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• 18c Resources

• Abigail Smith Adams

• Africans in America:  1750-1805 -- "Revolution" (PBS)

• Amazing Women in War and Peace

• America in the 1770s (E Pluribus Unum Project)

• America's Wars--The American Revolution

• The American Revolution.com

• Archiving Early America

• "Battle of Concord" - Marike Blauw (essay)

• "Battle of Lexington" - Brenda Kamphuis (essay)

• Benjamin Franklin :  A Documentary History

• Bibliographies of the War of American Independence - U. S. Army Center of Military History

• A Biography of America:  The Coming of Independence (1763-1783) - Annenberg/CPB

• Black Loyalists

• Chronology on the History of Slavery and Racism:  1619-1789

• Colonial Currency

• Colonial to 1800 -- American Literature

• The Contemplator's Short History of Women in the Revolutionary Era

• Cross Roads and Cross Rivers:  Diversity in Colonial New York

• Declaring Independence:  Drafting the Documents

• Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention:  1774-1789

• "Drums Along the Mohawk:  The American Revolution on the New York Frontier"

• Early American Art

• The Execution of Nathan Hale, 1776

• Flags of the American Revolution

• Fort Ticonderoga

• George Washington:  A National Treasure (Smithsonian)

• George Washington (1) - PBS Series on the American Presidency

• George Washington's Mount Vernon

• The Great Seal of the United States -- First Great Seal Committee (1776)

• Historic Philadelphia

• Historic Valley Forge

• Histories of the Battle of Saratoga, 1777

• The History of Black Military Service:  From the Colonial Era through the Antebellum Period

• "Indians and the American Revolution" - essay by Wilcomb E. Washburn

• Intelligence in the War of Independence

• John Adams (1) - PBS Series on the American Presidency

• "John Bull and Uncle Sam:  Four Centuries of British-American Relations" (American Revolution)

• Journals of the Continental Congress (34 volumes)

• Letters of Thomas Jefferson

• Liberty- The American Revolution (PBS)

• Loyalist and British Songs & Poetry of the American Revolution

• Map-->"Black-White Colonial America Outline Map:  1776"

• Map-->"U. S. Fifty States No Labels Black-and-White Outline Map"

• Map-->"U. S. Physical Map--Black-and-White Outline"

• Map-->"U. S. Physical and Political Black-and-White Outline Map"

• Martha Dandridge (Custis) Washington

• "Mercantilism in Practice and the (Resulting?) American Revolution" - Carole E. Scott

• New Jersey During the Revolution

• The Papers of George Washington

• Paul Revere Virtual Museum

• Perspectives on Liberty (PBS)

• Prelude to Revolution (timeline)

• "Progressive Historiography of the American War for Independence" - Mike Crane (essay)

• "Religion and Revolution" - lecture by Prof. Terry Matthews (Wake Forest Univ.)

• Religion and the American Revolution

• Religion and the Founding of the American Republic (LOC)

• The Revolutionary War (History Central)

• "Some Consequences of the Revolution for America's Churches" - lecture by Prof. Terry Matthews (Wake Forest Univ.)

• Spy Letters of the American Revolution

• "The Stylistic Artistry of the Declaration of Independence" - essay by Stephen E. Lucas

• Thomas Jefferson Papers - Library of Congress

• Thomas Paine - biography and links

• Timeline of the American Revolution (extensive) - The History Place

• To Form a More Perfect Union:  The Work of the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention

• USS Constitution Museum

• Virtual Marching Tours of the American Revolution

• Virtual Tour of Historic Philadelphia

• The War for American Independence

• Video Presentation of the Declaration of Independence  (must see)

• The Writing of the Declaration of Independence

• Mid-late 18c?: "Free America" - a Revolutionary song by Joseph Warren

• Late 18c:  "Yankee Doodle" - song lyrics (anonymous)

• 1770s:  “I Began to Feel the Happiness, Liberty, of which I Knew Nothing Before” - Boston King Chooses Freedom and the Loyalists during the War for Independence

• 1774:  "The King's speech to both houses of Parliament, on the 30th of November"

• 1774:  Petition of Congress to the King - John Adams (10/26)

• 1774:  Suffolk Resolves

• 1774-1802:  Early Virginia Religious Petitions

• 1775:  "The address of the Lords and Commons to his Majesty, on the present state of America" - broadside

• 1775:  The Battle of Bunker Hill - Major-General John Burgoyne to Lord Stanley

• 1775:  "The Battle of Bunker Hill" - British song lyrics

• 1775:  The Charlotte Town Resolves

• 1775:  Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of Taking Up Arms - John Dickinson & Thomas Jefferson

• 1775:  First-Hand Account of the Midnight Ride - Paul Revere

• 1775:  "The Farmer Refuted" - Alexander Hamilton

• 1775:  "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speech - Patrick Henry

• 1775:  "His Majesty's most gracious speech to both houses of Parliament, on Friday, 10/27" - broadside

• 1775:  "The King's Own Regulars" - traditional song lyrics from the British soldier's point of view

• 1775:  Novanglus No. 7 by John Adams (under the pen name Novanglus)  Response to a Loyalist

• 1775:  New England Restraining Act (3/30)

• 1775:  On Civil Liberty, Passive Obedience, and Nonresistance - Jonathan Boucher

• 1775:  A Proclamation, by The King, for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition

• 1775:  A Report on Indian Affairs - Articles of Confederation Congress (7/12)

• 1775:  Runaway Notice for the Slave, "Titus"

• 1775:  "A Society of Patriotic Ladies at Edenton in North Carolina" - political cartoon by Philip Dawe, London

• 1775:  Speech on Conciliation with America - Sir Edmund Burke 

• 1775: 

• 1775:  William Pitt's Speech on the Stamp Act (1/20)

• 1775-79:  The War for Independence Through Seneca Eyes - Mary Jemison Views the Revolution

• 1775-1780:  Excerpts from the Journal of John Paul Jones

• 1776:  Actual Page from The Boston Gazette (10/7/1776)

• 1776:  "The American Crisis, I" - Thomas Paine in Common Sense

• 1776:  "American Independence" - Samuel Adams

• 1776:  The Battle of Trenton

• 1776:  Common Sense - Thomas Paine

• 1776:  Concord Town Meeting Resolution

• 1776:  The Constitution of Pennsylvania

• 1776:  The Declaration of Independence - Thomas Jefferson

• 1776:  Draft Constitution for Virginia - Thomas Jefferson

• 1776:  "Fragment of an original letter on the slavery of the negroes; written in the year 1776, by Thomas Day, Esq." - broadside

• 1776:  The Great Anniversary Festival - John Adams on the Declaration of Independence (7/3)   (Click on Text Version)

• 1776:  Halifax Resolve

• 1776:  "An intercepted original letter from General Washington to his Lady, in the year 1776" (1/24) - broadside

• 1776:  John Adams to Abigail Adams - letter (7/3)

• 1776:  Letter and Poem to General Washington - Phillis Wheatley,

• 1776:  Letter to Congress on Recruiting & Maintaining an Army - George Washington

• 1776: 

• 1776:  New Jersey Constitution of 1776

• 1776:  "Plain Truth" - a Loyalist pamphlet by James Chalmers (Candidus)

• 1776:  "Reading of the Declaration of independence White Plains, July 11, 1776 (From a painting by George Albert Harker - Courtesy Westchester Title and Trust Co.) New York's declaration of independence" - broadside      image

• 1776: 

• 1776:  Resolution introduced in the Continental Congress by Richard Henry Lee (Virginia) proposing a Declaration of Independence

• 1776:  Rights of Women in an Independent Republic - letter of Abigail Adams to John Adams

• 1776:  Thomas Jefferson's Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence

• 1776:  Thoughts on Government - John Adams

• 1776:  The True Interest of America Impartially Stated - Charles Inglis

• 1776:  Virginia Declaration of Rights - George Mason

• 1776-80:  Revolutionary War Journal of Captain Joseph Bloomfield

• 1777:  An Account of the Battle of Princeton

• 1777:  Articles of Confederation

• 1777:  Constitution of New York

• 1777:  "The first prayer in Congress. In Thatcher's military journal, under date of December 1777, is found a note containing the identical 'First prayer in Congress,' made by the Rev. J. Duche ... Ocala, Fla. Banner Steam Print" - broadside

• 1777:  From the Diary of a Surgeon at Valley Forge - Albigence Waldo

• 1777:  Hessian Account of the Battle of Saratoga

• 1777:  Major-General Burgoyne to his nieces after the Battle of Saratoga    (scroll down)

• 1777:  “Natural and Inalienable Right to Freedom” - Slaves ’Petition for Freedom to the Massachusetts Legislature

• 1777:  Observations on the slaves and the indented servants, enlisted in the army, and in the navy of the United States - Antibiastes

• 1777:  Petition of Blacks to the Massachusetts General Court for an end to slavery

• 1777:  Statute of Religious Freedom - Thomas Jefferson

• 1778:  Letter of Mrs. Hannah Corbin

• 1778:  Letters from Valley Forge

• 1778:  Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the U. S. & France

• 1778:  Treaty with the Delawares

• 1778:  Treaty with France

• 1779:  Andrew Sherburne’s Experiences on a Privateer During the Revolutionary War

• 1779:  A Bill Concerning Slaves - Thomas Jefferson

• 1779:  Draft for a Bill Establishing Religious Freedom - Thomas Jefferson

• 1780:  The American Crisis - Thomas Paine

• 1780:  Letter from Benedict Arnold to the inhabitants of North America as reported in The London Gazette (11/11-14/1780)

• 1780:  Letter from Benedict Arnold to Major John André (7/12) - decoded

• 1780:  Letter from Benedict Arnold to Major John André (7/15) - decoded

• 1780:  Letter from Benedict Arnold to George Washington pleading for mercy for his wife (9/25)

• 1780:  "The Sentiments of an AMERICAN WOMAN"

• 1780:  A Sermon on the Day of the Commencement of the Constitution - Rev. Samuel Cooper

• 1780:  Continental Congress Currency

• 1780:  Washington's Headquarters  - François Jean, Marquis de Chastellux

• 1781:  Articles of Capitulation, Yorktown

• 1781:  Diary of Ebenezer Denny - on the surrender of Cornwallis

• 1781:  "Glorious intelligence! [Announcement of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis]" - broadside

• 1781:  Cato Petitions the Pennsylvania Legislature to Remain Free, Freeman’s Journal (Philadelphia, PA) 9/21

• 1781:  The Norfolk Chronicle

• 1781:  Notes on the State of Virginia - Thomas Jefferson (full text)

• 1781:  Origin and Progress of the American Revolution - Peter Oliver

• 1781:  The Surrender of Cornwallis

• 1781:  “Laying Close Siege to the Enemy” - Joseph Plumb Martin at the Battle of Yorktown

• 1782:  Commerce between Master and Slave" - Thomas Jefferson

• 1782:  Contract Between the King & the Thirteen United States of North America

• 1782:  Letters from an American Farmer - J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur

• 1782:  What Is an American? J. Hector St. John Crèvecoeur

• 1782:  William Christian Letter

• 1783:  Address to Congress on Resigning his Commission - George Washington

• 1783:  A Committee Reports on Import Duties - Articles of Confederation Congress

• 1783:  Declarations for Suspension of Arms and Cessation of Hostilities Signed at Versailles

• 1783:  Full Restitution in Congress - Articles of Confederation Congress (11/1)

• 1783:  Letter of Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson

• 1783:  Newburgh Conspiracy and George Washington's Reply

• 1783:  Washington's Farewell to the Troops

• 1784:  Resolution of the Continental Congress regarding enemy property (1/14)

• 1784:  Report on Government for the Western Territories - Thomas Jefferson

• 1785:  Commissioners Authorized to Form Treaties with Indian Tribes - Articles of Confederation Congress

• 1785:  Letter of Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams

• 1780s:  George III Laments the Loss of the American Colonies

• 1786:  The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill on 17 June, 1775" - painting by John Trumbull

• 1832:  "My Kinsman, Major Molineux" - Nathaniel Hawthorne

• 1837:  "The Concord Hymn" - poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson

• 1837:  Sarah Osborn Recollects Her Experiences in the Revolutionary War

• 1860:  "Paul Revere's Ride" - poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow