Find out about Jose Gutierrez de Lara, Mexican revolutionary and diplomat. Read about how Gutierrez de Lara was obsessed with the idea of freeing Mexico from Spain.

An informational text piece about the Mexican War of Independence against the Spanish. The student activity also contains review questions which challenges the students to critically think about the topic.

"The Blue Ghost"; Essex-class aircraft carrier; fifth United States Naval ship named in honor of the Revolutionary War Battle of Lexington.

A map of North America, Central America, and northern South America at the end of the American Revolutionary War (1783). The map is color-coded to show the territory of the United States at the time, British possessions in Canada,...

A map from 1899 of the United States showing the growth of the nation from the original States in 1783 to the admission of Utah into the Union in 1896. The map shows the Northwest Territory claimed at the end of the American...

A map from 1889 of North America showing the expansion in the region of the United States from the original Thirteen Colonies at the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783 to the time the map was made, around 1889, before the territories...