The Revolutionary War
Fox Mill Elementary School
Sixth Grade



The American Revolution Multimedia Exhibit
Read through each page.
1.  What were the causes and effects of the Boston Tea Party? 
     Why did the colonists rebel?  What happened as a result of the Boston Tea Party?

     Visit and read portions of 3 web pages before you write your answer.

    http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/teaparty/bostonxx.htm
    http://www.multied.com/revolt/Causes.html
    http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ranch/9198/revwar/bostteap.htm
    http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1990/ch2_p8.htm
    http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/   (Click on Activities and read the newspaper)

     http://library.thinkquest.org/25909/html/content/american_rev.html 

 

2.  The French fought against the Indians in the French and Indian War.
     True   or   False                                            List one important fact.
    http://www.multied.com/Revolt/French.html
 
 

3.  What was stated in the Proclamation of 1763? 
     How did the colonists react to it?  Read especially the second paragraph.
    http://www.ohiokids.org/ohc/history/h_indian/document/proc1763.html
 
 

4.  What were the two enactments of the Sugar Act that alarmed 
     the colonists?
    http://www.stjohnsprep.org/teachers/jmontgomery/projects/internet/sugar.htm
 
 

5.  Why did the British Parliament impose the Stamp Act? 
    http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/s/stampa1ct.asp
    http://www.stjohnsprep.org/teachers/jmontgomery/projects/internet/sact.htm
 
  

6.  What happened to cause the repeal of the Stamp Act?
    http://www.stjohnsprep.org/teachers/jmontgomery/projects/internet/sact.htm
 

7.  How did all these problems help unite the people living in the colonies?
    http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/9198/revwar/bostmass.htm
     http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/9198/revwar/bostteap.htm
     http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/9198/revwar/intolera.htm
 
 

8.  The main purpose of the Committees of Correspondence was...
    http://earlyamerica.com/review/fall98/lastdays.html
 
 
 

9.  Why did the colonists use the term, Intolerable Acts?  Do you know the definition for intolerable?
     Who wrote the Intolerable Acts?   Why?

     List the 5 Intolerable Acts.
     http://www.historywiz.com/intolerable.htm
 

     What happened as a result of the Intolerable Acts?
     http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/9198/revwar/intolera.htm
 
 
 
 
 

10.  Who were the Minutemen?  Be thorough in answering.
    http://www.ushistory.org/brandywine/special/art01.htm
 
 
 
 

11.  What happened as a result of the battle at Concord?
    http://www.kirtland.cc.mi.us/honors/braden/main.htm
 
 

 

Little known facts about the American Revolutionary War

           http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/teaparty.htm(An eyewitness account)

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-prel.htm(Interesting timeline)