In this lesson, students will review information about Paul Revere and the American Revolution. Students will also determine facts and opinions about the American Revolution. After viewing primary sources, students will complete a...

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.

A fun word search game with history terms from the American Revolution. Play online or print out a version for use in class or at home.

Explore the American Revolution on this website. Learn how it started, battles fought, timeline, and major events.

This detailed timeline describes Thomas Jefferson's life, spanning the colonial period, the American Revolution, and the early Republic. You will also find maps and written documents within this collection.

Find out what really happened to the brave men who signed the Declaration of Independence. What has been put forth in popular literature is rebutted and explained through rigorous research.

Learn what economic, political, and social factors led to the writing of the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution. In this activity, students learn what caused the colonies to declare independence from Great Britain...

On this site, study the Battle of Lexington and Concord which was a major event in the American Revolutionary War.

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!

Sybil Ludington was just 16 years old when she made a night-time ride rallying Patriot soldiers During the American Revolution.

Kids learn about Valley Forge. The place where George Washington and the Continental Army spent the winter during the Revolutionary War.

Kids learn about Life as a Revolutionary War Soldier including the Continentla army, the militia, and the British Red Coats.

Kids learn about Patriots and Loyalists during the Revolutionary War. One side wanted independence while the other wanted to remain part of Britain.

Kids learn the Glossary and Terms from the Revolutionary War including patriot, loyalist, colony, volley, whig, tory, and more.

Kids learn about daily life during the Revolutionary War including homes, clothes, food, school, and other fun facts. Take a quiz at the end to see what you learned!

Kids learn about the battles at Fort Ticonderoga during the Revolutionary War including the Green Mountain Boys and General John Burgoyne.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident." This infamous quote is part of the Declaration of Independence which Congress adopted on July 4, 1776. Read about the ideas contained in this document and take a quiz at the end to see what you...

Young scholars will examine several historical congressional records from the Reconstruction period to assess whether they show evidence that the Reconstruction period of American history should or should not be viewed as a revolution....

By reading this section of a chapter on "America's War for Independence," students will be able to outline the British southern strategy and its results, describe key American victories in the war, and also identify the main terms of the...

Check out this informative site to learn more about life in the colonies before the Revolutionary War. Find out why the colonists had issues with "taxation without representation." "You will work independently and in pairs to learn about...

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.

Students are assigned a prominent man or woman of the American Revolutionary War. The students will write a two-page report, create a poster person, and then present their research to the class in first person.

An elaborate list of activities to use when teaching about the Revolutionary War. Near the bottom there are links to lists of all types of books to use with students while studying this topic.

Discusses what led up to the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, and the role Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas played in developing it.