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Major Databases
NM's Creative Impulse..Revolutions
American Revolution (1775-1783)
From Revolution to Reconstruction
American Revolutionary War Home Page
Road to Independence - WOW
The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion
AMERICA DURING THE REVOLUTION
The Colonies during the Revolutionary War 1776-1800
American History/Revolutionary War
Sons of the Revolution Web Site Navigator
Virtual Marching Tour of the American Revolution
Revolutionary War
Revolutionary War Links
USA: index to sourcematerial
American Revolution Complete Online
The Early America Review - A Journal of Fact and Opinion
A Journey Towards Freedom
American Revolutionary War Resources
American Revolution(Military,Political and Famous People)

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Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable or Coercive Acts
Sugar Act and Stamp Act
A Summary of the 1765 Stamp Act
Sugar Act
1764 - Sugar Act of 1764
Townsend Duties/Tax
Townsend Acts
George Grenville

Causes & Overviews
Events That Lead to the Revolutionary War
Events that resulted in: The War of Independence
American Revolution: Strengths,Weakness Overview
A Tax On Tea? Never!
Taxation without representation at issue
Taxation without Representation
Why Britain Lost the Colonies
Causes of the American Revolution
America prepares for Revolution -- 1764-1775
America during the Revolution
Summary of the American Revolution
A Short History of the Revolutionary War
Prologue to Revolution
Was the Revolutionary War revolutionary?

Revolutionary War FAQ
Revolutionary War FAQs

Comparsion to French Revolution
A Tale of Two Revolutions

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Diplomacy
1776-1783: Diplomacy of the American Revolution
The Jay Treaty of 1794: Treaty of Amity Commerce and Navigation
1784-1800: Diplomacy of the New Republic
Britain and the Colonies, 1753-1776
Franklin's Contributions:Diplomat in France
Ben Franklin - 1st Diplomat
Documents Relating to American Foreign Policy: Pre-1898

Statistics
Browse the Revolutionary War Pension Records
Casualties of the Revolution

Census Statistics
Historical United States Census Data Browser

Time Lines
Important dates and events 1770 Through 1785
America during the Age of Revolution, 1764-1775 America During the Revolution
American Revolutionary War Timeline
Liberty: CHRONICLE of the REVOLUTION
Timeline for Declaration of Independence
Chronological Battles by Year and Maps
Time Line of Key Events
Revolutionary War Events Time Line
Time Line

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Terms
People, Places and Terms
AmeriSpeak: Expressions of our American ancestors

Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party
LIBERTY: High Tea in Boston Harbor
The Boston Tea Party!
A Tax On Tea? Never!
Liberty: CHRONICLE of the REVOLUTION
The Boston Tea Party!!
The Boston Tea Party II - You, Taxes and the IRS
Boston Tea Party

Boston Massacre
Anonymous Account of the Boston Massacre - Colonial View
USA: Preston, Boston Massacre - British View
USA: Anon.
Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre Links
The Boston Massacre: 1770
The Boston Massacre - The Early America Review
Activity: The Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre & Trial Activity
Fact-O-Rama - Cripus Attucks: first death

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Maps
Revolutionary America
Rare Map - Revolutionary America
Revolutionary Georgia
European Possessions on North American Continent, 1783
Location of Native American Tribes, 1783
Historical Maps of the United States
the American Colonies | Colonial America Map
Territorial Growth Maps
Rare Map Collection - Colonial America
Rare Map Collection - Revolutionary America
United States Geography in the Early Republic: State by State
Battle sites: The Colonies during the Revolutionary War, clickable Map
Battles of the Revolutionary War: Click directly on red dots for battle stories
U.S. Territorial Maps 1775-1920

Flags
First Official Flag of the United States & order of states
Flags from the Colonial Period America+

Betsy Ross: The Legend of her and the Flag
Betsy Ross Flag
The Legend of Betsy Ross
Betsy Ross and the American Flag
Betsy Ross Homepage

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Documents
Core Documents of US Democracy
America's Freedom Documents
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1786)
Establishment of the Court System: The Judiciary Act of 1789

The Continental Congresses
Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention Home Page

First Continental Congress
Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress October 1774

Second Continental Congress
Causes and Necessity of taking up Arms
Dept. of Veteran Affairs - Fact Sheet:History - 1776

Articles of Confederation
USA: Articles of Confederation, 1781 ( first plan of government)

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Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers
Federalist Papers
Explaining the Constitution: The Federalist papers

Declaration of Arms
The Declaration of Arms: August, 1775

Declaration of Independence
A History of the Declaration of Independence
Debates in the Federal Convention
The Declaration of Independence: Transcription
The Declaration of Independence Home Page
The Declaration of Independence of the United SÉ
Drafting the Declaration of Independence!
Preamble: Description and Text
Declaration of Independence and the Signers by State
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence: May 20, 1775
Northwest Territory Alliance
Hancock, John

The Signers
Signers: Bios
What Happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?
Signers of  Declaration. - The Price they paid
Signers of the Declaration of Independence
The Price They Paid

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Constitution
Constitutional Questions and Answers
New Book of Knowledge: The Constitution (Amendments)
Citizen's Guide to US Constitution
Index of the US Constitution ** Excellent Site!!
The Missing 13th Amendment
Reaction 13th Amendment
FindLaw: US Constitution
Welcome to the Constitution Society!
The letter presenting the Constitution
Articles of Confederation vs. the Constitution
The U.S. Constitution Online
Constitutional FAQs
Separation of Church and State: The Constitutional Principle
Ratification and the Bill of Rights: September 17, 1787

Signers of the Constitution
The Signers of the Constitution
The U.S. Constitution: The Delegates

Debates about Documents
US Congressional Documents and Debates 1774-1873
Debates in the Federal Convention 1787
Anti-Federalist Papers

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Famous Speeches
Pitt's speech on the Stamp Act
"The War Inevitable" Patrick Henry (Liberty or Death)
Liberty or Death!
Thomas Paine: The Rights of Man
Thomas Paine: Common Sense - 1776
James Chalmers and "Plain Truth" - Loyalist's answer to Thomas Paine's Common Sense
Speeches and Documents Listed Alphabetically by Speaker/Author
Charles Inglis: The True Interest of America Impartially Stated,1776

Treaties
USA: Greenville Treaty, 1795, with Indian Tribes
Treaty of Greenville - August 3, 1795

Treaty that Ended the War

The Paris Peace Treaty of 1783
USA: Paris Treaty 1783

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Leaders

Gen. George Washington

George Washington and the American Revolution
GEN George Washington's Campaigns 1776
Thoughts of Home - George Washington
Moland House Park: Washington's HQ on Aug 10/77
Go ahead... Make my day! (George Washington)
George Washington Was A Terrorist
Mount Vernon Educational Resources

Gen. Cornwallis & Yorktown
General Cornwallis
General Cornwallis Bio
Charles Earl Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis - visual
The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia, October 19th, 1781 Image
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess
A Journey Toward Freedom - British Leaders
Battle of Yorktown -- The War's End
Encarta: Cornwallis, Charles, 1st Marquis Cornwallis
The Battle of Yorktown - October 6-19, 1781
ThinkQuest: Battle of Yorktown
InfoPlease: Cornawallis
Williamsburg Online - Yorktown, Va
Dates of Note in American History
President's House - also housed Cornwallis

Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson Quotes: on Politics & Government
Leaders of Early America: Thomas Jefferson
Encyclopedia Americana: Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson on Slavery
"A Little Rebellion Now And Then Is A Good Thing" - Thomas Jefferson letter to Madison
Jefferson Draft for a Bill 1779

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Founding Fathers & other Important People
A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
A Timeline of Western Philosophers

Founding Fathers
Colonial Hall: Biographies of America's Founding Fathers
Images of Founding Fathers/Supreme Court/misc. for Revolutionary War
Christ Church Burial Ground - A Who's Who of Early America
James Madison: His Legacy
Madison Memorial & Remonstrance:1785
USA: Biography of John Adams
American Revolution(Military,Political and Famous People)
Thomas Paine
Paine, American Crisis
Ethan Allen II
USA: Biography of John Adams
Adam Smith: Wealth of Nations

Paul Revere
Paul Revere Ride - Maps
The Paul Revere House Events
Patriots of the American Revolution
Poem about Revere's Ride
Paul Revere
Revere, Paul: Biography
Paul Revere and the Minutemen
The Paul Revere House
A Ride for Freedom - Paul Revere
Paul Revere

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Benedict Arnold
A Journey Towards Freedom
Benedict Arnold
Mr. Benedict Arnold

Benjamin Franklin
Franklin's Contributions:Diplomat in France
Ben Franklin - 1st Diplomat
The World of Benjamin Franklin: Glimpses of the Man
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Ben Franklin Invents the Americas
Benjamin Franklin: A Documentary History

John Locke
John Locke on Government
John Locke: His American and Carolinian Legacy

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Foreign Countries Involved
Europeans in the American Revolution
French Alliance
Treaty of Alliance with France
The Franco-American Alliance
The British Army in the American War of Independence
Help received from Spain
Hesse-Kassel Jaegers Korps, German Troops in Rev.
The Hessian Web Page

Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, Count de Rochambeau
Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, Count de Rochambeau
Count de Rochambeau

Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757- 1834
The Marquis de Lafayette: First Honorary Citizen
Lafayette Home Page

Indian Help during the Revolution
Drums Along The Mohawk
Polly Cooper Shawl - Oneida Indian Nation(Revolutionary War Hero)
Oneida Nation The Oneida Indian Nation

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Spies
Intelligence in the War of Independence
(above is an excellent site by the CIA)
Spy System 1777
Intelligence Operations

Propaganda

Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine's Common Sense - Hypertext
Thomas Paine National Historical Assoc.
Thomas Paine: The Rights of Man
Thomas Paine: Common Sense - 1776

Rebuttals to Common Sense by British
Plain Truth: a Loyalist pamphlet by James Chalmers
STRICTURES ON A PAMPHLET (by Paine) by Lieutenant-Colonel [James] Chalmers

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Loyalists
(Or those against independence)
Take the Loyalty Oath!
Loyalist Propaganda
James Chalmers: "Plain Truth" - Loyalist's answer to Thomas Paine's Common Sense
Plain Truth: a Loyalist pamphlet by James Chalmers
Maryland Loyalists and the American Revolution
William Augustus Bowles, Maryland Loyalist, Creek Indian Leader
The Loyal American Regiment
Loyalist & British Songs/Poetry of the American Revolution
Peters' Corps - The Queen's Loyal Rangers

How the Terrain influenced certain Battles
Wetlands and the American Revolution
Terrain Considerations - Glossary of terms

Major Battles
AHA:Famous Battles
Virtual Marching Tour of the American Revolutionary War
Battle sites: The Colonies during the Revolutionary War, clickable Map
Battles of the Revolutionary War: Click directly on red dots for battle stories
ROTC Battle Research page

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Battles by Name
Bennington Battlefield
Brandywine Battlefield Park
The Battle of Brooklyn
THE BATTLE OF COWPENS
Culpeper Minute Battalion
Battle of Bunker Hill/Breed's Hill
Battle of Lake Champlain
USA: Index: Battle of Lake Champlain
Battle of Concord
Battle of Concord
Lexington and Concord, Battles of
Battle of Lexington
Battle of Lexington more
USA: battle of lexington
The Battle of Monmouth
BATTLE OF MONMOUTH
The Battle of Oriskany
Battle of Princeton
Battle of Shallow Ford
Battle of Sullivan's Island - 1st patriot victory
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Trenton

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Battle of Saratoga
Military Science - The Battle of Saratoga - A Brief History
The Second Battle of Saratoga: The Battle of Bemis Heights
The Battle at Saratoga - British Account
Battle of Saratoga - Hessian Account
Map of Burgoyne's Army at Saratoga & Abstract of Importance
Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce - The Battle of Saratoga: History, American & British Forces, Gallery
Benedict Arnold: The Key to Offensive Success at Saratoga
Book review: Saratoga Turning Point of America's Revolutionary War
Saratoga NHP - Story of the Battles & Biographies
The Saratoga Campaign

Some State Histories
Georgia History-The American Revolution
The American Revolution in the Northwest
Florida History Timeline
The War in New Jersey

Dan Morgan Rifle Corps
Timothy Murphy: Frontier Rifleman
MORGAN.DOC
Morgan's Riflemen
Saratoga Staff Ride
American Order Of Battle
Battles they participated in

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African Americans
African American Freedom Fighters
Cyrus Bustill: African American Soldier
Oliver Cromwell - African American Supplier
The American War with England: Hispanic
The Origins and Nature of New World Slavery
Colonial African American Life

Weapons Used
Revolutionary War Weapons
AHA:Weapons & Uniforms
ILTweb: History: Weapons
AHA:Weapons & Uniforms(Rev)
Weapons: Rifles
Military Uniforms from the Burgoyne Expedition

Women in the War
WOMEN IN WARTIME: From the American Revolution
Women Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War
Deborah Sampson (1760-1827)
Women & the Revolutionary War - books

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The British Army
The British Army in the American War of Independence
Army Strength
British accounts of the actions at Lexington and Concord
Crown Forces in America 1775-1783
The British Brigade
British Army: Infantry Tactics in The Napoleonic War
British Army: Tactics in The American Revolution
British Army: For King and Country: Site Index

Uniforms
Clothing of the British Soldier (the 1768 warrant)

Music
Yankee Doodle Lyrics
British Songs and others during era
Loyalist & British Songs/Poetry of the American Revolution
Folk music of the American Revolution
Songs of Freedom
American Popular Music Before 1900

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Soldiers & Memories
Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea), Mohawk
Brant's Volunteers
Butler's Rangers
King's Rangers
King' s Rangers more
Standing Orders of Rogers' Rangers: A "Plan of Discipline"
Morgan Rifle Corps
American Independence(letters, journals, and reports)

Forts
Arbuckle's Fort Archaeology
The Fortifications of St. Eustatius
Capture of Fort William & Mary New Castle, New Hampshire Dec. 14-15, 1774
Fort Griswold Home Page

Valley Forge
What Happened at Valley Forge
Historic Valley Forge
Who served at Valley Forge?
Weather Report at Valley Forge 1775-1782

Fort Ticonderoga
Old Ticonderoga, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1836
History of the Adirondacks and United States
Fort Ticonderoga

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Misc. Topics

Education
History of education in the USA, before 1800

Naval
Monitor And Merrimac

Revolutionary Blacksmithy
Blacksmith
Fremlin's Forgery....The Art of Blacksmithing

The 9 Principles of War
The 9 Principles of War

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Historic Sites
Mount Independence State Historic Site
New Jersey: Crossroads of the Revolution
Seige of Ninety Six in 1781
Valley Forge Historical Society
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Welcome to the Constitution Society!
Williamsburg Online - Yorktown, Virginia

Veteran Affairs History
DVA - Fact Sheet:History - 1776

First Real Election
1796: The First Real Election

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