Center for History Education
Should the Colonists Have Revolted Against Great Britain?
Should the Americans have taken the plunge and revolted against Great Britain? Using documents, including the famed Common Sense and a Loyalist response, pupils conduct a lengthy investigation of the question. The interesting resource...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Revolutionary War Turning Points: Saratoga and Valley Forge
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Battle of Saratoga and Valley Forge during the American Revolutionary War.
Sam Houston State University
The Revolutionary War in the West: The Conquest of the Illinois Country (I779)
Primary source document journal entry written by Colonel George Rogers Clark, describes the conquest of the Illinois country in 1779 during the Revolutionary War.
US Army Center
U.s. Army Center of Military History: The American Revolution: First Phase
A military history of the first years of the Revolutionary War from Lexington and Concord to the Battle of Trenton. Included is information about the problems of maintaining the Continental Army and problems for the British Army.
University of Groningen
American History: Documents: The Canandaigua Treaty of 1794
Read the complete text of the Canandaigua Treaty signed by President Washington and the tribes of the Six Nations after the Revolutionary War; it was a treaty of peace and friendship and established land rights.
Other
Positive Atheism: Life of Thomas Paine
This site features the complete text of Thomas Clio Rickman's 1819 biography of the chief political philosopher of the American Revolutionary War.
US Army Center
U.s. Army Center of Military History: New England in Arms
A detailed explanation of the organization of British and Revolutionary forces at the start of the American Revolution.
Ibis Communications
Eye Witness to History: Battle at Lexington Green, 1775
This first-person, eye-witness account discusses the Battle at Lexington Green was the beginning of the Revolutionary War and the "Shot heard 'round the world." Read details about this famous battle.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Thomas Paine
The complete original text of Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" originally published in January 1776.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Declaration of Independence
The Independence Hall Association provides an online image of the original document of the Declaration of Independence.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Road to Revolution: 1763 1776
This collection of primary sources helps students explore the events that led up to the American Revolutionary War.
PublicBookshelf Corporation
Public Bookshelf: Alexander Mc Dougall
An article on the revolutionary political activities of Boston Son of Liberty Alexander McDougall. Taken from "Our Country", published in 1877.
Ibis Communications
Eye Witness to History: The British Surrender at Yorktown, 1781
This article describes the issues and troop movement leading up to the British surrender to Washington at Yorktown. A chart shows the statistics of both the British and American forces' resources and causalities.
Other
Indian Historical Bureau: Land Ordinance of 1785
Read the text of the Land Ordinance of 1785, which was written to manage the land controlled by the Confederation government west of the Appalachian Mountains, land that became part of the United States after the Revolutionary War.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Shays' Rebellion
A collection that uses primary sources to explore Shays' Rebellion.
Other
Schoolhouse Rock: No More Kings
This resource provides fun lyrics to a song called No More Kings about the beginnings of the American Nation. This is taken from the popular 1970s cartoon series, Schoolhouse Rock.
University of Vienna (Austria)
University of Vienna: Interview With General Aguinaldo
Complete text of an interview with the famous Filipino leader conducted by an American historian.