REVOLUTIONARY INDIVIDUALS
Name: ______________________
Historians have long debated how influential a single person can be in
history. Is it that an individual can have a profound impact through their
contributions on a historical event or is it merely the event in history that
lends itself to make individuals seem significant? You will be looking at an
individual during the American Revolution whose contributions can be
debated as influential to the Revolution and its outcomes.
You will be conducting research on an individual from the Revolutionary
War to produce a multi-part project on their contributions to the war. Part
of your project will be done in class, but this will also require time at home to complete the different
parts.
After the research component is complete, as well as a written paper, you will be asked to create a
Farcebook page (a secure website only our class can access) to show more of your knowledge
about your individual. This will be done with the research done by you in your research packet that
will assist you in creating your profile.
Please take this project seriously. Be tasteful and appropriate. Although it is an entertaining project,
it is still a project nonetheless. It will be worth FOUR test grades for the 3 rd marking period.
Website: _____________________________________
Access code: ________________
Project Requirements
 Research packet
 Written paper: Who was the individual and how did they impact the American Revolution?
(3-4 pages)
 Farcebook Profile (website and access code will be given at a later date after research
and rough draft of paper complete)
 Bibliography- MLA format of all sources you use for images and information. At least 3
sources need to be used. At least 2 of the 3 sources need to be from printed text.
REVOLUTIONARY INDIVIDUALS
PROJECT RUBRIC
TOPIC
(chosen on time)
10
RESEARCH PACKET
(Completed)
60
PROFILE PAGE
110
WRITTEN PAPER
-3-4 pages
-rough draft
-neatness/organization
-final draft
BIBLIOGRAPHY
175
TOTAL
400
45
POSSIBLE TOPIC CHOICES
Please choose your top 5 choices (as some may be chosen earlier in the draft). Be sure you
will be happy with the person you have selected as you will not be allowed to change once
the research part is started. Next to each name is a number 1-3 for degree of difficulty
(1=difficult). Please do not settle for an easy choice, challenge yourself.
If there is someone that you wish to do that is NOT an option in the list, please just ask me
and unless there is some real concern I most likely will allow you to do that person.
Abigail Adams (3)
Deborah Sampson (2)
John Adams
(3)
George Washington (3)
Sam Adams
(3)
George Rogers Clark (1)
Ethan Allen
(2)
Silas Deane (1)
Benedict Arnold (3)
Alexander Hamilton (2)
Lord Charles Cornwallis (2)
Phyllis Wheatley (2)
REVOLUTIONARY INDIVIDUALS
Benjamin Franklin (3)
Mary Ludwig Hays “Molly Pitcher” (3)
King George III (2)
Crispus Attucks (1)
Betsy Ross (3)
Mercy Otis Warren (2)
Margaret Cochran Corbin (2)
James Otis (2)
Sybil Luddington (1)
Thomas Paine (3)
Nathan Hale
Martha Washington (3)
(3)
John Hancock (3)
John Trumbull (1)
John Jay (1)
Israel Putnam (2)
Patrick Henry (3)
Thomas Jefferson (3)
John Paul Jones (2)
Samuel Huntington (1)
Marquis de Lafayette (2)
General John Burgoyne (2)
Francis Marion “Swamp Fox” (2)
Mary Catherine Moore (1)
Paul Revere (3)
Dr. Joseph Warren (1)
Dr. Benjamin Rush (1)
Anybody else you are interested in???*** Please see me!! Make sure it would be someone you can
find information on!
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
RESEARCH PACKET DUE WED MARCH 26TH
ROUGH DRAFT OF RESEARCH PAPER DUE WED APRIL 2ND
FB PAGE DUE FRI APRIL 4TH
FINAL DRAFT RESEARCH PAPER DUE MON APRIL 7TH