Name ____________________________________ Period ___ Date __/__/____

Graphic Timeline Vocabulary: The American Revolution

You will create a graphic timeline of the American Revolution using vocabulary words from Unit
4 (Revolutions) and some words from Unit 3 (Absolutism & Enlightenment). Requirements are
listed below.
Include the following vocabulary words in your booklet.

1. George Washington
2. American Revolution
3. Benjamin Franklin
4. US Constitution
5. Thomas Paine
6. Declaration of Independence
7. democracy
8. George III
9. Intolerable Acts
10. Sons of Liberty
11. Stamp Act
12. Thomas Jefferson
13. Treaty of Paris 1783
14. Crispus Attucks
15. tax

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France
boycott
militia
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Voltaire
Baron de Montesquieu
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Cesare Bonesana Beccaria
Articles of Confederation
Absolutism
repeal
Paul Revere
Patrick Henry
Navigation Act
Boston Tea Party

32. The Midnight Ride

33. 1st /2nd
Continental Congress

34. tyranny

Create a graphic timeline booklet illustrating how the Enlightenment is directly related to the
causes of the American Revolution. The timeline must include the following:
1. Name four of the eight philosophers listed including an explanation of why they were important
to the Revolution.
2. Name four of the six revolutionaries listed. Each should include:
a. Birth/death date
b. What did they do during the Revolution?
c. Why they are important to remember?
3. Name the three British Acts:
a. When were they enacted?
b. What did they do?
c. Why were the colonists against them?
4. Name four of the five reactions of the colonists to the British Acts:
a. When did they take place?
b. What did the colonists do?
c. How did the British respond?
5. Who was the British ruler at the time of the Revolution?
a. Birth/death date
b. How did he feel about the American colonies?
c. What did he write in his diary on the day the colonists declared independence?
6. What was the French involvement in the Revolution?
a. When did they get involved?
b. How did they help?
c. Who was the famous Frenchman from the Revolution?
7. Name three of the four famous documents that came out of the American Revolution:
a. Dates enacted?
b. What did they say?
c. Why they are important?

Other requirements:

Graphics/Pictures must be appropriate images from the time period. Images may be drawn or
printed.
Make your Timeline colorful.
Must be in poster format on 11x17 copy paper
Neat and organized must be in order as instructed above.
Be on time. This project is due on __Friday 11/18__.