The Revolutionary War

 

Websites

 

Liberty! The American Revolution

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/index.html

 

This site by PBS has a variety of information.  Check out the “Chronicles of the Revolution” and “Perspectives on Liberty” for activities, timelines, and historical headlines.

Biographies

http://www.multied.com/Bio/RevoltBIOS/INDEX.html

 

Find out about key people of the Revolutionary War.

African Americans in the Revolutionary War

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2narr4.html

 

http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/aaffsfl.htm

 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2p53.html

 

 

Boston Massacre

http://www.bostonmassacre.net/

 

http://americanhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa041401a.htm

 

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_boston1774.html

 

 

Declaration of Independence

http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters/declaration.html

 

See a copy of the actual document and learn a little about its history.

Important battles of the Revolutionary War

http://keep3.sjfc.edu/students/jml1533/unitplan/battlepage.htm

 

Get information on eight key battles of the war.

The Bill of Rights

http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters/bill_of_rights.html

 

See a copy of the actual document and learn a little about its history.

The Boston Tea Party

http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/MilSci/BTSI/abs_bostea.html

 

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/teaparty/bostonxx.htm

 

This is a brief summary of the cause of this well-known event.

The Constitution

http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters/constitution.html

 

See a copy of the actual document and learn a little about its history.

The Continental Congress I, II

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/intro01.html

 

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/popup_secondcongress.html

 

 

The Intolerable Acts

http://www.usfca.edu/fac-staff/conwell/revolution/congress.htm

 

 

The Stamp Act

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/popup_stampact.html

 

Read about what this historical act and the events that followed it.

Townsend Acts

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h643.html

 

 

Women in the Revolutionary War

http://www.coe.ilstu.edu/jabraun/students/schultz/revwarwomen.htm

 

http://ws.web.arizona.edu/ws200/fall97/grp11/part7.htm

 

 

 

Created by A. Samaniego, CIT, Ed Cody Elementary, NISD

11/5/04