PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Perspectives on the French and Indian War
A collection that uses primary sources to explore perspectives on the French and Indian War.
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: The American Revolution (1750 1783)
A unit picks up at the start of the French and Indian War and moves through the development of the new government of the United States. Find videos, slideshows, and primary sources.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: What Was the French Revolution?
Explores the origins, causes, and Napoleon Bonaparte's involvement in the French Revolution.
Other
Unlv: French Revolution: A Chronology
This is a timeline that covers the French Revolution in detail from 1789 to 1799.
Other
The Haitian Revolution of 1791 1803
This is the first of four linked pages presenting a comprehensive essay on the Haitian Revolution.
Other
Bristol University: Lectures on the French Revolution [Pdf]
This resource presents a series of lectures by one of the most famous British historians (Lord Acton) of the 19th century. He examines the causes and events of the revolution.
Mother Earth Travel
Mother Earth Travel: The French Revolution and Germany
How was Germany involved in the French Revolution? Find out the details of what happened to Germany during the war.
The Wharton Group
Discover France: The French Revolution
This is a site about the history of the French Revolution. The first section discusses causes of the Revolution. Also discusses its course and consequences.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
Read the full text of all three volumes of "The French Revolution" by Thomas Carlyle. This extensive work covers the revolution from 1789-1795.
Mount Holyoke College
The French Revolution: The Sans Culottes
The Sans-Culottes were the working men of Paris who achieved a political voice during the French Revolution of the early 1790s.
The History Cat
The History Cat: The French Revolution: The Reign of Terror
Discusses the awful events that took place during the French Revolution with France's Reign of Terror, when Christianity was banned and even the calendar was rewritten.
Utah Education Network
Uen: French Revolution
Learn what it feels like to be a part of different estates in France prior to the French Revolution.
Ibis Communications
Eye Witness to History: The Execution of Louis Xvi, 1793
This article discusse the execution of King Louis XVI during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: The Trial and Execution of Louis Xvi
This site examines the trial and execution of King Louis XVI of France during the French Revolution through three primary source documents.
W. W. Norton
W. W. Norton & Company: Norton Anthology: Introduction to the Romantic Period
The major Romantic poets cannot be understood, historically, without an awareness of the extent to which their distinctive concepts, plots, forms, and imagery were shaped first by the promise, then by the tragedy, of the French...
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: William Blake's Collected Poems
Selected verse collections by William Blake, including Songs from an Island in the Moon, Gnomic Verses, On Art and Artists, On Friends and Foes, Miscellaneous Epigrams, Tiriel, The Book of Thel, The French Revolution, A Song of Liberty,...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution (Educator Guides)
These three educator guides have been developed as a way to involve students in the origins, drama, and outcomes of the French Revolution in a way that is relevant to their current lives. The guides include recommendations for using...
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: The French Revolution
An overview of The French Revolution with a special emphasis on the role of the Catholic Church. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of resource material dated...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Trans Atlantic Crisis: The French Revolution
A look at the French Revolution and how it was interpreted by members of the ruling members in the new United States. What occurred in France tempered the way politic opposites viewed each other in America.
Read Works
Read Works: Non Colonists in the American Revolution
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks passage gives information about the roles of some French, Native Americans, Hessians, and Polish citizens during the American Revolution. A question sheet is available to help students...
Digital History
Digital History: Problems England Faced After the French and Indian War [Pdf]
This offers a good overview of the problems England needed to deal with after signing the Treaty of Paris in 1763, ending the French and Indian War. What to do about the new lands they controlled, how to deal with their loss of income...
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794) was an integral part of the French Revolution, specifically the Reign of Terror. This website provides a biography of Robespierre.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Justification of the Use of Terror
This site has an essay written by Maximilien Robespierre in 1794, during the tumultuous years of the French Revolution. A brief historical background of the essay is also included in this site.
Stanford University
Stanford: A Tale of Two Cities Historical Context
An excellent resource for students studying the historical context of Dickens' Tale of Two Cities. Site provides details on the context both within the setting of the novel (on and around the French Revolution) and the publication of the...