American Revolution

Home Syllabus First Americans Explorers French and Indian War First Europeans American Revolution The Constitution A New Nation Civil War

Key Questions

 

How did the Americans react to England’s policies?

What type of government would have worked best in the colonies?

Why did the Americans decide to declare their Independence?

What were the strengths and weaknesses of each side during the war?

Why did foreign countries come to the aid of the United Sates?

Why did the Americans win the war?

Who were the major leaders from each side?

Links

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/ Web site for Liberty! series on PBS.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/bdsdhome.html Documents for the Continental Congress.

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/index.html History Place Web Site

http://www.dell.homestead.com/revwar/files/INDEX.HTM#anchor006 American Revolution Home Page

http://users.erols.com/candidus/music.htm Songs from the Revolution

http://library.thinkquest.org/10966/ Student and teacher guide to the Revolution. This site contains many primary sources.

http://www.si.umich.edu/spies/ Spy letters from the American Revolution

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-prel.htm Timeline of events leading up to the war

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/revwar-75.htm Timeline of the beginning of the war

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/revwar-77.htm Timeline of the end of the war

http://www.connectingstudents.com/lessonplans/revtime.htm Timeline activity