American Revolution Websites
Topic 1
Links updated 7.26.20
American Revolution Activities
Boston Interactive Map (http://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/rttt12.soc.ush.col.boston1723/explore-colonial-boston/)
For Crown or Colony: Game (www.mission-us.org)
Road to Revolution: Game (PBS Liberty!)
Quizlet: American Revolution Vocabulary
Quizlet: American Revolution People, Events, Etc.
Quizlet: Road to Revolution
American Revolution Information
Advantages & Disadvantages of Patriots & British (ushistory.org)
American Revolution Weapons & Battle Tactics (https://www.ducksters.com/history/american_revolution/weapons_and_battle_tactics.php)
American Revolution Weapons & Battle Tactics Quiz (https://www.ducksters.com/history/american_revolution/weapons_and_battle_tactics_print.php)
*Battles of the Revolution Interactive (http://teachingamericanhistory.org/static/neh/interactives/americanrevolution/)
Battles of the Revolution: Lesson (https://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/#info/566)
Biographies of Famous Americans (http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/biographies/)
Boston Massacre Engraving Background (http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/winter96/massacre.html)
Boston Massacre Anonymous Letter: Lesson (https://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/#info/2115)
Coming of the American Revolution MA Historical Society (https://www.masshist.org/revolution/index.php)
Currency Converter: British Pounds in history to USD today (https://www.uwyo.edu/numimage/currency.htm)
Declaration of Independence (https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration)
George Washington Encyclopedia (http://www.mountvernon.org/research-collections/digital-encyclopedia/)
Joseph Warren: 10 Things You Should Know (History Channel)
Military Perspectives (PBS Liberty!)
Patrick Henry (Colonial Williamsburg)
Political Cartoons of the American Revolution (https://patriottoursnyc.com/political-cartoons-american-revolution/)
Political Cartoons of the American Revolution (Library of Congress)
Smallpox: George Washington & the Am Rev (http://www.mountvernon.org/research-collections/digital-encyclopedia/article/smallpox/)
Smallpox & the American Revolution (www.armyheritage.org)
Soldiers' Clothing & Weapons (http://www.nps.gov/mima/forteachers/upload/essentials.pdf)
Soldier's Life & Am Rev Facts (http://www.ducksters.com/history/american_revolution/life_as_a_revolutionary_war_soldier.php)
*Sons of Liberty Infographic (History Channel)
Spies of the American Revolution (http://clements.umich.edu/exhibits/online/spies/)
Stamp Act Controversy (http://www.ushistory.org/us/9b.asp)
Stamp Act: Interactive Lesson (https://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/Launch?id=30)
Tar & Feather the Tax Man Political Cartoon Explained (https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-now/spotlight-primary-source/british-view-rebellious-boston-1774)
Timeline of the Revolution (PBS Liberty!)
Townshend Acts (USHistory.org)
Weapons of American Revolution (http://www.americanrevolution.org/artillery.html)
Weapons of the American Revolution & Outfitting a Soldier (http://ncpedia.org/history/usrevolution/soldiers)
Weapons of the Revolutionary War (http://www.landofthebrave.info/weapons-of-the-revolutionary-war.htm)
American Revolution Primary Sources
18th Century (1700-1799) Primary Sources: Yale Law School (http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/18th.asp)
American Revolution Primary Sources (http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=3&smtID=3)
Benjamin Franklin (docsteach.org)
Common Sense by Thomas Paine (BillofRightsInstitute.org)
Declaration of Independence (founding.com)
Declaration of Independence: To Sign or Not to Sign (docsteach.org)
Early America Primary Sources etc (www.earlyamerica.com)
Eyewitness to History American Revolution (http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/18frm.htm)
Patrick Henry's Resolutions (Colonial Williamsburg)
Prequel to Independence (docsteach.org)
Primary Sources: Chronicles of the Revolution (PBS Liberty!)
Road to Revolution: Patriotism or Treason? (docsteach.org)
Spies of the American Revolution (http://clements.umich.edu/exhibits/online/spies/)
The American Crisis by Thomas Paine (BillofRightsInstitute.org)
Yankee Doodle: Lesson (https://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/#info/2106)
American Revolution Pictures
American Revolution Images (Getty Images)
Continental Congress, Key Military Figures, Events & Battles, Flags & Fliers: SCROLL DOWN TO THE GALLERIES (History Channel)
Boston Massacre (Boston Massacre Historical Society)
George Washington: SCROLL DOWN TO THE GALLERY (History Channel)
John Adams: SCROLL DOWN TO THE GALLERY (History Channel)
Thomas Jefferson: SCROLL DOWN TO THE GALLERY (History Channel)
American Revolution Videos
*America Story of Us: Rebels (YouTube)
*America Story of Us: Revolution (YouTube)
*American Flag: Deconstructing History (YouTube)
American Revolution: Bet You Didn't Know (YouTube)
Articles of Confederation: America Fact vs Fiction (YouTube)
Battle of Bunker Hill (History Channel)
Battle of Lexington & Concord (History Channel)
Battle of Long Island (History Channel)
Battle of Saratoga (History Channel)
Battles of Trenton & Princeton (History Channel)
Battle of Yorktown (History Channel)
Boston Massacre: John Adams (YouTube)
Boston Massacre Trial: John Adams (YouTube)
Boston Massacre Reenactment: History Channel (YouTube)
Boston Tea Party and the Sons of Liberty (YouTube)
Boston Tea Party Background: Ted Ed (YouTube)
Brief History of America's Independence Part 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfnrdWYmZus)
Colonists Protest British Policies (YouTube)
Common Sense: Keith Hughes (YouTube)
Continental Congress & Thomas Jefferson (YouTube)
Declaration of Independence (History Channel)
Declaration of Independence read by movie stars (YouTube)
*Fireworks: School House Rock (YouTube)
George Washington (History Channel)
George Washington: America's First Spymaster (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7VsmzS2o6o)
George Washington at Valley Forge (History Channel)
George Washington's Early Years (History Channel)
George Washington: People Who Knew Him (http://www.mountvernon.org/educational-resources/for-students/meet-people-from-the-past/)
Global Impact of the American Revolution (History Channel)
*HAMILTON: History Has Its Eyes on You: Washington's role in the French & Indian War (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nmqQlW-sMo)
*HAMILTON: Farmer Refuted: Loyalist at Continental Congress (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSgFgUEv_M8)
*HAMILTON: You'll Be Back: King George's Response to the Declaration of Independence (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgiyq7rqWhg)
HAMILTON: Right-Hand Man: Battle of New York (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1mmusLIUd4)***
HAMILTON: Stay Alive: Planning how to win (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz88tk5UjbM)***
*HAMILTON: Guns & Ships: Lafayette & Hamilton (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_gVW6ZTRDU)
*HAMILTON: Yorktown (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuRSCB68o8c)
*HAMILTON: What Comes Next? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjdFKS9TVTA)
*No More Kings: School House Rock (YouTube)
Paul Revere's Midnight Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (YouTube)
*Proclamation of 1763 (https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/proclamation-of-1763-video)
*Shot Heard 'Round the World: Schoolhouse Rock (YouTube)
Sons of Liberty & the Boston Tea Party (YouTube)
Smallpox Inoculation: John Adams (YouTube)
Smallpox Overview: TedEd (YouTube)
*Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts (History Channel)
Tar & Feather in Colonial America: WARNING:This video depicts an assault on a tax collector (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdpKEs_dMHc)
Tea Act (History Channel)
Thomas Paine (History Channel)
*Too Late To Apologize: Declaration (YouTube)
*Townshend Acts (History Channel)
Valley Forge (History Channel)
American Revolution Current Events
Mexico Protesters Burn Trump Effigy (Reuters)
Veterans Day Video (YouTube)
American Revolution Activities
Boston Interactive Map (http://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/rttt12.soc.ush.col.boston1723/explore-colonial-boston/)
For Crown or Colony: Game (www.mission-us.org)
Road to Revolution: Game (PBS Liberty!)
Quizlet: American Revolution Vocabulary
Quizlet: American Revolution People, Events, Etc.
Quizlet: Road to Revolution
American Revolution Information
Advantages & Disadvantages of Patriots & British (ushistory.org)
American Revolution Weapons & Battle Tactics (https://www.ducksters.com/history/american_revolution/weapons_and_battle_tactics.php)
American Revolution Weapons & Battle Tactics Quiz (https://www.ducksters.com/history/american_revolution/weapons_and_battle_tactics_print.php)
*Battles of the Revolution Interactive (http://teachingamericanhistory.org/static/neh/interactives/americanrevolution/)
Battles of the Revolution: Lesson (https://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/#info/566)
Biographies of Famous Americans (http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/biographies/)
Boston Massacre Engraving Background (http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/winter96/massacre.html)
Boston Massacre Anonymous Letter: Lesson (https://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/#info/2115)
Coming of the American Revolution MA Historical Society (https://www.masshist.org/revolution/index.php)
Currency Converter: British Pounds in history to USD today (https://www.uwyo.edu/numimage/currency.htm)
Declaration of Independence (https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration)
George Washington Encyclopedia (http://www.mountvernon.org/research-collections/digital-encyclopedia/)
Joseph Warren: 10 Things You Should Know (History Channel)
Military Perspectives (PBS Liberty!)
Patrick Henry (Colonial Williamsburg)
Political Cartoons of the American Revolution (https://patriottoursnyc.com/political-cartoons-american-revolution/)
Political Cartoons of the American Revolution (Library of Congress)
Smallpox: George Washington & the Am Rev (http://www.mountvernon.org/research-collections/digital-encyclopedia/article/smallpox/)
Smallpox & the American Revolution (www.armyheritage.org)
Soldiers' Clothing & Weapons (http://www.nps.gov/mima/forteachers/upload/essentials.pdf)
Soldier's Life & Am Rev Facts (http://www.ducksters.com/history/american_revolution/life_as_a_revolutionary_war_soldier.php)
*Sons of Liberty Infographic (History Channel)
Spies of the American Revolution (http://clements.umich.edu/exhibits/online/spies/)
Stamp Act Controversy (http://www.ushistory.org/us/9b.asp)
Stamp Act: Interactive Lesson (https://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/Launch?id=30)
Tar & Feather the Tax Man Political Cartoon Explained (https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-now/spotlight-primary-source/british-view-rebellious-boston-1774)
Timeline of the Revolution (PBS Liberty!)
Townshend Acts (USHistory.org)
Weapons of American Revolution (http://www.americanrevolution.org/artillery.html)
Weapons of the American Revolution & Outfitting a Soldier (http://ncpedia.org/history/usrevolution/soldiers)
Weapons of the Revolutionary War (http://www.landofthebrave.info/weapons-of-the-revolutionary-war.htm)
American Revolution Primary Sources
18th Century (1700-1799) Primary Sources: Yale Law School (http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/18th.asp)
American Revolution Primary Sources (http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=3&smtID=3)
Benjamin Franklin (docsteach.org)
Common Sense by Thomas Paine (BillofRightsInstitute.org)
Declaration of Independence (founding.com)
Declaration of Independence: To Sign or Not to Sign (docsteach.org)
Early America Primary Sources etc (www.earlyamerica.com)
Eyewitness to History American Revolution (http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/18frm.htm)
Patrick Henry's Resolutions (Colonial Williamsburg)
Prequel to Independence (docsteach.org)
Primary Sources: Chronicles of the Revolution (PBS Liberty!)
Road to Revolution: Patriotism or Treason? (docsteach.org)
Spies of the American Revolution (http://clements.umich.edu/exhibits/online/spies/)
The American Crisis by Thomas Paine (BillofRightsInstitute.org)
Yankee Doodle: Lesson (https://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/#info/2106)
American Revolution Pictures
American Revolution Images (Getty Images)
Continental Congress, Key Military Figures, Events & Battles, Flags & Fliers: SCROLL DOWN TO THE GALLERIES (History Channel)
Boston Massacre (Boston Massacre Historical Society)
George Washington: SCROLL DOWN TO THE GALLERY (History Channel)
John Adams: SCROLL DOWN TO THE GALLERY (History Channel)
Thomas Jefferson: SCROLL DOWN TO THE GALLERY (History Channel)
American Revolution Videos
*America Story of Us: Rebels (YouTube)
*America Story of Us: Revolution (YouTube)
*American Flag: Deconstructing History (YouTube)
American Revolution: Bet You Didn't Know (YouTube)
Articles of Confederation: America Fact vs Fiction (YouTube)
Battle of Bunker Hill (History Channel)
Battle of Lexington & Concord (History Channel)
Battle of Long Island (History Channel)
Battle of Saratoga (History Channel)
Battles of Trenton & Princeton (History Channel)
Battle of Yorktown (History Channel)
Boston Massacre: John Adams (YouTube)
Boston Massacre Trial: John Adams (YouTube)
Boston Massacre Reenactment: History Channel (YouTube)
Boston Tea Party and the Sons of Liberty (YouTube)
Boston Tea Party Background: Ted Ed (YouTube)
Brief History of America's Independence Part 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfnrdWYmZus)
Colonists Protest British Policies (YouTube)
Common Sense: Keith Hughes (YouTube)
Continental Congress & Thomas Jefferson (YouTube)
Declaration of Independence (History Channel)
Declaration of Independence read by movie stars (YouTube)
*Fireworks: School House Rock (YouTube)
George Washington (History Channel)
George Washington: America's First Spymaster (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7VsmzS2o6o)
George Washington at Valley Forge (History Channel)
George Washington's Early Years (History Channel)
George Washington: People Who Knew Him (http://www.mountvernon.org/educational-resources/for-students/meet-people-from-the-past/)
Global Impact of the American Revolution (History Channel)
*HAMILTON: History Has Its Eyes on You: Washington's role in the French & Indian War (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nmqQlW-sMo)
*HAMILTON: Farmer Refuted: Loyalist at Continental Congress (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSgFgUEv_M8)
*HAMILTON: You'll Be Back: King George's Response to the Declaration of Independence (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgiyq7rqWhg)
HAMILTON: Right-Hand Man: Battle of New York (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1mmusLIUd4)***
HAMILTON: Stay Alive: Planning how to win (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz88tk5UjbM)***
*HAMILTON: Guns & Ships: Lafayette & Hamilton (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_gVW6ZTRDU)
*HAMILTON: Yorktown (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuRSCB68o8c)
*HAMILTON: What Comes Next? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjdFKS9TVTA)
*No More Kings: School House Rock (YouTube)
Paul Revere's Midnight Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (YouTube)
*Proclamation of 1763 (https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/proclamation-of-1763-video)
*Shot Heard 'Round the World: Schoolhouse Rock (YouTube)
Sons of Liberty & the Boston Tea Party (YouTube)
Smallpox Inoculation: John Adams (YouTube)
Smallpox Overview: TedEd (YouTube)
*Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts (History Channel)
Tar & Feather in Colonial America: WARNING:This video depicts an assault on a tax collector (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdpKEs_dMHc)
Tea Act (History Channel)
Thomas Paine (History Channel)
*Too Late To Apologize: Declaration (YouTube)
*Townshend Acts (History Channel)
Valley Forge (History Channel)
American Revolution Current Events
Mexico Protesters Burn Trump Effigy (Reuters)
Veterans Day Video (YouTube)