Major Battle Locations Of The Revolutionary War

Welcome: The characteristices of major battles of the American Revolution and their sites. 

Description: This webquest will aid students as they continue their learning about the revolutionary war in the fact that it will give them a better undertsanding of the battles.

Grade Level: 8th grade

Curriculum: Social Studies

Key Words: Revoltuion, geography, major battles

Author: Kiley Bednarczyk

By researching and completing this webquest studets will gain knowledge on the major battles of the revolution. They will learn about the characteristics of the battle itself and the place it happened. 

Studemts will be researching the major battles of the American Revolution. 

Students will learn about the battles and the specific characteristics of each; where they were, how they were fought, what made them important, ect. 

On their own, students will use the links on the following page to answer the questions provided specific for each website. While researching the websites, be thinking about what makes these battles the most important, and also what makes them seperate from the rest of the major battles. 

Major Battles of the American Revolution: click here to answer the following questions..

1)What was the first battle of the war?

2)Where was the battle of lexington and concord? 

3)What was the big nickname for the British? 

Major Battles of the American Revolution: click here to answer the following questions...

1)Who started the seige? 

2)What major battle was included in the Siege of Boston?

3)What were the men fighting for the colonies called? What was the name of the army they joined?

Major Battles of the American Revolution: click here to answer the following questions...

1)Who won the Battle of Bunker hill?

2)Where did most of the fighting  take place, and what is there repesnting the fight? Why did they chose this of all things to represent the battle? 

3)Who was commander in cheif of the american troops durig the battle?

Major Battles of the American Revolution: click here to answer the following questions...

1)What were the first and last battles of the revolutionary war?

2)How many minutemen were there in the Siege of Boston?

3)How many years was the American Revolution?

Major Battles of the American Revolution: click here to answer the following questions...

1)How many battles were there and how far apart where they?

2)Why was this battle a turning point in the war?

3)Who surrendered to who?

Make sure that you are answering questions in complete sentences, and DO NOT COPY DIRECTLY FROM WEBITES. Come up with your own ideas and your own thoughts, or put direct quotes and explain how they answer the questions or relate to your answer. 

Now that you've come to the end you have learned all that was expected and you are now knowledgable in the category of war battles and you can continue on your learning about the war with an upper hand. 

I hope you enjoyed this webquest!