Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making: The New Nation
After the War of Independence, Americans were unable to agree on the form of their federal government. This unit explores how those conflicts played out as the new Republic defined its identity in relation to other nations.
Other
U.s. Army: Ruth Quinn: James Armistead Lafayette (1760 1832)
Spy extraordinaire of the American Revolution, James Armistead Lafayette, is featured in this biography. Armistead was born a slave in Virginia and became a member of the Continental Army in 1781.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Carpenters' Hall
Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia served many vital functions before and during the American Revolution. Among these are the seat of the First Continental Congress, the site of the War Office, and the home of the first public lending...
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Other
Boston Historical Society: Boston Massacre: Using Images and Documents [Pdf]
A fantastic teacher resource tool for helping students understand the significance of the Boston Massacre as an event that propelled America into a war for independence with England.
University of Maryland
Howard County Public School System: Are All Men Created Equal? [Pdf]
Using primary sources and contextualizing, this lesson attempts to answer the question "Did the ideals of the American Revolution affect the condition of enslaved people?"
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: France Allied With Colonies (1778)
This site describes the decision for France to aid the colonies and the impact that decision had on the American Revolution.
Other
Worcester Polytechnic Institute: Military Science: Battle of Monmouth
This page begins with a summary of the history behind the battle and goes on to discuss key events in detail with links to maps and leaders in the war along with the military strategy involved.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Margaret Cochran Corbin
A hero of the American Revolution, Margaret Cochran Corbin was the first woman to receive a military pension.
Curated OER
Etc: The War in the South, 1780 1781
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.
Curated OER
Etc: Native American Delimitations, 1763 1770
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...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: The War in Northern New York, 1777
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.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North American Colonies, 1783
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...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Price of Freedom: Regimental Uniform Coat
A photograph of the regimental uniform coat of an officer in the Continental Army. Includes a description of this particular coat and gives information about where the uniforms were manufactured.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: All American Girl
This lesson plan on Abigail Adams, Phillis Wheatley and other women writers is designed to "enhance the Social Studies curriculum for fourth and fifth graders by providing information on the roles that women had during three areas in...
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: American Revolution: Patriotism/quaker Loyalism in a Pennsylvania Family
National Humanities Center provides an essay based on the correspondence of a Quaker Family in colonial Pennsylvania.
Black Past
Black Past: Fraunces Tavern
An encyclopedia article about the role of the Fraunces Tavern, owned by the black merchant, Samuel Fraunces, before, during, and after the Revolutionary War.
Other
Maps of the American Revolution
Although this is a "selling" site, it is a good resource that not only supplies images of maps of the times, but provides the background to the map - when it was published, what was going on at the time, etc.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Revolution Webisode 2
Webisode 2 - Revolution. The history of the United States is presented in a series of webisodes, within each are a number of segments. Included are links to lesson plans, teacher guides, resources, activities, and tools.
Other
Seacoast Nh: John Paul Jones in Portsmouth
Most of us only know him as the brave captain of a sinking ship yelling out, "I have not yet begun to fight!" However, here is a more complete story of the trials and tribulations that John Paul Jones found in the service of his country.
Other
Oin: 1777: Oneidas & the Birth of the American Nation
A summary of the role the Oneida Indian Nation played in the American Revolution.
PBS
Pbs: Liberty: The Road to Revolution Game
An online game where students travel the path of the American Revolutionary War by answering questions about the time period.
Other
British Battles: The Battle of Yorktown 1781
The British called the Americans rebels! But in the end, had to surrender to them. Read the exciting account, complete with artwork and facts, of this famous battle that led to the independence of the American states.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Houdon, George Washington
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...
Curated OER
British Library: Online Gallery: The American Revolution
Part of the British Library's On-line Gallery series. This section explores, in comprehensive detail, the American Revolution. The Gallery includes an introduction, a timeline of events and lots of documentary and pictorial evidence....