VIDEOS:
A good introductory video about the D of I:
Watch Liberty's Kids: First Fourth of July (below) and in your blue book write a one paragraph summary of this episode AND make a list of 5 things you learned about the Declaration of Independence.
"What is The Declaration of Independence?" reading out loud with images. There are two 5 minutes videos. Look for where it says, "what is d of i part 1" and "what is d of i part 2" in the list.
Here is the video about the start of the Boston Massacre
• if you are looking for the image of Revere's engraving, it is the second one listed under "Attachments" below.
Use the lyrics I gave you in class and do your best with the assignment. Enjoy the video!
D. of I and Jefferson Resources:
Mashpee Indians in Massachusetts demand self-government in 1833, just like in the D of I!
http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/jefferson
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/jefferson/aa_jefferson_subj.html#more
http://www.monticello.org/site/plantation-and-slavery
More resources about Colonial America:
Committees of Correspondence are formed in colonial Massachusetts: http://www.massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=67
This article describes how communities around Massachusetts connected to resist the changes Britain was making to the way the colonies were ruled. This was an early and important step towards a united resistance.
Massachusetts Historical Society: http://www.masshist.org/revolution/topics.php
Each topic has information and links to several primary source documents from which the information came.
The American Colonist's Library: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1294965/posts
Scroll down around halfway until you see "Acts of Parliament concerning the American Colonies"
There are many interesting and challenging documents to read and consider.
Try William Pitt's Speech on the Stamp Act (1766)
OR The Rights of British Colonies Asserted and Proved by James Otis (1774)
PBS website about "Liberty!" a recent video series:http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle.html
Click on "Boston 1774" You can click on any underlined links in the text which will give you more information.
Click on "Timeline of the Revolution"
American Centuries: View from New England:http://www.americancenturies.mass.edu/
This is a "digital collection of approximately 2000 objects and transcribed document pages."
Blog about Boston in 1775 by a Massachusetts writer: http://boston1775.blogspot.com/