Patriot Cards Project (ELP)
Project Description:
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Ten (10) 5 X 8 trading cards, each on a topic from the American Revolution
o Student chooses topics from the following categories: 4 People, 3 Events, and 3 Others.
o You may choose only ONE of the items with an asterisk (*)
Ring-bound
Neat, colorful drawing on the front of each card
Paragraph on the back of each card:
o Describe who, what, when, where, why, and how
o Not copied—in your own words
o Include your source(s) for the information at the bottom of the card
Due Friday, September 4
Trading Card Topics:
People
 Abigail Adams
 Alexander Hamilton
 Benedict Arnold
 Benjamin Franklin*
 Caesar Rodney
 Charles Cornwallis
 Edward Rutledge
 Ethan Allen
 Friedrich von Steuben
 George Mason
 George Rogers Clark
 George Washington*
 Henry Knox
 James Madison
 John Adams
 John Dickinson
 John Glover
 John Hancock
 John Paul Jones
 King George III
 Marquis de Lafayette
 Molly Pitcher
 Nathan Hale
 Nathaniel Greene
 Patrick Henry
 Paul Revere
 Richard Henry Lee
 Robert Livingston
 Robert Rogers
 Roger Sherman
 Samuel Adams
 Thomas Jefferson*
 William Franklin
 William Paterson
Events
 Battle of Bunker Hill
 Battle of Charleston
 Battle of Concord
 Battle of Cowpens
 Battle of Guiliford Courthouse
 Battle of Lexington
 Battle of Long Island
 Battle of Monmouth
 Battle of Princeton
 Battle of Saratoga
 Battle of Trenton
 Battle of Yorktown
 Boston Massacre*
 Boston Tea Party*
 Constitutional Convention
 First Continental Congress
 Second Continental Congress
 Siege of Boston
 Valley Forge
Others
 Articles of Confederation
 British Army
 Committee of Five
 Culper Ring
 Daughters of Liberty
 Declaration of Independence*
 Fort Ticonderoga
 Great Compromise
 Green Mountain Boys
 Hessians
 Intolerable Acts
 New Jersey Plan
 Olive Branch Petition
 Sons of Liberty*
 Stamp Act
 Tea Act of 1773
 Three-fifths Compromise
 Townshend Acts
 Virginia Plan
 Weapons of the Revolution