American Revolution Research

AMERICANS:

Abigail Adams - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

John Adams - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

Benedict Arnold - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

Alexander Hamilton - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

Benjamin Franklin - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

Benjamin Lincoln - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

Ethan Allen - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

Henry Knox - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

Henry Lee - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

Horatio Gates - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

John Hancock - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

John Paul Jones - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

Martha Washington - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

Nathaniel Greene - Encyclopedia Article

Patrick Henry - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

Paul Revere - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

Phillis Wheatley - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

Roger Sherman - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

Samuel Adams - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

Thomas Jefferson - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

Thomas Paine - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

Margaret Corbin - Encyclopedia Article

Deborah Sampson - Encyclopedia Article

John Laurens - Sorry - No ebooks or Encyclopedia articles

Francis Marion - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

Daniel Morgan - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

George Washington - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIAebooks

Anthony Wayne - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

FRENCH:

King Louis XVI - Encyclopedia Article (scroll down to find King Louis XVI) - MackinVIA ebooks

Marquis de Lafayette - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

Pierre Charles L’Enfant - Encyclopedia Article

BRITISH:

King George III - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

Lord Cornwallis - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

Sir Henry Clinton - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

Sir John Burgoyne - Encyclopedia Article

Sir William Howe - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

Thomas Gage - Encyclopedia Article - MackinVIA ebooks

REVOLUTIONARY WAR WEBSITES:

• America's Founding Documents - Declaration of Independence
  The National Archives and Records Administration exhibits its original copy of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and provides information about its adoption.
  https://www.archives.gov/founding%2Ddocs/declaration

• Archiving Early America: "Revolution"
  Hundreds of primary and secondary sources relating to the American Revolution. Provided by Archiving Early America, a depository of primary sources maintained by archivist Don Vitale.
  https://www.varsitytutors.com/earlyamerica?s=revolution

• Coming of the American Revolution Topic List
  Newspapers, documents, and letters from the Massachusetts Historical Society for the study of the Intolerable and Coercive acts; the Sons of Liberty; the Boston Massacre; the Committees of Correspondence; Continental Congresses; the battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill; the Continental Army; and the Declaration of Independence.
  http://www.masshist.org/revolution/topics.php

• Exhibitions & Treasures / American Independence
  Image and transcript of the one last plea for a redress of grievances—the Olive Branch Petition to King George III—issued by the Second Continental Congress. The rejection of the petition by the king was among the British policy actions responsible for pushing the Americans toward independence. From the U.K.'s National Archives.
  http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/museum/item.asp?item_id=28

• James A. Percoco: In 4 Minutes
  Short video lessons about the early stages of the American Revolution by noted history educator James A. Percoco, a teacher-in-residence for the Civil War Trust (American Battlefield Trust). Included are lessons about the early years of the United States, the battles of Lexington and Concord, the 1776 siege of Boston, the Battle of Bunker Hill, Benedict Arnold, and Revolutionary War monuments.
  https://www.battlefields.org/contributors/james%2Dpercoco

• Joseph Galloway, Plan of Union
  Text of loyalist Joseph Galloway's plan of union, which was aimed at averting the break with Britain and was narrowly defeated by the First Continental Congress. From the Web edition of 'The Founders' Constitution' (UChicago Press).
  http://press%2Dpubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/v1ch7s3.html

• Khan Academy's AP US History: Period 3: 1754-1800
  Lessons and tutorial videos on the American Revolution, the Declaration of Independence, and the shaping of the new republic. From Khan Academy, a leading e-learning resource. [Keywords: Seven Years' War, French and Indian War, taxation without representation, Townshend Acts, Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, Articles of Confederation, Continental Congress, Shays' Rebellion, Constitutional Convention, three-fifth clause, John Trumbull.]
  https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap%2Dus%2Dhistory/period%2D3

• LIBERTY! The American Revolution
  Chronicle of the American Revolution told through brief biographies, images, defining documents, a time line, and "The Road to Revolution" game. Based on a PBS documentary series.
  http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_subject.html

• Paul Revere's Engraving - Explained
  Background information and interesting facts about the famous Paul Revere engraving depicting the Boston Massacre; with images of this and another depiction of the Boston Massacre created by him. From the Boston Massacre Historical Society.
  http://www.bostonmassacre.net/gravure.htm

• Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States, Part I
  Digitized 1787 edition of Baron von Steuben's textbook on military discipline. From the Internet Archive.
  https://archive.org/details/2575060R.nlm.nih.gov

• Revolutionary Period (1764-1789) - America's Story
  Short articles about major events, documents, and people of the American Revolution and the founding of the United States. Part of America's Story—a Library of Congress Web site for younger students.
  http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/revolut/jb_revolut_subj.html

• The American Revolution - NPS
  National Park Service American Revolution Web site offers information about the Revolution parks around the country as well as a variety of educational materials about the Revolutionary War.
  https://www.nps.gov/revwar/

• The Life of George Washington — The Movie
  3-part movie about the life, times, and battles of George Washington. (Based on images from Archiving Early America, a depository of primary sources maintained by archivist Don Vitale.)
  https://www.varsitytutors.com/earlyamerica/videos/life%2Dgeorge%2Dwashington

• The Price of Freedom: Americans at War - War of Independence
  The story of the Revolutionary War—told through portraits, paintings, maps, and artifacts from the collection of the National Museum of American History. Part of the museum's exhibit devoted to the wars fought by the United States.
  https://amhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/printable/section.asp?id=1