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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: What Caused the American Revolution?

9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Professor from MIT, Pauline Maier, concisely answers the question: "What Caused the American Revolution?" [1:03]
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg Past & Present Podcasts

9th - 10th
Podcasts of interviews with many artisans, historians, and tour guides at Colonial Williamsburg.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Democratic Ideals in the Declaration of Independence

9th - 10th
This video is a close reading of the beginnings of the Declaration of Independence to identify ideas of natural rights, social contract, limited government and popular sovereignty in the text. [7:52]
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Liberty's Kids Hd 108 the Second Continental Congress

4th - 8th
A Liberty's Kids video that tells the story of the Second Continental Congress and George Washington's selection as General. [23:05]
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Liberty's Kids Hd 111 Postmaster General Franklin

4th - 8th
A Liberty's Kids video that tells the story of the Roya Mail Service sabotaging mail delivery and Ben Franklin being appointed Postmaster General by the Second Continental Congress. [23:05]
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Liberty's Kids Hd 109 Bunker Hill

4th - 8th
A Liberty's Kids video that tells the story of the Battle of Bunker Hill. [23:05]
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Liberty's Kids Hd 114 the First Fourth of July

4th - 8th
A Liberty's Kids video that tells the story of Admiral Lord Richard Howe's siege on New York Harbor and the submarine nicknamed The Turtle created by David Bushnell. [23:06]
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Liberty's Kids Hd 113 the Turtle

4th - 8th
A Liberty's Kids video that tells the story of Admiral Lord Richard Howe's siege on New York Harbor and the submarine nicknamed The Turtle created by David Bushnell. [23:06]
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Liberty's Kids Hd 115 New York, New York

4th - 8th
A Liberty's Kids video that tells the story of the Battle of Long Island when the British took New York. [23:06]
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Liberty's Kids Hd 140 We the People

4th - 8th
A Liberty's Kids video telling about the Constitutional Convention and the writing of the United States Constitution. [23:07]
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Liberty's Kids Hd 139 Going Home

4th - 8th
A Liberty's Kids video telling about the conditions of Revolutionary War veterans and other issues immediately following the Revolutionary War. [23:06]
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Liberty's Kids Hd 137 the Man Who Wouldnt Be King

4th - 8th
A Liberty's Kids video telling the story of General George Washington resigning his position as Commander-in-Chief in Annapolis on December 23, 1783 after learning about officers in the Continental Army who wanted to overthrow the...
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Liberty's Kids Hd 135 James Armistead

4th - 8th
A Liberty's Kids video telling the story of James Armistead, the slave that acted as a double agent in Lafayette's army in Virginia. [23:07]
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Liberty's Kids Hd 134 Conflict in the South

4th - 8th
A Liberty's Kids video [23:07] telling the story of General Nathanael Greene's campaign in the South and Thomas Jefferson's ownership of slaves.
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Liberty's Kids Hd 132 Benedict Arnold

4th - 8th
A Liberty's Kids video telling the story of how General Benedict Arnold was discovered as traitor. [23:06]
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Liberty's Kids Hd 131 Bostonians

4th - 8th
A Liberty's Kids video telling about John Adams drafting the Massachusetts Constitution and showing the horrible effect of the war for Native Americans through the voice of Iroquois chief Joseph Brant. [23:06]
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Liberty Kids 130 Hd in Praise of Ben

4th - 8th
A Libertys Kids video telling about Benjamin Franklin, his life, and his inventions. [23:07]
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Liberty Kids 128 Hd Not Yet Begun to Fight

4th - 8th
A Liberty's Kids video telling the story of John Paul Jones and his naval ship Bonhomme Richard defeating the British ship Serapis off the coast of England. [23:06]
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Liberty Kids 125 Allies at Last

4th - 8th
A Liberty's Kids video describing Newport, Rhode Island, British occupied Philadelphia, and telling about a treaty of alliance Benjamin Franklin was able to negotiate with King Louis XVI in France. [23:07]
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Liberty Kids Hd 124 Valley Forge

4th - 8th
A Liberty's Kids video describing the hardship soldiers faced during the war and the possible mutiny General Washington faced. [23:07]
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Liberty's Kids Hd 123 the Hessians Are Coming

4th - 8th
A Liberty's Kids video that tells the story of the Battle of Trenton and the capture of nearly two-thirds of the Hessian troops fighting with the British. [23:06]
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Liberty's Kids Hd 122 Places of Versailles

4th - 8th
A Liberty's Kids video that tells the story of Benjamin Franklin visiting France to ask for French support and the arrival of Marquis de Lafayette to address the Second Continental Congress and serve in the Revolutionary War. [23:06]
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Liberty's Kids Hd 119 Across the Delaware

4th - 8th
A Liberty's Kids video that tells the story of George Washington crossing the Delaware before the Battle of Trenton. [23:07]
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Liberty's Kids Hd 118 American Crisis

4th - 8th
A Liberty's Kids video that shows the difficulties faced by the Continental Army after being defeated in New York and New Jersey and tells about The American Crisis published by Thomas Paine. [23:07]