The Revolutionary Era (1745 - 1790) - 7th Grade - The American Story

Chapter 5 Crisis in the Colonies (1745 - 1775)

The Road to Revolution Game: From the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
America During the Age of Revolution Timeline
Stories from the Revolution: From the National Park Service
The American Revolution: From the British Library
ABC CLIO Multiproduct Home Page
Search all ABC CLIO resources at once
Background and Details
MILESTONES: 1750–1775 1750–1775: Diplomatic Struggles in the Colonial Period
From the US Department of State - Office of the Historian

The French and Indian War

A Brief History of The French & Indian War
The French and Indian War 1754-63 info
France in America
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from: Library of Congress and the National Library of France
French and Indian War via Shmoop
French and Indian War via Mr. Nussbaum
Maps of the French and Indian War

Turmoil Over Taxation

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death - Patrick Henry
Origin of the Committees of Correspondence
From the Massachusetts Historical Society

The Boston Massacre (includes Primary Documents)

The Massachusetts Historical Society (and supporting primary documents)
America's Story: Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
John Adams
Captain Thomas Preston
Boston Massacre Trials: 1770 - The Soldiers' Trial
Captain Preston's account of the Boston Massacre March 5 1770
Anonymous account of the Boston Massacre March 5 1770
HistoryWiz - The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre Historical Society
The Pamphlet War and the Boston Massacre
The Coming of Independence: Boston Massacre
Includes video
The Boston Massacre, 1770 The British Perspective
Famous American Trials . Boston Massacre Trials 1770
Biblioboard Database
A Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre in Boston

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To use BiblioBoard off-campus, please log-on and create an account while at school.

From Protest to Revolution

The Tea Act
Parliament passes the Tea Act
Boston Tea Party Historical Society
Reactions to Coercive (Intolerable) Acts
The Boston Tea Party on History.com
The BBC's Things We Forgot to Remember: The Real Boston Tea Party of 1773
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The real boston tea party, 1773 [Web series episode]. (2011). In Portillo, M. (Executive Producer),History: Things we forgot to remember. British Broadcasting Company.

Primary Sources

Table of Contents
for George Washington's Speeches and Letters

Chapter 6 The American Revolution (1775 - 1783)

The American Revolution: Explore the Revolutionary Period
From: National Park Service
Includes: Timeline of Events, Revolution Day by Day,Revolutionary Stories, Revolutionary People,
and Revolutionary Links.
Impact of Revolution on Other Nations
American Revolution (PBS)
Digital History: Using New Technologies to Enhance Teaching and Research
National Park Service: American Revolutionary War
Societal Impacts of the American Revolution
The American Revolution
1754-1774: Making a Revolution videos and simulations from HippoCampus.org
Freedom: A History of Us Exhibition from the Gilder Lehrman Institute
View documents online and watch as curators describe key documents related to the American Revolution.

America's Historical Newspapers
Database

Fighting Begins in the North

Congress adopts Olive Branch Petition
On History.com
Olive Branch Petition
Creating a Continental Army
from: Library of Congress
Washington takes command of Continental Army in 1775

Loyalists
Provides a wealth of detail on those American colonists who remained loyal to England and King George III--and the regiments of volunteers they raised to fight with the British against their patriot neighbors.

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Online Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies
Joseph Gallaway's Speech to the Continental Congress, Sept. 28, 1774
The Loyalists
Revolutionary War: The Home Front A Loyalist Tract, November 28, n.d.

The Colonies Declare Independence

Struggles in the Middle States

Fighting for Liberty on Many Fronts

Women of the American Revolution
from: AmericanRevolution.ORG
Women in Military Service
Women in the American Revolution
Deborah Sampson
Newspaper article about Deborah Sampson, 1784

Winning the War in the South

Chapter 7 Creating a Republic (1776 - 1790)

Comparison of Constitution and Articles of Confederation

The New Nation 1783 - 1815 (from Library of Congress)
Ben's Guide to Government for Kids
This government site has kid friendly information about the Constitution, Bill of Rights and other historical documents. You can also find out about the 3 branches of government outlined in the Constitution.
Constitutional Trivia Quiz
Exploring Constitutional Law
This site explores some of the great issues and controversies that surround our Nation's founding document.
BILL OF RIGHTS GOLF!

A Loose Confederation

The First Constitution ~ The Articles of Confederation (From The National Archives)

Articles of Confederation November 15, 1777 ( from Teaching American History)
Primary Documents in American History
From: Library of Congress
Noah Webster History

Every child in America should be acquainted with his own country. He should read books that furnish him with ideas that will be useful to him in life and practice. As soon as he opens his lips, he should rehearse the history of his own country.”

― Noah Webster