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Eye Witness to History: The British Surrender at Yorktown, 1781
This article describes the issues and troop movement leading up to the British surrender to Washington at Yorktown. A chart shows the statistics of both the British and American forces' resources and causalities.
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U.s. History: The French Alliance
The surrender of General Burgoynne at Saratoga gave the French the assurance that the Continental Army had a fighting chance to beat the British. Read about early French help and the formal agreements signed between France and America.
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National Park Service: Colonial National Historical Park: Siege of Yorktown
This site provides a history of the Siege of Yorktown in 1781.
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Indians and the American Revolution
Essay on the Native American role in the American Revolution.
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Classic Reader: Betty Zane by Zane Grey
Read the full text of Zane Grey's first novel "Betty Zane" based on his great-great aunt. Betty Zane was a frontier girl and a heroine of the last battle of the Revolutionary War at Fort Henry.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Austrian Netherlands, 1792
A map of the Austrian Netherlands in 1792 at the onset of the French Revolutionary Wars. The map is color-coded to show the territories under Austrian possession, the Ecclesiastical States of the Holy Roman Empire, the United...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: West of Philadelphia, 1777
A map of the area west of Philadelphia, showing important sites of the American Revolutionary War during the British campaign to capture Philadelphia, including the Battle of the Brandywine at Chad's Ford, the Battle of Paoli, and the...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Oriskany Battlefield
Local militias held off pro-British Indians and Loyalists in Battle of Oriskany, one of the few battles of the Revolutionary War in which all participants were natives of North America.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: David Wooster
David Wooster (March 2, 1710 - May 2, 1777) was an American general in the American Revolutionary War. In 1739 Wooster was a lieutenant of the guard-a-costa in the war between England and Spain. He commanded the regiment in Connecticut...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Arkansas: Arkansas Post
Commemorates the first semi-permanent European settlement in the Lower Mississippi Valley (1686); an American Revolutionary War skirmish (1783); the first territorial capital of Arkansas (1819-1821); and the American Civil War Battle of...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Siege of Yorktown, 1781
A battle plan of the Siege of Yorktown of 1781 at the close of the American Revolutionary War. The plan shows the British fortifications around Yorktown, the ships Guadeloupe and Charon in the York River, the British redoubts occupied by...
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Etc: Middle Atlantic States, 1778 1779
A map of the Middle States during the American Revolutionary War showing the major northern battle sites from Crown Point on Lake Champlain south to Brandywine and west to Pittsburgh (Fort Duquesne) and Venago.
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Etc: The Campaigns in the South, 1778 1779
A map of parts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia involved in the southern campaigns of the American Revolutionary War (1778-1779). The map shows cities and towns, rivers and terrain, forts, and battle sites of the...
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Etc: Scene of Operations in the South, 1779 1781
A map of southern Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia showing the scene of operations in the South during the American Revolutionary War from 1779-1781. The map shows the route of Greene's retreat from Cowpens to the...
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Etc: The Campaigns in the Middle States, 1777 1778
A map of parts of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland involved in the early years of the American Revolutionary War. The map shows cities and towns, rivers and terrain, forts, and battle sites of the region, including Crown...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Campaigns in New York and New Jersey, 1776
A map showing the area of the New York and New Jersey campaign (1776) during the American Revolutionary War. The map shows the British landing on Staten Island in June, 1776, the advance across the Narrows to Brooklyn, Washington's...
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Etc: Maps Etc: North Eastern Frontier of France, 1792
A map of the northeastern frontier of France with the Austrian Netherlands, and the site of the Battle of Valmy during the French Revolutionary Wars, showing the military position in September of 1792.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Northern Italy, 1796 1797
A map of Northern Italy in 1796-1797 during the French Revolutionary Wars, subtitled "Bonaparte's Campaign." This map shows the Piedmont locations of Montenotte (1796) northeast of Nice, Dego, and Mondovi near Turin, the Po River...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Plan of the Movements at Concord, 1775
A plan of the Battle of Concord, Massachusetts, at the opening of the American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775). Explanation of the Plan: (1) Lexington Road; (2) Hills and high land where the liberty pole stood; (3) center of the town,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Westchester County, 1872
A map from 1872 of the vicinity of White Plains during the American Revolutionary War, showing important forts and battle sites in 1776.
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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...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Philadelphia (Gundelo)
Philadelphia, the only remaining American gunboat from the Revolutionary War, sank in a battle on Lake Champlain in 1776. It was salvaged in remarkably good condition in 1935 and now resides at the National Museum of American History.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Valcour Bay
Site of Battle of Valcour Island during the Revolutionary War.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in New York: Saratoga Natl Historical Park
Site of the 1777 Battle of Saratoga, the first significant American military victory of the American Revolutionary War.