American Revolution History Escape Room - Sons of Liberty

The British king is becoming a tyrant.  He is refusing to give colonists a voice in the Parliament, while imposing laws and taxes that affect only you in the colonies. “How can an island rule a continent?” is how Thomas Paine would say it in his heart-stirring pamphlet Common Sense several years later.  Samuel Adams, the founder of the underground resistance group, Sons of Liberty, has begun to organize protests.  You have shown courage, trustworthiness, and most importantly the ability to think on your feet.  He has chosen you to help organize the local chapters of the Sons of Liberty.  Samuel Adams needs to send coded messages to the resistance to organize them.  And you are the person for the job.  If the British were to find out, you would all be hanged for treason.  Be careful, be quick, and don’t let the secret information fall into the wrong hands.

Before the class starts you will be able to download a short "Puzzle Preview" sheet for all of the puzzles with a lot of good historical information packed in.  This will be a time saver during the escape room so there is no confusion about what exactly to do in the puzzle.   Don't worry there will still be many other surprises.

You will have only 50 minutes to decode and deliver the messages to organize protests and boycotts of Britain's harsh laws and taxes.  You have to be quick because your last puzzle secures your entry into the famous Boston Tea Party in a final act of defiance!  

In this action, information packed Escape Room:
* Find a hidden proverb in Poor Richard's Almanack and decode what it means for the Sons of Liberty
* Find hidden messages in two, unique codes
* Find the secret symbol the Sons of Liberty used to protest the Stamp Act
* Find the code hidden in a picture to get into the Boston Tea Party

THIS IS A GREAT INTRODUCTION ACTIVITY TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION! It will give an overview of the Sons of Liberty, Daughters of Liberty, Patriots and Tories, Stamp Act, Townshend Act, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack, and so much more!