Teaching and Learning Resources on the World Wide Web
Dealing with the American Revolution and the U.S. Constitution and
the Bill of Rights
From the companion site to the PBS series Liberty! Chronicle of the Revolution
2. Abraham Lincoln
3. The Baroness von Riedesel
4. Benedict Arnold's Leg
5. Benjamin Franklin
6. Bernardo de Galvez
7. The Boston Tea Party
8. Daniel Boone
9. The Declaration of Independence
12. The Edenton Ladies Tea Party
13. Educational Reform
14. Expanding Frontier
16. James Madison
17. Jehu Grant
18. John Adams
19. Joseph Brant
20. Judith Sargent Murray
21. Literary Ties
23. Marquis de Lafayette
25. Minutemen, Militia and the Continental Army
26. Miraculous Convergence
27. Native Americans
28. Northwest Ordinance
29. Phillis Wheatley
30. The Second Continental Congress
31. Songs of the Revolution
33. The Stamp Act Riots
34. Tar and Feathering
35. Thomas Hutchinson
36. Thomas Jefferson
37. Thomas Paine
38. The Virtuous Republic
39. Who Fought in the Continental Army?
All the News?
The American Revolution and Maryland’s Press
18th century life and the advent of the American Revolution as reported in the Maryland Gazette.
from The Early America Review.
For accounts of the Massacre, see:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Military Science
Battles of the American Revolutionary War
Student projects on various Revolutionary War battles include images and general information.
National Park Service: Cowpens National Battlefield.
National Park Service site that commemorates a decisive battle that helped turn the tide of Revolutionary War in the South.
Essays by professional historians on the Revolution
Information about espionage and special operations during the Revolution from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Explains espionage of the time with intercepted letters and the stories and methods behind them.
Maps of Revolutionary War campaigns.
Part of a Library of Congress exhibition on Religion and the Founding of the American Republic, Library of Congress Exhibition.
Sponsored by the National Humanities Center and written by Christine Heyrman of the Department of History, University of Delaware.
Timeline of the Revolution, PBS Series “Liberty”
The Founding Fathers: Delegates to the Constitutional Convention
Brief biographies of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention from the National Archives.
Biographical sketches of America's founding fathers from the Rev. Charles A. Goodrich’s 1829 book, Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence.
For an indepth look at the Constitutional Convention and the ratification process, see an on-line exhibit entitled "A More Perfect Union," created by the National Archives.
"Questions and Answers Pertaining to the Constitution" presents facts about the Constitution.
The Constitution: A Bicentennial Chronicle
Essays by leading historians and political scientists, sponsored by the American Historical Association and the American Political Science Association.
Bill of Rights
The Declaration of Independence
The Great Convention