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Niahd: The Decisive Yorktown Battle
A one-page summation of the last major battle of the Revolutionary War: Yorktown. The significance of this battle is highlighted.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: First Bank of the United States
Describes how Alexander Hamilton established the First Bank in 1791 to handle the massive Revolutionary war debt and to create a standard form of currency.
Black Past
Black Past: Lafayette, James Armistead (1760 1832)
A brief biography of James Lafayette reveals that he was a spy during the American Revolution. He fooled the likes of Benedict Arnold and General Cornwallis of Britain!
A&E Television
History.com: The Mariel Boatlift: How Cold War Politics Drove Thousands of Cubans to Florida in 1980
After Fidel Castro loosened emigration policies, some 125,000 Cubans landed on U.S. shores over a span of five months. The Mariel Boatlift of 1980 was a mass emigration of Cubans to the United States. The exodus was driven by a stagnant...
A&E Television
History.com: How Alexander Hamilton's Men Surprised the Enemy at the Battle of Yorktown
Hamilton's leadership in the war's last major land battle would deliver the future Secretary of the Treasury his long-sought glory. Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, known for his famous, fatal duel with Aaron Burr...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1754 1800: Women in the American Revolution
Women supported the American Revolution by making homespun cloth, working to produce goods and services to help the army, and even serving as spies.
Curated OER
National Park Service: The Battle of Guilford Courthouse
"The Americans fought like demons," a quote from Cornwallis on the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. Find historical highlights and biographical notes on Nathanael Greene and Lord Cornwallis.
University of Groningen
American History: Essays: American Revolution
This site from the University of Groningen provides a ten page essay on the nature of the American Revolution. Content includes a focus on events which led up to the revolution, and an analysis of the revolution itself.
Curated OER
Etc: Theatre of the American Rev War in the South, 1775 1783
A map of the southern theater of the American Revolutionary War from the Chesapeake Bay south to Savannah, showing major cities and towns, forts, and important battle sites of the period. An inset map details Yorktown, site of the final...
Yale University
Yale: Treaty of Amity and Commerce, France and u.s.
The actual treaty that was signed between France the U.S. during the Revolutionary War in which France recognized American independence.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: Making the Revolution: Independence: 1783 1791
A collection of eight primary resources with introductory notes, classroom discussion questions, and supplemental links on the period following the Revolutionary War, 1783-1791 and the making of a new nation.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: What's Cooking, Uncle Sam?
Eclectic online exhibition highlights government's concern with the American diet from the Revolutionary War to the late 1900s.
Other
Mary Ballard's Diary on Line: Courtship and Marriage
A look at courtship and marriage in the period right after the Revolutionary War through the diary of Mary Ballard. Contains a brief explanation of courtship in this period and sections of the diary related to the topic.
Library of Congress
Loc: Gen. Montgomery Captured Montreal
Briefly profiles General Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold's assaults on Quebec during the Revolutionary War. Historic engravings are featured on these two pages from the Library of Congress.
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.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Formation of a National Government
This site from the American Revolution Project discusses the state of the union at the end of the Revolutionary War and how the events of the time led to the failure of the Continental Congress and the Articles of Confederation.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Emergence of Colonial Government
Detailed essay which shows how colonial self-government developed prior to the Revolutionary War.
Curated OER
Etc: The Colonies During the Revolutionary War, 1775 1783
A map of the Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolution. The map shows the territorial claims west of the Allegheny Mountains, and includes inset maps detailing the vicinity of Philadelphia, the vicinity of Boston, and the vicinity...
Quia
Quia: Battles of the American Revolution
Play these three games to see what you know about the battles of the American Revolution by matching a description with the correct battle.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: American Revolution: Free Labor in the American Revolution
An essay on the make-up of the Continental Army. Soldiers came from the craftsman and laborer class. Read about the effect of their fight on the "American Revolution."
Ducksters
Ducksters: Quiz: The American Revolution for Kids
History Questions: American Revolution Quiz, Test, and WebQuest
History Teacher
Historyteacher.net: The American Revolution: Quiz (1)
This 10-question multiple choice quiz is immediately scored and covers facts pertaining to the American Revolution.
History Teacher
Historyteacher.net: The American Revolution: Quiz (2)
10-question multiple choice quiz is immediately scored and tests your knowledge of events pertaining to the American Revolution.
Ducksters
Ducksters: American Revolution for Kids: Boston Massacre
Kids learn about the Boston Massacre when British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a group of American colonists killing five men. Take a quiz at the end to see what you learned!