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
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
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://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://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.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
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
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://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://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
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.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
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://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