Revolutionary War Resources

Events:

Overview of the Revolutionary War - Outline of American History -

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/chap3.htm

includes biographies, essays, and documents

Revolutionary War Unit from Greentown Elementary North Canton, OH

http://www.northcantonschools.org/~elem/revwar.htm

American Revolution web sites

http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/revolutionarywar/

American Revolution

http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/revolutionarywar.htm

http://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/revolution/revolution.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

Early America - http://www.earlyamerica.com/

Timelines http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/timeline.html

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.htm

http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/AmericanRevolution/AmerRevolution.htm#Timeline

Revolutionary War events from US History.org

http://www.ushistory.org

Revolutionary War sites - National Parks

http://usparks.about.com/od/revwarsitesnatl/Revolutionary_War_Sites_National_Parks.htm

Archiving Early America - info, puzzles, other sites, forums

http://earlyamerica.com/

Revolutionary War hotlists from Jerrie Cheek - lots of links

http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/amrevol.html

Battles - maps and information - http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1197.html

Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, and Trenton - Bennington - Saratoga

Major battles of the War (a table) - http://www.srcalifornia.com/srselect2.htm

Spy Letters of the American Revolution

http://www2.si.umich.edu/spies/people.html

http://www.clements.umich.edu/exhibits/online/spies/

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/exhibits/index.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/exhibits/charters/declaration.html

Transcript of the Constitution -

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

Transcript of the Bill of Rights -

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/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

Boston Massacre video - http://vimeo.com/39497177

War of Independence - http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/printable/section.asp?id=

Photographs of Revolutionary War battle sites and reenactments

http://richmangalleries.com/Revolutionary%20War/Revolutionary%20War.htm

Blog - http://travelingtherevolution.blogspot.com/

PEOPLE:

George Washington - Library of Congress - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwhome.html

Letters of George Washington - from University of Virginia (see acrostics)

http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/georgewashington/

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/gw1/gw1.htm

http://sc94.ameslab.gov/TOUR/gwash.html

http://www.american-presidents.com/george-washington

George Washington Biography Lesson - http://www.mountvernon.org/learn/meet_george/index.cfm/

Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington

Martha Washington - http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/martha-dandridge-custis-washington

http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=1

http://marthawashington.us/

http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/martha.html

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Washington

John Adams - second president - http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/johnadams/

http://www.famousamericans.net/benjaminedes/John-Adams.org/

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/johnadams1.htm

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/ja2/about/bio/adamsxx.htm

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams

John Adams and the Boston Massacre - lesson plans for a trial -

http://web.archive.org/web/20050306124115/http://64.226.212.131/03_educators/teacher/boston.htm

Abigail Adams - wife of second president - http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/abigailadams

http://www.abigailadams.org/

http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/bio/adams_a.htm

http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=2

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_Adams

Samuel Adams - American patriot and revolutionary

http://www.colonialhall.com/adamss/adamss.php

http://www.samuel-adams-heritage.com/

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h645.html

http://www.historycentral.com/Bio/RevoltBIOS/AdamsSamuel.html

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Adams

Ethan Allen - American hero - http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/allen/allenxx.htm

http://www.ethanallenhomestead.org/a-short-biography-of-ethan-allen.html

http://academics.smcvt.edu/thefort/History/EthanAllen.htm

http://www.uvm.edu/~vhnet/hertour/eallen/eahistory.html

http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/army/p/EthanAllen.htm

Reading and quiz - http://academics.smcvt.edu/lwilliams/VT_Readings/Ethan_Allen/ethan_allen.htm

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Allen

Major John Andre - British spy - http://www.ushistory.org/march/bio/andre.htm

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1276.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/continental/andre.html

http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/The_Great_Republic_By_the_Master_Historians_Vol_II/majorjohn_hg.html

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Andre

Benedict Arnold - American traitor - http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/arnold.html

http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/fall97/arnold.html

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold

Teacher's Guide from Cobblestone Magazine about Arnold

http://www.cobblestonepub.com/resources/cob9911t.html

Crispus Attucks - African American hero - http://www.essortment.com/all/crispusattucks_rhqa.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2p24.html

http://www.africawithin.com/bios/crispus_attucks.htm

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crispus_Attucks

Josiah Bartlett - http://www.colonialhall.com/bartlett/bartlett.php

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Bartlett

John Burgoyne - http://www.masshist.org/bh/burgoynebio.html

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Burgoyne

George Rogers Clark - http://www.in.gov/history/2339.htm

http://www.in.gov/history/2958.htm

http://www.in.gov/history/2973.htm

http://www.grccsar.org/grc/index.html

http://www.locustgrove.org/aboutgrc.html

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rogers_Clark

Charles Cornwallis - http://www.patriotresource.com/amerrev/people/britisharmy/cornwallis.html

http://www.nndb.com/people/922/000049775/

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1304.html

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cornwallis

Benjamin Franklin Patriot, inventor, statesman

http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/rotten.html

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/LIT/franklin.htm

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/franklin-home.html

http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/

http://www.earlyamerica.com/lives/franklin/

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Franklin

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 - biography

http://www.sonofthesouth.net/revolutionary-war/british/general-thomas-gage.htm

http://www.patriotresource.com/amerrev/people/britisharmy/gage.html

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1292.html

http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/americanrevolutio1/p/gage.htm

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gage

Horatio Gates - http://www.patriotresource.com/amerrev/people/continentals/gates.html

http://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-173

http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/revwar/image_gal/indeimg/gates.html

http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Gates_Horatio.html

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Gates

Nathanael Greene - Quartermaster - http://www.patriotresource.com/amerrev/people/continentals/greene.html

http://www.qmfound.com/MG_Nathanael_Greene.htm

http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/greene.html

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathanael_Greene

Nathan Hale - Connecticut hero - http://www.connecticutsar.org/patriots/hale_nathan.htm

https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/vol17no4/pdf/v17i4a03p.pdf

https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/6-12th-grade/operation-history/revolutionary-war.html#nate

https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2007-featured-story-archive/nathan-hale.html

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Hale

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

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/henry.htm

http://www.redhill.org/biography.html

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h606.html

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Henry

John Hancock - Signer of Declaration - http://www.colonialhall.com/hancock/hancock.php

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/hancock.htm

http://www.johnhancock.org/

http://americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/hancoc.htm

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hancock

William Howe - British General - http://earlyamerica.com/review/2001_winter_spring/howe_1.html

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0824356.html

http://americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/howe.htm

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h667.html

http://www.historynet.com/general-sir-william-howe.htm

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howe,_5th_Viscount_Howe

Thomas Jefferson from PBS - Writer of the Declaration and President

http://www.pbs.org/jefferson

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/tj3/about/jeffersonxx.htm

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/thomasjefferson/

http://sc94.ameslab.gov/TOUR/tjefferson.html

http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/jefferson.htm

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/jefferson/

http://www.biography.com/people/thomas-jefferson-9353715

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson

Explore Monticello where Thomas Jefferson lived - http://www.monticello.org

**Jefferson worksheet - http://www.kathimitchell.com/tjwork.html

Teacher's Guide for Cobblestone Magazine about Jefferson

http://www.cobblestonepub.com/resources/cob8909t.html

John Paul Jones - Naval hero - http://www.schoonerman.com/jpaulj.htm

http://web2.iadfw.net/lrs/jones.html

http://www.history.navy.mil/bios/jones_jp.htm

http://www.americanrevolution.org/jpj.html

http://www.seacoastnh.com/jpj/

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Jones

Thaddeus Kosciuszko - http://www.polishamericancenter.org/Kosciuszko.htm

http://www.polishamericancenter.org/KosciuszkoHistory.htm

http://www.polishworld.com/polemb/const/tk.html

http://21stcenturycicero.wordpress.com/friends/poland/tadeusz-kosciuszko/

http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/thaddeus-kosciuszko

http://www.ushistory.org/tour/kosciuszko.htm

Marquis de Lafayette - http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/lafayette.html

http://xenophongroup.com/mcjoynt/lafy-4.htm

http://www.history.org/almanack/people/bios/biolafayette.cfm

Google book about Lafayette

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquis_de_Lafayette

Francis "Swamp Fox" Marion military leader from South Carolina

http://www.patriotresource.com/amerrev/people/patriots/marion.html

http://www.gwd50.k12.sc.us/FrancisMarion.htm

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Marion

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/biography/fox.html

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1289.html

Google book about Marion plus another Google book

Teacher's Guide for 2001 Cobblestone issue about Francis Marion

http://www.cobblestonepub.com/resources/cob0112t.html

James Otis - lawyer and revolutionary - http://www.foundersofamerica.org/jotis.html

http://www.history1700s.com/articles/article1139.shtml

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1204.html

http://www.barnstablepatriot.com/sscape/jotis.html

http://history.howstuffworks.com/revolutionary-war/james-otis.htm

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Otis,_Jr.

Thomas Paine - http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/tpaine/paine.htm

http://www.ushistory.org/paine/

http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/paine.html

http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap2/paine.html

http://www.thomaspainesociety.org/

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_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

http://www.newbedford.k12.ma.us/elementary/casimir.htm

http://www.polishamericancenter.org/Pulaski.htm

http://polskiinternet.com/english/casimirpulaski.html

http://www.plav.org/pulaski.htm

http://www.pulaskiparade.com/pulaski.shtml

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_Pulaski

Paul Revere - http://www.paulreverehouse.org/bio/

http://www.earlyamerica.com/lives/revere/chapt1/index.html

http://www.biographycentral.net/paul-revere.php

http://www.americanrevolution.org/revere.html

http://www.patriotresource.com/amerrev/people/patriots/revere.html

http://www.paul-revere-heritage.com/

http://www.masshist.org/education/resources/blackington/paul_revere.pdf

http://www.earlyamerica.com/lives/revere/

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere

Paul Revere in NH? from SeacoastNH - http://www.seacoastnh.com/history/rev/revere.html

The Midnight Ride - http://www.historynet.com/paul-reveres-true-account-of-the-midnight-ride.htm

Betsy Ross - http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/

http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flaglife.html

http://historicphiladelphia.org/betsy-ross-house/woman/

http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blross.htm

http://www.biography.com/people/betsy-ross-9464205

http://betsyrossfacts.com/

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_Ross

Revolutionary War flags - http://www.anyflag.com/history/

Deborah Samson Fought in the Revolutionary War

http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets.html

http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/sampson.html

http://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/biographies/deborah-sampson/

http://www.canton.org/samson/

http://www.sharonhistoricalsociety.org/All_Else/All_Pages/DEBORAH%20SAMPSON.pdf

http://www.revolutionarywararchives.org/womansoldier.html

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Sampson

Haym Salomon - http://www.nps.gov/revwar/about_the_revolution/haym_salomom.html

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/jewish/salomon.asp

http://www.revolutionarywararchives.org/salomon.html

Haym Salomon and the dollar bill - http://www.targetofopportunity.com/haym_solomon.htm

Benjamin Tallmadge Soldier/spy who captured Major Andre

http://aphdigital.org/projects/culperspyring/tallmadge

http://www.btdistrict.org/id124.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Tallmadge

Newsday Stories about Tallmadge and the spies:

Washington

http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs417a,0,6764482.story?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation

http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs419a,0,7026628.story?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation

http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs420a,0,6043580.story?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation

http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs430a,0,6240189.story?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation

The Culper Gang - http://www2.si.umich.edu/spies/stories-networks-3.html

http://franklaughter.tripod.com/cgi-bin/history/culper.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

http://www.marylandtheseventhstate.com/article1010.html

http://www.aboutfamouspeople.com/article1019.html

http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/4873/html/216prog.html

Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tench_Tilghman

Mattthew Thornton - http://www.colonialhall.com/thornton/thornton.php

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/thornton.htm

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-hampshire-patriot-matthew-thornton-dies

http://www.londonderrynh.net/?p=23265

From SeacoastNH - http://www.seacoastnh.com/framers/thornton.html

Baron von Steuben - http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/steuben.html

Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_von_Steuben

http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/revwar/image_gal/indeimg/steuben.html

http://www.bergencountyhistory.org/Pages/gnsteuben.html

William Whipple - http://www.colonialhall.com/whipple/whipple.php

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/whipple.htm

http://www.whipple.org/william/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Whipple

http://www.seacoastnh.com/framers/whipple.html

http://www.seacoastnh.com/Famous_People/Framers_of_Freedom/William_Whipple/

Classroom Activities:

Activities for the Revolution War from 42explore

http://www.42explore2.com/revolt.htm

American Revolution Webquest

http://www1.kent.k12.wa.us/ksd/de/research/revolution/index.html

Benjamin Franklin scavenger hunt - http://web.archive.org/web/20041123030511/http://people2.clarityconnect.com/webpages4/kcarsons/oconunit/instruct.htm

Boston Tea Party play - http://www.boston-tea-party.org/reenactment/Act1.html

The British Are Coming! Thinkquest activity

http://library.thinkquest.org/10966/data/quiz.shtml

Causes of the American Revolution -

http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/the-revolutionary-war.cfm

Connecticut Sons of the American Revolution -

Patriots - http://www.connecticutsar.org/patriots/index.htm

Core Knowledge American Revolution for Grade 4

http://www.coreknowledge.org/mimik/mimik_uploads/lesson_plans/1358/4_arevolutionaryidea.pdf

Drums Along the Mohawk - The American Revolution on the New York frontier

http://www.nyhistory.net/~drums/

EDSITEment - http://edsitement.neh.gov/subject/history-social-studies

http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/colonial-broadsides-and-american-revolution

http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/colonial-broadsides-student-created-play

http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/not-only-paul-revere-other-riders-american-revolution

http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/revolutionary-tea-parties-and-reasons-revolution-0

http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/declare-causes-declaration-independence

http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/american-colonial-life-late-1700s-distant-cousins

http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/after-american-revolution-free-african-americans-north

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

Revolutionary War Scavenger Hunt -

http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/TM/WS_revolution_hunt.shtml

Lesson Plans from Mr. Donn - http://americanhistory.mrdonn.org/revolution.html

Lesson Plans - http://www.ushistorysite.com/revolutionary_war.php

http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/monsonunits/JenGri/index.htm

http://www.historycentral.com/Revolt/links/Educatorsrevolt.html

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/revolution-images/

http://www.mce.k12tn.net/revolutionary_war/american_revolution.htm

Lots of other sites about the Revolutionary War - from Keene, NH -

http://www.deweybrowse.org/American_Revolution.html

My Brother Sam is Dead Lesson Plan -

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAArtSSMDAmericanRevolutionPropagandaCreativeWritingProject68.htm

Paul Revere's Ride by Longfellow - poem - http://poetry.eserver.org/paul-revere.html

Lesson plan - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/17/g35/landsea.html

Revolutionary War Activities -

http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/ushistory/revolution.html

http://www.proteacher.com/090022.shtml

http://thematicunits.theteacherscorner.net/revolutionary-war.php

http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/mmoran/computerclasslinks/revwar.htm

Make a Revolutionary War board game -

http://www.firstladies.org/curriculum/curriculum.aspx?Curriculum=954

Jeopardy Powerpoint Template on the Revolutionary War

http://teach.fcps.net/trt10/Documents/revwar.ppt

Revolutionary War Internet Scavenger Hunt

http://lasd.k12.pa.us/teachers/purnellj/RWHunt.html

Another Scavenger Hunt - http://faculty.usiouxfalls.edu/arpeterson/revolutionary_war_hunt.htm

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 Web Quest from Elise Mueller -

http://portablec.wikispaces.com/Revolutionary+War+Project

ABCs of the Revolutionary War - Webquest

http://www.bushnell-pc.k12.il.us/elem/revwarwebquest.htm

American Revolutionary War Spy Webquest

http://staff.rsu21.net/revol_war/revolwar_webquest5.html

Reader's Theater play about the Boston Massacre (page 23)

http://www.huntington.org/uploadedFiles/Files/PDFs/LHTHTroubleBoston.pdf

Act One for a Boston Massacre skit- http://www.proteacher.com/redirect.php?goto=397