Colonial Rebellion Review Activities | Puzzles for Civics & American History

This Colonial Rebellion Civics Review Activities kit includes four review puzzles that cover key concepts and vocabulary related to the Causes of the American Revolution, Colonial Rebellion, and the Declaration of Independence. The worksheets include a maze escape, crossword puzzle, word search, and an emoji riddle for students to crack! Perfect for middle school Civics, American History, or American Government students, these puzzles can work as a unit review or test prep before the Civics EOC. They also make a great, easy sub plan! 

This resource is aligned to the following Florida State Standard for Middle School Civics:

• SS.7.CG.1.5 Describe how British policies and responses to colonial concerns led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence. 

This Colonial Rebellion Review Activities resource includes:

✯ A Maze Escape. Students navigate the maze of review questions by drawing a straight line through each correct answer. Questions cover key concepts related to the Colonial Rebellion, including the Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, Boston Tea Party, Boston Massacre, Continental Congress, and Declaration of Independence. 

Sample questions in the Maze Escape:

• The Stamp Act placed an extra tax on these types of goods. (Paper goods)
• This was the first deadly conflict between British soldiers and protesting American colonists. (The Boston Massacre)
• The name of Thomas Paine’s 1776 pamphlet encouraging colonists to support the Revolution. (Common Sense)

✯ A Vocabulary Crossword with key words related to the Colonial Rebellion.

Sample Crossword clues include:

• To protest a tax on tea, colonial rebels dumped British tea into this city’s harbor. (Boston)
• This act imposed a tax requiring a special watermark on certain goods, including land deeds and marriage certificates. (The Stamp Act)
• At the Second Continental Congress, the American colonies declared this from King George III. (Independence)

✯ A Vocabulary Word Search with a word bank full of vocabulary terms.

• Sample words from the Word Bank: Revolution, Declaration, Taxation, Representation, Boston Tea Party, Sugar Act, Townshend Acts.

✯ An Emoji Riddle activity. Students decipher emoji codes that represent key vocabulary words. A super fun activity! (Happy Teacher Tip: Extend this game by challenging students to come up with their own emoji codes for other vocab words!)

✯ Answer keys for each activity!

This is great for a sub day, extra enrichment, homework, or as end-of-the-year review before exams!

This resource is presented as a non-editable, printable PDF. It includes an answer key. A digital version is also available through TPT Easel! Easel Activities can be assigned directly to your Google Classroom, or you can generate a link to share with students via email or your LMS!

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