Turning Point of the Revolution

Fighting in the Middle States

• Flash cards - http://quizlet.com/19842403/fighting-in-the-middle-states-flash-cards/
• Outline - http://wilhelmsja.wikispaces.com/file/view/Ch6S3.pdf
• Notes - http://teachersites.schoolworld.com/webpages/farleyc/files/chapter%206%20section%203%20struggles%20in%20the%20middle%20states.pdf

Battle of Trenton

• British Battles - http://www.britishbattles.com/battle-trenton.htm
• Trenton and Princeton - http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-trenton-and-princeton
• Revolutionary War.net - http://www.revolutionary-war.net/battle-of-trenton.html
• American Revolution.org - http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/battledetail.aspx?battle=14
• NJ During the Revolution - http://www.doublegv.com/ggv/NJrev.html
• Reading Comprehension - http://mrnussbaum.com/readingcomp/trenton
• Land of the Brave - http://www.landofthebrave.info/battle-of-trenton.htm
• Animated video - http://www.historycentral.com/Revolt/Trenton.html
• About education - http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/americanrevolution/p/American-Revolution-Battle-Of-Trenton.htm

Battles of Saratoga

• History.com - http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battle-of-saratoga
• US history.org - http://www.ushistory.org/us/11g.asp
• British Battles - http://www.britishbattles.com/battle-saratoga.htm
• Saratoga.org - http://battle1777.saratoga.org/
• Land of the Brave - http://www.landofthebrave.info/battle-of-saratoga.htm
• Liberty! - http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_saratoga1777.html
• Ducksters - http://www.ducksters.com/history/american_revolution/battles_of_saratoga.php
• Map - http://www.earlyamerica.com/maps/battle-saratoga-map/
• Freeman’s Farm and Bemis Heights - http://www.ducksters.com/history/american_revolution/battles_of_saratoga.php
• Military History - http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/americanrevolution/p/saratoga.htm

Foreign Aid in the Revolution

• The French Alliance - http://www.ushistory.org/us/11h.asp
• Treaty of Alliance - http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/militarystrategies/p/American-Revolution-Treaty-Of-Alliance-1778.htm
• Foreign Officers - http://classroom.synonym.com/famous-foreign-officers-served-american-revolution-12551.html
• Foreign Aid - http://www.usahistory.info/Revolution/foreign-aid.html
• Commerce and Diplomacy - http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/2002_summer_fall/foreign_policy.htm
• European Ordeal - http://www.ushistoryscene.com/uncategorized/americanrevolutioneuropeanordeal/
• Spain in the American Revolution - http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/ask-a-historian/22894
• Spain’s contribution - http://xenophongroup.com/mcjoynt/spain01.htm

Valley Forge

• Historic Valley Forge - http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/
• Eyewitness to History - http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/valleyforge.htm
• Washington’s Valley Forge - http://www.mountvernon.org/research-collections/digital-encyclopedia/article/valley-forge/
• Winter at Valley Forge - http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/battleswars16011800/p/valleyforge.htm

Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence

Charters of Freedom - http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration.html

History.com - http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/declaration-of-independence

The Heritage Foundation - http://www.heritage.org/initiatives/first-principles/primary-sources/the-declaration-of-independence

US history.org - http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/

Library of Congress - http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/DeclarInd.html

The Final Text - http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1776-1785/the-final-text-of-the-declaration-of-independence-july-4-1776.php

Painting - http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/winter11/painting/

Principles of Freedom - http://research.history.org/pf/Index.cfm

Digital Declaration - http://neatline.org/2014/07/02/a-digital-declaration-of-independence-with-text-painting-and-map/

Creating the Declaration of Independence - http://www.oercommons.org/courses/creating-the-declaration-of-independence-interactive/view

Shot Heard 'Round the World

PROTEST TO REBELLION 1767-1774

The Townshend Acts

• Land of the Brave explanation - http://www.landofthebrave.info/townshend-acts.htm
• History.com - http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/townshend-acts
• Primary - http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/townshend.htm
• Coming of the American Revolution - http://www.masshist.org/revolution/townshend.php

Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer –

• http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1751-1775/john-dickensons-letter-2-from-letters-from-a-farmer-1767-1768.php
• http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1751-1775/john-dickensons-letter-4-from-letters-from-a-farmer-1767-1768.php

Boston Massacre

• Boston Massacre Historical Society - http://www.bostonmassacre.net/
• Revere’s Engraving - http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/winter96/massacre.html
• Coming of the American Revolution - http://www.masshist.org/revolution/massacre.php
• Preston’s Account - http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1751-1775/captain-prestons-account-of-the-boston-massacre-march-5-1770.php
• Anonymous Account - http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1751-1775/anonymous-account-of-the-boston-massacre-march-5-1770.php
• Boston Massacre Files - http://bostonhistory.org/sub/bostonmassacre/
• You Be the Judge - http://chnm.gmu.edu/tah-loudoun/blog/lessons/the-boston-massacre-you-be-the-judge/
• Who was to Blame? - http://www.history.org/history/teaching/enewsletter/volume8/sept09/teachstrategy.cfm

 Tea Act

• http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/tea-act
• http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/the-tea-act
• http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/teaactdef.htm
• http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1248.html
• http://www.landofthebrave.info/tea-act.htm

Boston Tea Party

• Have Fun with History - http://www.havefunwithhistory.com/activities/btp.html
• Read, Write, Think - http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/boston-party-took-place-20371.html
• High Tea in Boston Harbor - http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_boston1774.html
• http://www.libertyskids.com/
• The Effect - http://mrnussbaum.com/history-2-2/btparty/
• Boston Tea Party Museum - http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/?s=boston+tea+party&cat=199%2C342%2C203

Intolerable Acts

• Calami – tea - http://www.landofthebrave.info/tea-act.htm
• Definition - http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/intolerableactsdef.htm
• The die is cast - http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/the-intolerable-acts
• Political Cartoon - http://www.historywiz.com/intolerable.htm
• Related Articles - http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/worldwar1/p/jutland.htm

Committee of Correspondence

• http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h675.html
• http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/committees-of-correspondence
• http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/committees-of-correspondence
• Primary documents - http://www.masshist.org/revolution/committees.php
• Virginia - http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/va_res_corres_1773.asp

Lexington and Concord

• US History.org - http://www.ushistory.org/us/11c.asp
• History.com - http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-lexington-and-concord
• Kidport - http://www.kidport.com/reflib/usahistory/americanrevolution/lexingtonbattle.htm
• For Crown or Colony - http://www.mission-us.org/
• The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere - http://revolution.mrdonn.org/paulrevere.html
• The Forgotten Midnight Rider - http://historyofmassachusetts.org/william-dawes/

Revolutionary Myths

Carol Berkin: Myths of the American Revolution from The Gilder Lehrman Institute on Vimeo.

The War Begins 1776 – 1777

• http://www.founding.com/timeline/pageid.2462/default.asp

Common Sense

• These are the times that try men’s souls - http://www.ushistory.org/paine/
• Text of document - http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/commonsense/text.html
• Teacher’s Guide - http://americainclass.org/thomas-paine-common-sense-1776/
• Quotations - http://hua.umf.maine.edu/Reading_Revolutions/Paine.html
• Colonists on all sides - http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/revolution/section5.rhtml

Second Continental Congress

• http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h656.html
• Explanation with primary documents - http://www.masshist.org/revolution/congress2.php
• 1774-1789 - http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/the-continental-congress
• Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms - http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1751-1775/second-continental-congress-declaration-of-the-causes-and-necessity-of-taking-up-arms-july-6-1775.php

Olive Branch Petition

• http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1263.html
• Text - http://ahp.gatech.edu/olive_branch_1775.html

Bunker Hill

• US History.org - http://www.ushistory.org/us/11d.asp
• History.com - http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battle-of-bunker-hill
• The True Story - http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-true-story-of-the-battle-of-bunker-hill-36721984/?no-ist

Battles of the Revolution

• Top 10 - http://allthingsliberty.com/2013/09/top-10-battles-revolutionary-war/
• Major Battles - http://www.revolutionary-war.net/battles-of-the-revolutionary-war.html
• Revolutionary Battles - http://www.landofthebrave.info/revolutionary-battles.htm
• Complete List - http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/americanrevolution101/a/american-revolution-battles.htm 

Resisting Control

1763 - 1766

The Navigation Acts 1763

• http://www.landofthebrave.info/navigation-acts.htm
• On United States History - http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h621.html
• Flash cards on Quizlet - http://quizlet.com/2918713/scatter

The Sugar Act 1764

• The Sugar Act and other Resources - http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/road-revolution/timeline-terms/sugar-act
• US History .org - http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sugaract.htm
• Boundless.com - https://www.boundless.com/definition/sugar-act/
• An Act with Teeth - http://www.masshist.org/revolution/flash.htm

Stamp Act 1765

• Mr. Nussbaum - http://mrnussbaum.com/history-2-2/stampact/
• Ducksters Test Quiz - http://www.ducksters.com/history/american_revolution/the_stamp_act_questions.php
• Curriculum Pathways - https://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/Launch?id=30
• Summary - http://www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrsta.cfm
• Colonial Reaction - http://www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrone.cfm
• Liberty! - http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/index.html
• The Trouble with the Stamp Act - http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/stampact.htm
• Matching Taxes Game - http://www.econedlink.org/interactives/EconEdLink-interactive-tool-player.php?lid=356&filename=em356_popupActivity.swf
• Video Explanation - http://youtu.be/O9JJuVxtNOc

Quartering Act 1765

• Myths and Realities of the Quartering Act - http://boston1775.blogspot.com/2007/03/myths-and-realities-of-quartering-act.html
• History.com - http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/parliament-passes-the-quartering-act
• Timeline of the Revolutionary War - http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.htm
• Video Notes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_1zCgprfEg
• Quiz on the Acts - http://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780190216030/student/ch2/quiz/

Taxation without Representation

• Lesson - http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.php?lid=356&type=educator
• Brainpop Lesson - http://www.brainpop.com/educators/community/lesson-plan/no-taxation-without-representation-lesson-plan-causes-of-the-revolutionary-war/
• Hands-on Lesson - http://lessonplanspage.com/SSTaxationWithoutRepresentation47.htm/
• Political Cartoon - http://www.virginiamemory.com/online_classroom/shaping_the_constitution/doc/political_cartoon

Stamp Act Congress 1765

• Resolutions - http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1751-1775/the-resolutions-of-the-stamp-act-congress-october-19-1765.php
• US History.org - http://www.ushistory.org/us/10a.asp
• united states history - http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1221.html
• http://www.landofthebrave.info/stamp-act-congress.htm

Sons and Daughters of Liberty

• US History.org - http://www.ushistory.org/us/10b.asp
• Sons of Liberty - http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sons.htm
• American Revolution Stories - http://americanrevolutionstoriesabc.wikispaces.com/Sons+and+Daughters+of+Liberty
• Social Studies for Kids - http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/sonsoflibertydef.htm
• Sons and Daughters of Liberty Unite to Boycott William Jackson - http://www.masshist.org/object-of-the-month/objects/sons-and-daughters-of-liberty-unite-to-boycott-william-jackson-2008-08-01
• Terms of Estrangement: Who Were the Sons of Liberty? - http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/winter12/liberty.cfm

Declaratory Act

• US History.org - http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/declaratory.htm
• Encyclopedia Britannica - http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/155205/Declaratory-Act
• Land of the Brave - http://www.landofthebrave.info/declaratory-act.htm  

Where do you stand and why?

• Patriot, Loyalist or Neutral Lesson - https://www.converse.edu/sites/default/files/site-files/Academics/NEH/PatriotLoyalistorNeutral_YouDecide.pdf
• Political/ Editorial Cartoon - http://jewettc.wikispaces.com/MWF+11.15+-+Revolutionary+era+cartoons
• Create a Loyalist/Patriot/Neutral Fakebook page - http://www.classtools.net/FB/home-page