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Student Site
Chapter 6: The War for America, 1775-1783
Links
 Africans in America: Revolution,
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/title.html
"A site on the personal, religious, and legal
challenges of African Americans during the Revolutionary Era. One section
of a four-part site created by PBS Online as a supplement to their
television documentary, Revolution covers the years 1750-1805. It
contains a brief narrative of the period and an extensive resource bank
that includes short explanations of key people and events, historical
documents, and commentary on specific subjects by historians."*
Brandywine Battlefield,
www.ushistory.org/brandywine/index.html
"The Brandywine Battle on the Web. The Brandywine
Battlefield Park is the site of the largest engagement of the
Revolutionary War, fought between General William Howe's British troops
and George Washington's Continental Army. The site profiles the famous
men and common soldiers who fought in the battle and offers a description
of the battle and images of Washington and Lafayette's headquarters.
Potential visitors to the park can also access directions and visitor
information."*
Declaration of Independence,
http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/declaration/
"The History Channels' online exhibit on the
writing of the Declaration of Independence. The exhibit provides
background on the signers of the Declaration as well as on the document,
with hypertext links to key events and figures of the Revolution. A
hypertext version of the Declaration of Independence links the student to
explanations of various sections of the text, written by Historian
Elizabeth Hovey."*
Early America,
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/index.html
"Historical background on colonial and early
national America. This site includes a variety of different resources,
including biographies of Franklin, Washington, Boon and Revere; brief
biographies of notable early American women; online versions of the
Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights; images
of Revolutionary era newspapers; explanations of important treaties; and
a history of American firsts. Maps and the early American portrait
gallery paint a picture of the American people and landscape at this time
in the nation's development."*
Liberty!,
http://www.pbs.org/liberty
"The official online companion to the PBS
documentary series LIBERTY! The American Revolution. The site contains a
timeline, news articles written during the time of the Revolution, links
to other sites of interest, video and audio recreations of firsthand
accounts of the Revolution, modern perspectives on liberty and American
citizenship from newly naturalized citizens, and a quiz on the site
materials. The pages cover from the time of the Boston Tea Party up until
the creation of the Bill of Rights."*
The American Revolution,
http://americanrevolution.org/
"An excellent resource on many aspects of the
American Revolution. This site includes original material as well as over
1,500 links to American Revolution Web sites. The Scholars' Showcase
features essays on events, central figures, women, Indians, and Blacks
from the Revolutionary period. Flags over America includes flags used
during the Revolution as well as flags from the earlier colonial period.
The art gallery displays images of famous and less well-known paintings
of people and events from the Revolutionary era."*
The Battle of Bunker Hill,
http://www.masshist.org/bh/
"Massachusetts Historical Society's online exhibit
in celebration of the 225th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill.
This site includes a timeline of the American Revolution, maps and
sketches of the battle, eyewitness accounts of the battle, and
biographies of the eyewitnesses. The accounts range from the more
well-known letter of Abigail Adams to her husband John, to descriptions
written by Boston residents and soldiers in the battle. For a general
overview of the battle, look at Bernard Bailyn's essay at the top of the
page."*
* sv. "Links",
http://bedfordstmartins.com/tap/
Primary Documents
The Boston
Massacre: Boston Gazette and Country Journal, March 12, 1770
Anonymous
Account of the Boston Massacre
Captain
Thomas Preston's account of the Boston Massacre, 13 March 1770
Articles
of Confederation, 1777
An Appeal to
the Inhabitants of Quebec from the Continental Congress, Philadelphia,
1774
Edmund Burke,
"Speech on conciliation with America, March 22, 1775"
The
Continental Congress: The Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, July 6,
1775
Declaration of
Independence
Proclamation,
by The King, for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition, August 23, 1775
The
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
The
Virginia Declaration of Rights June 12, 1776
Declaration
and Resolves, Continental Congress, October 14, 1774
A
Summary View of the Rights of British America, Thomas Jefferson, 1774
Give Me
Liberty Or Give Me Death, Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775
The Olive
Branch Petition, July 8, 1775
Considerations
on the Nature and Extent of the Legislative Authority of the British
Parliament, James Wilson, 1774
The
Continental Congress’ Declaration of Rights and Grievances, Journal of
the Stamp-Act Congress, October 19, 1765
Charles
Inglis,
The True Interest of America Impartially Stated, 1776
Thomas
Paine, Common Sense
FOR ADDITIONAL
PRIMARY DOCUMENTS
Maps and Photos
Death of
Jane Mccrea (jpg, 39.8K)
Painted Drum (jpg, 85.8K)
Abigail Adams
(jpg, 55K)
George Washington
(jpg, 30K)
John
Dickinson (jpg, 28K)
John
Hancock (jpg, 57K)
Joseph Brant
(jpg, 11K)
General John Burgoyne
(jpg, 9K)
Horatio Gates
(jpg, 5K)
William Howe
(jpg, 17K)
Henry Clinton
(jpg, 8K)
Lord
Cornwallis (jpg, 15K)
Benedict Arnold
(jpg, 23K)
Phillis Wheatley
(jpg, 48K)
Thomas Paine
(jpg, 41K)
Large Battle Maps
Note: These maps are large in size and
memory allocation. Most are over 200k and will require several minutes to
download with a modem.
Operations Around Boston, 1775-1776
(PD Map)
Operations Around New York and Trenton, 1776-1777
(PD Map)
Burgoyne's Expedition, 1776
(PD Map)
Operations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 1777-1778
(PD Map)
Operations in the Carolinas, 1778-1781
(PD Map)
Operations in Virginia, 1781
(PD Map)
Population Density, 1775
(PD Map)
Lexington and Concord and The Battle of Bunker
Hill
(PD Map)
The
Invasion of Canada, 1775-1776 (PD Map)
The
Battle of Long Island (PD Map)
The
Christmas Campaign (PD Map)
The
Campaign of 1777 (PD Map)
The
Battle of Brandywine (PD Map)
The
Battle of Fort Montgomery (PD Map)
West
Point Defenses (PD Map)
The
Battle of Stony Point (PD Map)
The
South, 1780 (PD Map)
The
South, 1781 (PD Map)
The
Battle of Cowpens (PD Map)
Copied from West Point's History Department's on-line map library @
http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/dhistorymaps/MapsHome.htm
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