Revolutionary Era 1763-1828
http://downloads.abc-clio.com/downloads/ViewList.aspx?section=cwf
3 series American History: Defining Moments, Readers Theatre, Inquiry Into History:
Colonial Williamsburg
Downloadables/ready-made activities and lesson plans.
http://franklinpapers.org/franklin/agree
What You Can Do: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin is a collaborative undertaking by a team of scholars at
Yale University to collect, edit, and publish [his] writings and papers.
http://www.royalprovincial.com/
The On-line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies
Sampling of manuscripts relating to the Loyalist military, including muster rolls, orderly
books, regimental documents, courts martial and memorials.
http://www.directlinesoftware.com/landacq.htm
Acquiring Land (U.S.)
Land record researchers locate historic land parcels.
http://fora.tv/partner/Society_of_the_Cincinnati
The Society of the Cincinnati
American Revolution: Society library, museum and educational outreach programs.
--FORA.tv is the leading site for engaging video programs from conferences, summits,
public forums, university debates and think tanks across the globe.
http://library.uncg.edu/slavery/
Digital Library on American Slavery
Data from eighteenth and nineteenth century documents, processed over a period of
eighteen years.
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/franklin.htm
Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790: Representing Pennsylvania at the Continental Congress
Short Biographies on each of the 56 Declaration Signers
http://www.snowcrest.net/jmike/amrevmil.html
The American Revolution
History resource page with links to sites.
http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/
Bibliography of Published Primary Sources in African History
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/
Revolutionary History From Revolution to Reconstruction and Beyond
Historical sources and transcripts.
http://mapscholar.org/category/news/
Maps Scholar
Dynamic visualization tool for historic map collections.
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/
Teaching With Documents: Lesson Plans
This section contains reproducible copies of primary documents from the holdings of the
National Archives of the United States, and teaching activities.
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/browse?type=lcsubc&key=Fairfield%
20(Conn.)%20--%20History%20-%20Burning%20by%20the%20British%2C%201779&c=x
Fairfield (Conn.)—History—Burning by the British, 1799
The Online Books Page
http://fora.tv/partner/Constitutional_Sources_Project
ConSource
Discussion of U.S. Constitution—documentary history of its creation, ratification, and
amendment
http://fora.tv/2007/08/25/Eric_Foner_The_Underground_Railroad
The Underground Railroad
Prominent American historian Eric Foner talks about The Underground Railroad in
relation to Jacob's Pillow's historic connections and the performance of choreographer
Joanna Haigood's site-specific Invisible Wings.
http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu/collections/History/AmericanFounding
The American Founding Period
University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
http://www.mountvernon.org/encyclopedia
Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/
Legacies of British Slave-ownership
Umbrella for two projects based at UCL tracing the impact of slave-ownership on the
formation of modern Britain: the ESRC funded Legacies of British Slave-ownership
project, now complete, and the ESRC and AHRC-funded Structure and significance of
British Caribbean slave-ownership 1763-1833, running from 2013-2015.
http://www.history.ac.uk/podcasts
Institute of Historical Research
Podcasts
http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu/collections/history
The History Collection
University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
http://slavery.yale.edu/
Yale Slavery and Abolition Portal
This site is designed to help researchers and students find primary sources related to
slavery, abolition, and resistance within the university's many libraries and galleries.
http://docsteach.org/activities/19/detail?mode=browse&menu=clos...
Road to Revolution: Patriotism or Treason?
Use this activity at the beginning of a unit on the American Revolution when introducing
or reviewing the causes of the war and the various opinions represented during the
writing of the Declaration of Independence. For grades 6-8.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
The Library of Congress: American Memory
Written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and
sheet music that document the American experience.
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/convention1787.html
The Constitutional Convention of 1787
Links to Constitution itself, maps, essays, debates, readings, images, etc.
http://www.usconstitution.net/articles.html
The Articles of Confederation
Links to Articles—Site written by Steve Mount, credentials can be found on the site.
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/congress.htm
First Continental Congress
Proceedings of the First Continental Congress
http://www.vahistorical.org/collections-and-resources/virginia-history-explorer/thomasjefferson?legacy=true
Thomas Jefferson and The Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
Introduction and Annotated Transcript
http://www.ushistory.org/us/15a.asp
Shays’ Rebellion
A brief history
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/presidents/john-adams/the-xyz-affair-1797.php
John Adams: XYZ Affair, Philadelphia, PA, 1797-05-16
Speech
http://www.law.ou.edu/ushistory/paris.shtml
A Chronology of US Historical Documents
The Paris Peace Treaty of 1783
http://www.dlar.org/
David Library of the American Revolution
Specialized research library dedicated to the study of American history circa 1750 to
1800.
http://fora.tv/2007/03/05/18th_Century_American_Rights
Eighteenth Century American Rights
Jack N. Rove speaks at the Central European University's Legacies of the American
Founding conference in Budapest, Hungary.
http://fora.tv/2007/03/05/Origins_of_American_Constitutionalism
The Origins of American Constitutionalism
Keynote address from Gordon Wood at Central European University's Legacies of the
American Founding conference in Budapest, Hungary.
http://fora.tv/2000/11/15/George_Washington_and_American_Civility
George Washington and American Civility
Dr. Kesler addressed the connection of civility and citizenship as understood by George
Washington and other Founding Fathers, against the backdrop of the uncivil controversy
in the aftermath of the recent presidential election.