American Revolution Websites
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

Causes of the American Revolution -

http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/revwar1/

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

Music from http://www.contemplator.com/america/

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