Revolution events to their significance builds the timeline framework students need to understand how protests escalated into war.
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American Revolution
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. The year the Declaration of Independence was signed is 1776.
2. Colonists who wanted independence were called Patriots.
3. Colonists who stayed loyal to the king were called Loyalists.
4. The Stamp Act of 1765 taxed printed materials in the colonies.
5. Paul Revere warned that the British were coming before Lexington and Concord.
6. The Continental Army spent a harsh winter at Valley Forge.
7. The war began in the year 1775.
8. The Treaty of Paris in 1783 officially ended the Revolutionary War.
9. France became an important ally of the colonies during the war.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
Boston Tea Party
→ Colonists dumped tea to protest taxes
First battles of the Revolution
Lexington and Concord
→ First battles of the Revolution
Final major battle of the war
Declaration of Independence
→ Document declaring freedom from Britain
Colonists dumped tea to protest taxes
Yorktown
→ Final major battle of the war
Document declaring freedom from Britain
American Revolution
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) The year the Declaration of Independence was signed is 1776.
2) Colonists who wanted independence were called Patriots.
3) Colonists who stayed loyal to the king were called Loyalists.
4) The Stamp Act of 1765 taxed printed materials in the colonies.
5) Paul Revere warned that the British were coming before Lexington and Concord.
6) The Continental Army spent a harsh winter at Valley Forge.
7) The war began in the year 1775.
8) The Treaty of Paris in 1783 officially ended the Revolutionary War.
9) France became an important ally of the colonies during the war.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
Boston Tea Party
→ Colonists dumped tea to protest taxes
First battles of the Revolution
Lexington and Concord
→ First battles of the Revolution
Final major battle of the war
Declaration of Independence
→ Document declaring freedom from Britain
Colonists dumped tea to protest taxes
Yorktown
→ Final major battle of the war
Document declaring freedom from Britain
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