United States History I
American Revolution Project
Mrs. Menzella
Imagine that you are a newspaper reporter who is present during the American Revolution. Your job is to
report the news to all of the thirteen colonies, explaining what is happening during the revolution.
You are required to report about THREE major events from the Revolutionary War. Include
“interviews” with eye witnesses on the scene, an attention grabbing headline, all of the important facts
and details, etc. This should read like an actual newspaper and each news story should be roughly one
page in length.
You will be graded on grammar, spelling, sentence structure and thoughtfulness within your writing as
well as how accurate and detailed your information is and creativity. Show me you put some work into
this. Don’t save it for the night before!
Possible topics:
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The Treaty of Paris
The Passage of one of the following:
o The Stamp Act
o The Declaratory Acts
o The Tea Act
o The Intolerable Acts
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party
The Olive Branch Petition
Lexington & Concord
Saratoga and the American alliance with France
Trenton/Princeton
Yorktown (Cornwallis surrenders)
The first and second meetings of the Continental Congress
The small pox outbreak in the colonies
The Sons of Liberty – protests, tarring and feathering
A rough draft of your three articles will be due on: Friday, October 30th
The final draft of this assignment will be due on: Wednesday, November 11th