Revolutionary War
Events:
Overview of the Revolutionary War - Outline of American History http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/index.htm
includes biographies, essays, and documents
American History Sources for Students - American Revolution - places, people, and events
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/amrev.html
Global Access to Educational Sources- American Revolution - primary sources
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/6617/amlist6.html
Revolutionary War Unit from Greentown Elementary North Canton, OH
http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~greentown/revwar.htm
American Revolution Timeline from The History Place
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/
American Revolution timeline from PBS - http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_timeline.html
Newspaper Chronicles - http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle.html
American Revolution web sites
http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/revolutionarywar/
Timeline from the Library of Congress - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/timeline.html
Another Timeline of Revolutionary War events from Kidport
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/AmericanRevolution/AmerRevolution.htm#Timeline
Timeline of Revolutionary War events from US History.org
http://www.ushistory.org/march/timeline.htm
Archiving Early America - info, puzzles, other sites, forums
http://earlyamerica.com/
Revolutionary War hotlists from Elise Mueller - lots of links
http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/Revolutionarywar.html
Battles - Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, and Trenton - maps and information
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1197.html
Major battles of the War ( a table) - http://www.srcalifornia.com/
Revolutionary War sites from North Polk High School Media Center
http://hs.n-polk.k12.ia.us/departments/Media/amerev.html
Spy Letters of the American Revolution
http://www.si.umich.edu/spies/people.html
Declaration of Independence:
Library of Congress - http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/declara1.html
Early America - http://earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom/doi/index.html
National Archives - http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/charters_of_freedom/charters_of_freedom.html
*Users Guide to the Declaration of Independence - http://www.founding.com/
Biographies of the signers of the Declaration - http://www.colonialhall.com/biodoi.asp
More Biographies - http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/index.htm
Transcript of the Declaration http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/charters_of_freedom/declaration/declaration.html
Transcript of the Constitution http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/charters_of_freedom/constitution/constitution.html
Transcript of the Bill of Rights -
http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/charters_of_freedom/bill_of_rights/bill_of_rights.html
PBS - American Revolution - Liberty! - http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
Road to Revolution game - http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/road.html
PEOPLE:
George Washington - Library of Congress - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwhome.html
Letters of George Washington - from University of Virginia, includes acrostics(scroll down)
http://minerva.acc.Virginia.EDU/gwpapers/
George Washington biography - http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gw1.html
George Washington papers and addresses - http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/gw1/gw1.htm
George Washington biography - http://sc94.ameslab.gov/TOUR/gwash.html
George Washington Biography Lesson - http://www.mountvernon.org/learn/meet_george/index.cfm/
George Washington from encyclopedia - http://ap.grolier.com/browse?type=profiles#pres
Martha Washington - http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/mw1.html
Martha W from Groliers -http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0410810-00&templatename=/article/article.html
Martha from US History.org - http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/martha.html
Abigail Adams - wife of second president - http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/aa2.html
Another biography - http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/whm/bio/adams_a.htm
John Adams - second president - http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ja2.html
Patriot and second president - http://www.universalway.org/johnadams.html
Another biography - http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/johnadams1.htm
A Biography - http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/ja2/about/bio/adamsxx.htm
John Adams and the Boston Massacre - lesson plans for a trial http://64.226.212.131/03_educators/teacher/boston.htm
Samuel Adams - American patriot and revolutionary
http://www.colonialhall.com/adamss/adamss.php
The life of Samuel Adams - http://www.americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/ADAMS2.HTM
Samuel Adams from History Central - http://www.multied.com/Bio/RevoltBIOS/AdamsSamuel.html
Ethan Allen - American hero - http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/allen/allenxx.htm
Ethan Allen written by a student - http://darter.ocps.k12.fl.us/classroom/revolution/allen.htm
Reading and quiz - http://academics.smcvt.edu/lwilliams/VT_Readings/Ethan_Allen/ethan_allen.htm
Major John Andre - British spy - http://www.ushistory.org/march/bio/andre.htm
John Andre, Spy, from U-S-History - http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1276.html
Also a short bio of John Andre - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/andre.html
Major John Andre http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/The_Great_Republic_By_the_Master_Historians_Vol_II/majorjohn_hg.html
Benedict Arnold - American traitor - http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/arnold.html
Another Benedict Arnold - http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/fall97/arnold.html
Crispus Attucks - African American hero - http://www.crispusattucks.org/crispus_attucks.html
Also Crispus Attucks from PBS - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2p24.html
Another Crispus Attucks site - http://www.africawithin.com/bios/crispus_attucks.htm
Josiah Bartlett - http://www.colonialhall.com/bartlett/bartlett.php
John Burgoyne - http://www.masshist.org/bh/burgoynebio.html
George Rogers Clark - http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/ihb/resources/grcbio.html
Additional resources - http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/ihb/resources/ihbgrc.html
Charles Cornwallis - http://www.patriotresource.com/people/cornwallis.html
Benjamin Franklin Patriot, inventor, statesman from the Franklin Institute
http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/rotten.html
Another Ben Franklin site - http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/LIT/franklin.htm
Ben Franklin for Kids- http://bensguide.gpo.gov/benfranklin/
The Electric Ben Franklin - http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/
Worksheet to accompany the Ben Franklin web site - click here
After researching above, try the quiz at http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/franklin-sw.htm
Thomas Gage - British general - http://www.clements.umich.edu/Webguides/Arlenes/G/Gage.html
Another Gage biography http://www.famousamericans.net/thomasgage1/
Thomas Gage - http://www.patriotresource.com/people/gage.html
Horatio Gates - http://www.patriotresource.com/people/gates.html
Nathanael Greene - http://www.patriotresource.com/people/greene.html
Quartermaster Nathanael Greene - http://www.qmfound.com/MG_Nathanael_Greene.htm
More about Greene - http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/greene.html
Nathan Hale - Connecticut hero - http://www.ctssar.org/patriots/nathan_hale.htm
More Nathan Hale from CIA - http://www.odci.gov/cia/ciakids/history/nathan.html
Nathan Hale for Kids includes facts and activities - http://ursamajor.hartnet.org/als/nathanhale/trail.htm
Patrick Henry - Virginia Orator - http://www.history.org/Almanack/people/bios/biohen.cfm
Another Patrick Henry - http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/henry.htm
John Hancock - Signer of Declaration - http://www.colonialhall.com/hancock/hancock.php
Another John Hancock - http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/hancock.htm
William Howe - British General - http://earlyamerica.com/review/2001_winter_spring/howe_1.html
More William Howe - http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0824356.html
Thomas Jefferson from PBS - Writer of the Declaration and President
http://www.pbs.org/jefferson
Another Jefferson site - http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/tj3/about/jeffersonxx.htm
Another Thomas J site - http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/tj3.html
Explore Monticello where Thomas Jefferson lived - http://www.monticello.org/
**Jefferson worksheet - http://www.kathimitchell.com/tjwork.html
John Paul Jones - Naval hero -http://www.schoonerman.com/jpaulj.htm
More John Paul Jones - http://web2.iadfw.net/lrs/jones.html
Still more JPJ - http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/3020/jones.html
Thaddeus Kosciuszko - http://www.polishamericancenter.org/Kosciuszko.htm
A Polish Son of Liberty - http://www.monticello.org/press/newsletter/2001/thad.pdf
Another Kosciuszko site - http://www.ushistory.org/tour/tour_kosciu.htm
Marquis de Lafayette - http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/lafayette.html
Francis "Swamp Fox" Marion military leader from South Carolina
http://www.patriotresource.com/people/marion.html
Swamp Fox from Greenwood School District - http://www.gwd50.k12.sc.us/FrancisMarion.htm
Francis Marion - http://www.virtualology.com/virtualwarmuseum.com/revolutionarywarhall/FRANCISMARION.NET/
Teacher's Guide for 2001 Cobblestone issue about Francis Marion
http://www.cobblestonepub.com/pages/TGCOBBSwampFox.html
James Otis - lawyer and revolutionary - http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0837052.html
James Otis -http://www.barnstablepatriot.com/sscape/jotis.html
Thomas Paine - http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/tpaine/paine.htm
More Thomas Paine -http://www.ushistory.org/paine/
Read Thomas Paine's Common Sense -
http://earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/commonsense/text.html
Kasimir Pulaski (also Casimir) - Chicago Public Library - http://cpl.lib.uic.edu/003cpl/pulaskibiog.html
Another Pulaski site - http://www.newbedford.k12.ma.us/elementary/casimir.htm
Another Pulaski site - http://www.iyp.org/polish/history/pulaski.html
Paul Revere - http://www.paulreverehouse.org/bio/
Another Paul Revere - http://www.earlyamerica.com/lives/revere/chapt1/index.html
Paul Revere in NH? from SeacoastNH - http://www.seacoastnh.com/history/rev/revere.html
Betsy Ross - http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/
Her Life - http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flaglife.html
From About.com - http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blross.htm
Revolutionary War flags - http://www.anyflag.com/history/
Deborah Samson Fought in the Revolutionary War
http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets.html
Deborah Samson - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/1789/samson.html
Another Deborah Sampson site -http://www.canton.org/samson/
Benjamin Tallmadge Soldier/spy who captured Major Andre
http://www.virtualology.com/virtualwarmuseum.com/revolutionarywarhall/BENJAMINTALLMADGE.COM/
Newsday Stories about Tallmadge:
http://web.archive.org/web/20040430133510/http:/www.newsday.com/extras/lihistory/4/hs415a.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20040605012813/http:/www.newsday.com/extras/lihistory/4/hs417a.htm
http://www.newsday.com/extras/lihistory/4/hs419a.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20040618094416/http://www.newsday.com/extras/lihistory/4/hs419a.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20040620035512/http:/www.newsday.com/extras/lihistory/vault/hs420av.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20040616111359/http:/www.newsday.com/extras/lihistory/4/hs430a.htm
The Culper Gang - http://www.si.umich.edu/spies/stories-networks-3.html
The Setauket Spies - http://www.threevillagehistoricalsociety.org/18thcent.html
Tench Tilghman - assistant to George Washington
http://web.archive.org/web/20040721084111/http:/www.thatharfordsite.com/history/maryland/tench_tilghman.htm
About Famous People - http://www.aboutfamouspeople.com/article1019.html
Maryland Archives - http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/4873/html/216prog.html
Mattthew Thornton - http://www.colonialhall.com/thornton/thornton.php
From SeacoastNH - http://www.seacoastnh.com/framers/thornton.html
Baron von Steuben - http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/steuben.html
William Whipple - http://www.colonialhall.com/whipple/whipple.php
Classroom Activities:
Activities for the Revolution War from 42explore
http://www.42explore2.com/revolt.htm
American Revolution HotLists - http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/amrevol.html
American Revolution Lesson Plans/Thematic Unit and Bibliography -
http://web.archive.org/web/20040610162817/http:/people2.clarityconnect.com/webpages4/kcarsons/oconunit/index.htm
American Revolution Links from North Polk High School http://hs.n-polk.k12.ia.us/departments/Media/amerev.html
American Revolution Webquest
http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/KSD/DE/research/revolution/index.html
Benjamin Franklin scavenger hunt http://people2.clarityconnect.com/webpages4/kcarsons/oconunit/instruct.htm
The British Are Coming! Thinkquest activity
http://library.thinkquest.org/10966/data/quiz.shtml
Connecticut Sons of the American Revolution see Patriots and Flag Etiquette
http://www.ctssar.org/
Drums Along the Mohawk - The American Revolution on the New York frontier
http://www.nyhistory.net/~drums/
Events Leading to Revolution - PBS Chronicle of the Revolution http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
Founding Fathers who signed the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and Constitution
http://www.colonialhall.com/biography.php
Fun Games on the Revolutionary War - match the cards, follow Paul Revere, and word searches
http://library.thinkquest.org/10966/fun.shtml
Join the Revolution from Education World
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson175.shtml
Lots of other sites about the Revolutionary War - from Keene, NH http://www.deweybrowse.org/American_Revolution.html
Revolutionary War Activities http://www.coollessons.org/revolutionarywarwebquest.htm
http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/mmoran/computerclasslinks/revwar.htm
Revolutionary War classroom activities - from Carol Hurst
http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/ushistory/revolution.html
Revolutionary War Internet Scavenger Hunt from SC
http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/York.htm
Another scavenger hunt - http://mrspskids.tripod.com/rwhunt.html
Revolutionary War Lesson Plans - scroll down the page
http://www.proteacher.com/090022.shtml
Revolutionary War maps from American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/armhtml/armhome.html
Revolutionary War Words WebQuest
http://staff.msad71.net/tpost/quests/revolutionary_war_words.htm
Revolutionary War Web Quest from Elise Mueller http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/Revolutionarywar.html
Music from http://www.contemplator.com/america/
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