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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Battle of Camden

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about this Revolutionary War battle that took place August 16, 1780, between Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America that ended in victory for the British.
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Battle of Monmouth

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about this Revolutionary War battle that took place June 28, 1778, between Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America that ended in a long-term victory for the British.
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Battle of Bunker Hill

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about this Revolutionary War battle that took place June 17, 1775, between Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America that ended in a victory for the British.
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Battle of Oriskany

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about this Revolutionary War battle that took place August 06, 1777, between Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America that ended in a victory for the British.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: Alexander Mc Dougall

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the U.S. Congress provides a short biography of Alexander McDougall, a member of the Continental Congress who fought in the Revolutionary War.
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Battle of Germantown

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Battle of Germantown, the October 04, 1777, Revolutionary War battle between Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America that ended in victory for the British.
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Battle of Guilford Courthouse

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about this Revolutionary War battle that took place March 15, 1781, between Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America that ended in a victory for the British.
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Walled Lake Consolidated Schools

Loon Lake Elementary: The Road to Revolution

For Students 3rd - 7th
A concise summary of the events that lead to the American Revolution. Illustrations help students visualize as they learn about this historical event.
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Thomas Gage

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview and biographical facts on the life of Thomas Gage, British leader and military commander in the early days of the American Revolution.
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Crispus Attucks

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview and biographical facts on the life of Crispus Attucks, the first martyr of the American Revolution falling during the Boston Massacre.
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Curated OER

Etc: Operations in South During the Amer Rev War, 1780 1781

For Students 9th - 10th
A map showing the southern operations (1780-1781) during the American Revolutionary War. The map shows terrain, rivers, and major battle sites from the northern Virginia line south to St. Augustine, which was at the time a Loyalist...
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Black Past

Black Past: Salem, Peter (Ca. 1750 1816)

For Students 9th - 10th
An encyclopedia entry telling about Peter Salem, a slave who fought in the Revolutionary War and reportedly fired the shot that killed Major Pitcairn at Bunker Hill.
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Black Past

Black Past: Poor, Salem (1747 1780)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this encyclopedia entry that recounts the participation of Salem Poor, a freed black man, who served in the Revolutionary War.
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Black Past

Black Past: Forten, James (1766 1842)

For Students 9th - 10th
An encyclopedia article about James Forten, a free black man, who fought in the Revolutionary War, and later became a supporter of abolition and suffrage.
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Black Past

Black Past: Whipple, Prince

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia article, although brief, gives good information about Prince Whipple, a slave who fought in the Revolutionary War.
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Black Past

Black Past: Brace, Jeffrey (1742? 1827)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the slave, Jeffrey Brace, who enlisted in the Continental Army. Find out what happened to him and his family after the Revolutionary War.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Houdon, George Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
After the successful conclusion of the American Revolutionary War, the Virginia General Assembly desired a statue of George Washington for display in a public space. Jean-Antoine Houdon was commissioned to complete the statue. View...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making: Contested Territories

For Students 9th - 10th
This site highlights the westward expansion of settlers in North America and the effects this expansion had on Native Americans between the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Teaching Math & Science in Age of Sputnik

For Students 9th - 10th
Why did the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik throw the fields of mathematics and science into tremendous demand in the United States? Find the many ways this revolutionary event impacted children from the 1950s to become the...
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Curated OER

Etc: The Colonies During the Revolutionary War, 1775 1783

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Etc: The War in the South, 1780 1781

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the southern campaigns (1780-1781) during the American Revolutionary War, keyed to show the movements by both American and British forces. The map shows major cities, towns, forts, and significant battle sites of the war.
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Curated OER

Etc: Native American Delimitations, 1763 1770

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the American colonies and territories west to the Mississippi River between the end of the French and Indian War of 1763 and the beginnings of westward expansion of the trans-Appalachian colony proposed in the Vandalia Project...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: The War in Northern New York, 1777

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the Adirondack Mountains, southern Lake Champlain, eastern Lake Ontario, and Hudson River Valley south to Peekskill showing the important battle sites of the area during the American Revolutionary War.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North American Colonies, 1783

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of eastern North America in 1783 at the end of the American Revolutionary War, showing the territory of the newly formed United States as proposed by the Treaty of Paris, the Canadian border extending to the Ohio River proposed by...