Recreate history through play-acting. This will bring the past to life and allow students to get up close and personal with various aspects of the Revolution. After reading about the primary personalities involved in this historical period, students can do a report where they present their findings as one of the characters, whether it be George Washington or Betsy Ross. Other students can ask questions of the character about his life, both personally and professionally.
Discuss the issues that the colonists had with England by holding a Sons of Liberty meeting. Make rustic invitations with waxed-sealed labels. Dress in costume. Take votes and re-enact the steps involved in the Boston Tea Party.
Hand out tokens as rewards to students for good behavior, for grades, for politeness or for whatever you can think of until all of your students have acquired a substantial amount of tokens. Follow with a few days of taxing them -- without explanation. Create taxes for hall passes, chairs, entering the classroom or talking without hand raising; be as creative as you like. When the unfairness of your game sets in and students begin rebelling, introduce a lesson on the circumstances that led to the American Revolution. Children will understand, first hand, how the colonists must have felt. You can take it further by allowing them to form petitions. They can perform as loyalists or protesters.
Create an ABC book about the American Revolution. Students can be formed into groups where each are assigned certain letters of the alphabet, or they can work individually. Utilizing nouns from previous studied facts on the Revolution, they can write a paragraph to coincide with each letter. The page for "B' could be about the Boston Tea Party or Bunker Hill. Illustrations could be included to further enhance the creative aspects of this activity.
Construct a game with a "Fact Wheel." Use poster board to create a divided circle (like a pie) with titles pertaining to the Revolution. Make a spinner for the wheel. The person spinning has to reveal a fact related to the title they land on. The game can be casual or formal, using scoring and teams.