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University of Groningen

American History: Documents: Paris Peace Treaty 1783

For Students 9th - 10th
Content includes the full text of the Paris Peace Treaty 1783 which ended the United States War for Independence.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: 1775 1783: Britain's Law and Order Strategy and Its Consequences

For Students 11th - 12th
This section of a chapter on "America's War for Independence" deals with Great Britain's response to the destruction of a British shipment of tea in Boston Harbor in 1773 and how it set the stage for the Revolution.
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History of American Wars

History of American Wars: Revolutionary War Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline showing the events leading up to the Revolutionary War, beginning with unpopular legislation implemented under British rule. It follows with the reaction of the American colonists and continues in a cause and effect manner...
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 7: Key Ideas Leading to Independence

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Read and study the sources about key ideas leading to independence. Then use the three sources and your knowledge of social studies to answer the questions.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: Making the Revolution: Independence: 1783 1791

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Read Works

Read Works: Colonization & Revolutionary War: The Declaration of Independence

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the creation of the Declaration of Independence. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Other

Historical Text Archive: Mexico: Stages of Independence, 1808 21

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the Mexican War of Independence, an armed conflict which was the culmination of a political and social process which ended the rule of Spain in the territory of New Spain.
Website
Digital History

Digital History: How Were the Colonies Able to Win Independence?

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of the several reasons the American colonies were able to defeat the head of the British Empire and become an independent country. See also a very brief description of how the Continental Congress paid for the war.
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A&E Television

History.com: Revolutionary War Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
The Revolutionary War was an insurrection by American Patriots in the 13 colonies to British rule, resulting in American independence.
Website
Digital History

Digital History: The Revolutionary War

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the military encounters in the Revolutionary War. Read about the lows and highs of the Continental Army, and the eventual defeat of the British.
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PBS

Pbs: Independent Lens: Conscience and the Constitution

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Would you accept being drafted into military service if your family was being held in an internment camp? That was the question on many a Japanese American's mind during World War 2. Explore the stories of those who resisted service and...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: America in the Second World War

For Students 5th - 8th
A brief description of the course of World War II in both Europe and the Pacific. Read about the new technologies developed for the military by both the Allies and Axis powers, and find out about the millions who died as a result of the...
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Civil War Home

Home of the American Civil War: Edmund Kirby Smith (1824 1893)

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out why E. Kirby Smith commanded an essentially independent area of the Confederacy when he was placed in the Trans-Mississippi West. From "Who Was Who in the Civil War" by Stewart Sifakis.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Spy Techniques of the Revolutionary War: Culper Code Book

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using a primary source and transcript students decipher and create historically-accurate spy communications like those used by George Washington and the Culper Spy ring in the American Revolutionary War.
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Other

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: War and Upheaval

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow the trajectory of the Revolutionary War through this synopsis that is broken down into five themes. Read about the Declaration of Independence, the turning points of the war, other countries that supported the war, and how...
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Library of Congress

Loc: The World in 1898: The Spanish American War: Cuba in 1898

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the Ten Years' War the Cubans fought against the Spanish beginning in 1868, the economic ties the Cubans had with the United States, and the eventual independence of Cuba.
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PBS

Revolution: Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the original rough draft written by Thomas Jefferson declaring independence from England. In his rough draft he railed against King George III for creating ans sustaining slave trade. It was this phrase which the delegates of the...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Declaration of Independence

For Students 9th - 10th
The Independence Hall Association provides an online image of the original document of the Declaration of Independence.
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: American Revolutionary War

For Students 9th - 10th
This article on the American Revolutionary War looks at its causes, the phases of the war, naval warfare, the involvement of other countries, the Treaty of Paris, the different groups of combatants, and the impact of the war.
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Texas A&M University

Sons of Dewitt Colony Texas: Mexican Independence

For Students 9th - 10th
Website devoted to the regional history of Texas discusses significant historical figures and events of Mexican Independence.
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Other

Historical Thinking Matters: Spanish American War

For Students 9th - 10th
This award-winning site has everything you need for online lessons or independent study about the Spanish-American War. Uses an inquiry-based approach with lots of primary sources, and the material can be used in conjunction with almost...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Declaring Independence: Drafting the Documents

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Library of Congress provides a timeline of the events surrounding the writing of the Declaration of Independence. Click around the Exhibits Home Page for some fantastic treasures housed in the Exhibit Hall.
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CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: What Led to the Declaration of Independence

For Students 7th - 8th
This tutorial examines the events that created conflict between the American colonies and Britain and led to war and the Declaration of Independence. A PDF file of the tutorial is available.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Argument, Persuasion, or Propaganda? World War Ii Posters

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students will analyze World War II posters. Students will first look at the posters as a whole group and will work independently. Students will to determing how the following terms differ: argument, persuasion and...

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