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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: American Independence

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of Fordham University's Internet Modern History Sourcebook, this site gives historical background and extensive web resources on American Independence.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: The Price of Freedom: Americans at War

For Students 9th - 10th
View comprehensive sets of artifacts that tell the story of America's wartime past and present. Artifacts from every major American military conflict, beginning with the American Revolution, can be closely examined. Full curatorial notes...
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BBC

Bbc: History: The American War of Independence

For Students 9th - 10th
This account of the American War of Independence looks at the war objectively, acknowledging that it was, in fact, both a civil war and a world war. The author begins with the prelude to the war, discusses the theater of war and the...
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Other

American Revolution: A Naval History of the American Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This online reproduction of the original 1913 text by Gardner W. Allen is organized chronologically beginning in 1775 and ending with 1783. An appendix includes source citations, a list of vessels, officers, privateers and other...
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Library of Congress

Loc: The American Revolution Began April 19, 1775

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is an interesting site explaining the beginning of the American Revolution. Read all about the communication system that signaled the beginning of the war.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: Why Morristown, Nj ?

For Students 9th - 10th
A site that tells of the importance of Morristown, NJ to Washington and his army as a winter encampment during the Revolutionary War.