Khan Academy
Tea, Taxes, and the American Revolution
Rather than simply summarizing the events that led to the American Revolution, have your learners listen as John Green offers some interesting points to be used as discussion or writing prompts in your review of the war. Green details...
Library of Congress
Loc: Webcast: Publishing the Declaration of Independence
Robin Shields, retired reference librarian in the Serial and Government Publications Division of the Library of Congress, discusses the distribution of the Declaration of Independence via American newspapers. Shields explores these...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The American Revolution: 1775
Celebrated historian Joe Ellis and Walter Isaacson sit down to discuss the beginning of the American Revolution and how the colonies united. [7:28]
PBS
Liberty's Kids 126 Honor and Compromise
A Liberty's Kids video that focuses on a divided Continental Congress led by Richard Henry Lee and Samuel Chase and a disagreement in battle strategy between General George Washington and General Charles Lee. [23:17]
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Episode 1588: The Articles of Confederation
American soldiers during the Revolution often went unpaid, unfed, and without uniforms. This was only one of the problems of the Continental Congress.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Patrick Henry
"Give me liberty or give me death" is the infamous cry of Patrick Henry. Better known as the "Skullcrusher", he laid the groundwork for the first Continental Congress. [2:07]