Revolutionary War Mural Project

As you research try to answer these questions about battles that took place. Summarize your findings in short paragraphs in your own words. Remember to keep track of your sources!

 When did this battle /encampment/ siege take place? (Month, Day, Year)

 What was the strategy/ purpose / objective going in?

 Who were the commanding officers / leaders on both sides?

 Who won? Why?

 How many deaths / casualties / wounded on both sides?

 What was the impact / effect / significance of the battle/ encampment / siege/ person?

 Did this battle change opinions? If so, whose? Why?

 Show location of the battle on a map.

If you’re researching a historic figure, make sure you collect information on their life, claim to fame or infamy and their involvement in the Revolution or events connected to the Revolution. Include famous quotes, pictures, political cartoons etc.

Our Mural Will Include the Following Topics:

(We’ll divide up the work so everyone does an equal share of it)

Road To Revolution Protesting ---No Taxation Without Representation!!

1. Sugar Act 2. Stamp Act 3. Quartering Act 4. Boston “Massacre” 5. Tea Act 6. Boston Tea Party 7. Sons of Liberty 8. Intolerable Acts 9. Spirit of Protest—include examples, pictures, poems, plays, of any of the following: Liberty Trees, Tarring and Feathering of Government Officials, Political Cartoons, Poems, Plays etc. 10. Sam Adams 11. Committees of Correspondence 12. Thomas Paine and Common Sense 13. Second Continental Congress 14. Olive Branch Petition 15. Thomas Jefferson and The Declaration of Independence New England

1. Shot Heard Round the World: Lexington and Concord 2. Minutemen 3. Paul Revere 4. Occupation of Boston 5. Ticonderoga 6. Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys 7. Bunker Hill

Middle States

1. Battle of Long Island NY

2. White Plains NY

3. Saratoga, NY

4. Battles of Trenton and Princeton NJ

5. Hessian Soldiers

6. Morristown, NJ

7. Brandywine, PA

8. Paoli Massacre, PA

9. Battle of the Clouds, PA

10. Battle of Germantown, PA

11. Ft. Mifflin

12. Occupation of Philadelphia, PA

13. Encampment at Whitemarsh, PA

14. Valley Forge, PA

15. George Washington

16. Nathan Hale

17. Thomas Paine – The Crisis 18. General John Burgoyne

19. General Horatio Gates

20. General William Howe

21. Marquis de LaFayette

22. Friedrich von Steuben

23. Thaddeus Kosciusko

24. Casimir Polaski

Southern States

1. Richmond

2. Benedict Arnold

3. Charleston

4. Camden

5. Battle of Kings Mountain

6. Cowpens

7. Guilford Courthouse

8. Eutaw Springs

9. Yorktown

10. General Cornwallis

11. Francis Marion

Famous Women and African Americans

1. Peter Salem 2. Jehu Grant 3. Phyllis Wheatley 4. George Rogers Clark 5. Sybil Ludington 6. Mercy Otis Warren 7. Patience Wright 8. Deborah Sampson 9. Molly Hays McCauley