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Revolutionary Period (1775-1783) History Links

General Sources

American Revolution: An Introduction: The official companion site for PBS' Liberty! series sponsored by H-Net. The site has bibliographies, essays, and links.
The American Revolution and Its Era: Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789: A comprehensive bibliography and some images of maps from the American Memory Project.
American Revolution Ring: Over 40 Web sites relating to the Revolutionary War. It is sponsored by Yahoo.
Bibliographies of the War of American Independence: A comprehensive site from the U.S. Army. Topics include naval, operations, politics, and others.
Colonial Hall: A Look at America's Founders: A commercial site dedicated to the signers of the Declaration of Independence and other founding fathers.
The Declaration of Independence: ushistory.org's resource page. Get biographical information on the signers, look at the document's transcription and image, and read an excerpt from Jefferson's Autobiography that talks about his involvement.
DoHistory: Study of Martha Ballard's (1735-1812), who was a mid-wife, through secondary and primary documents, including video clips from the PBS film on her life.
founding.com: Sponsored by the Claremont Institute. This site has a timeline, bibliographies, essays, primary documents, and a chance to ask a question about the Founding Fathers.
Founding Rivalries: A U.S. News and World Report article of the Founding Father's generation by Jay Tolson.
Maps of Revolutionary America: Historic maps at the University of Georgia's Hargrett Library Rare Maps collection.
Independence National Historic Park: The National Park Service's page on this famous park.
Intelligence in the War of Independence: A Web site that focuses on intelligence gathering during the war.
Liberty! The American Revolution: The PBS series on the American Revolution. The site has series content, resource material, and other information.
Military History of the American Revolution: A chronology of the major events on the battlefield, additional links, and study questions. Put together by Richard Jensen, Professor Emeritus of History at University of Illinois-Chicago.
Spy Letters of the American Revolution: An exhibit from letters found at the Clements Library at the University of Michigan.
To Form a More Perfect Union: Follow a general narrative of the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention. Sponsored by the Library of Congress.
ushistory.org: This site is sponsored by the Independence Hall Association centered around Philadelphia and the Revolutionary period. This site is geared more to the general public and K-12 students.
WWW-VL: Revolutionary Era: The University of Kansas Virtual Library's resource page for Internet links.

Documents

Declaration of Independence of the United States of America: Get full text, images, and articles on this famous document provided by the National Archives and Records Administration.
U.S. Founding Documents: This site provides text and full scan images of the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, and the Federalist Papers.
The Olive Branch Petition: From the British Public Records office, this site describes the Olive Branch Petition includes full scan images of the document and transcribed excerpts.
The War of Independence: From the British Public Records office, this site includes full scan images of several American documents that were produced before and during the War of Independence.

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