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Ideas / Terms
Characters / People
Occupations / Places / Events
Revolutionary Resources
Quartering Act / Stamp Act
Intolerable Acts


Ideas / Terms

Rebels
Loyalists
French / Indian War
Martyrdom
Sons of Liberty
Militia / Regiment / Brigade
Minute Men
Whigs / Tories
Colonists
Revolution

Rebels

Merriam Webster OnLine: type in rebels

Biographies of American Revolutionary War Rebel Political & Military Leaders

Archiving Early America

How A Secret Society of Rebel Americans Made Its Mark on Early America

The History Place -American Revolution (Find: rebel)

From Rebels to Mature Army

 

 Loyalists

Merriam-Webster OnLine: loyalists

Maryland Loyalism and the American Revolution

United States History-Loyalists During the American Revolution

Loyalists

The Early American Review


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French / Indian War

French and Indian Wars - World Book Online Reference Center
(Search "French & Indian War")

The French and Indian War Part 1: The Colonies in America

Background of the French and Indian War

 

Martyrdom

Merriam-Webster OnLine: martyrdom

Document: John Adams: The Meaning of the American Revolution
(find martyrdom)

 

Sons of Liberty

Sons of Liberty - World Book Online Reference Center
(Search "sons of liberty")

Archiving Early America: Sons of Liberty: Patriots or Terrorists?

Sons of Liberty


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Militia / Regiment / Brigade

Merriam-Webster OnLine: militia

Merriam-Webster OnLine: regiment

Merriam-Webster OnLine: brigade

Uniforms of the American Revolution
(Click on Menu then click Colonial Uniforms Tab)

Virginia Colonial Militia

American Revolution - Events Leading Up To The American Revolution
(find militia)

The Loyal American Regiment: History

British and Loyalist Regiments American Revolutionary War 1773-1883

The Brigade of the American Revolution Home Page

 

Minute Men

Who Were the Minute Men?

The History Guy

World Book Online Reference -minute men
(Search American Revolutionary War: minute men)


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Whigs / Tories

Whig Party - World Book Online Reference Center
(Search Whig Party)

Tories - World Book Online Reference Center
(Search for Tories)

From Revolution to Reconstruction: The American Crisis
(Whigs mentioned)

 

Colonists

Merrium-Webster OnLine: colonists

13 Originals

Why Did The American Colonists Revolt?

American Timeline: Colonization

 

Revolution

Merrium Webster OnLine: revolution

Document: John Adams: The Meaning of the American Revolution


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Characters / People

Colonial Hall: The Biographies of the Founding Fathers

 
Sam Adams
John Adams
John Hancock
Paul Revere
Dr. James Warren
James Otis
General Thomas Gage
William Dawes
King George III
Esther Forbes

Sam Adams

Samuel Adams | American Patriot & Politician

Colonial Hall: Biography of Samuel Adams, Page 1

Samuel Adams-World Book Online Reference Center
(Search Adams)

 

John Adams

Biography of John Adams

American President: John Adams

USA: Biography of John Adams

John Adams- World Book Online Reference Center
(Search Adams)

 

John Hancock

John Hancock

U.S. history.com: John Hancock

History Channel: John Hancock

Liberty's Kids Archive: John Hancock | PBS Kids

 John Hancock-World Book Online Reference Center
(Search Hancock)


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Paul Revere

Paul Revere

The Paul Revere House

U.S. History.com: Paul Revere's Ride

Seacoast NH History - Revolution Era - Paul Revere's Other Ride

Paul Revere's Ride

Paul Revere-World Book Online Reference Center
(Search Revere)

 

Dr. James Warren

History Channel.Com: James Warren

Bunker Hill Exhibit | Biography | Joseph Warren

U.S. History.com: Joseph Warren

Freedom Trail-Bunker Hill

Joseph Warren from Virtualogy

 

James Otis

Representation: James Otis,
The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved

Founder of the Month - James Otis by Monty Rainey

James Otis

James Otis-World Book OnLine Reference Center
(Search Otis)


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General Thomas Gage

Thomas Gage-World Book Online Reference Center
(Search Gage)

Thomas Gage

The Patriot Resource: Thomas Gage

 

William Dawes

William Dawes-World Book Online Reference Center
(Search Dawes)

Lt. William Dawes, First Fleeter

William Dawes - Wikipedia

 

King George III

George III

King George III from Virtualology

George III: British Monarchs

King George III-World Book Online Reference Center
(Search George III)

 

Esther Forbes

Esther Forbes

Worcester Area Writers - Esther Forbes - Bio

Biographical Note for Esther Forbes


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 Occupations / Places / Events

Silversmithing
Medicine
Apprentice
Printing Press
Colonial Jobs
Geography
North Bridge
Boston Tea Party
Battle of Lexington Concord
Science, Health, & Medicine


Science/ Health/ & Medicine

Colonial Life in America - World Book Online Reference Center
(Search Colonial Life)

Colonial Life in America

 

Silversmithing

Merriam-Webster OnLine: Silversmithing

Silversmith

An 18th Century Trades Sampler

 

Medicine

Merriam-Webster OnLine: medicine

Liberty: Medicine

Domestic Medicine

Colonial Diseases


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Apprentice

Merriam-Webster OnLine: apprentice

Life in Colonial Times--Colonial Education: Apprenticeship

 

Printing Press (Publishing)

Merriam-Webster OnLine: printing press

Printing and Binding

The First Newspaper: Archiving Early America

 

Colonial Jobs

ReferenceResources: Colonial Life -Find Jobs

Colonial Occupations

Trades in Colonial Williamsburg

 

Geography

Merriam-Webster OnLine: geography

Colonial America 1600-1775, K12 Resources: Maps

Map of the 13 Colonies

Boundaries of the Contiguous United States

Colonial Maps


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North Bridge (Place)

Battle at the Old North Bridge

Old North Bridge

 

Boston Tea Party

From Revolution to Reconstruction: Boston Tea party

The Boston Tea Party

Boston Tea Party

The Patriot Resource: Boston Tea Party

LIBERTY: High Tea in Boston Harbor

Boston Tea Party Ship and Museum

Boston Tea Party-World Book Online Reference Center
(Search Boston tea party)

 

Battle of Lexington Concord

Lexington and Concord-World Book Online
(Search American Revolutionary War -Lexington and Concord)

WPI Department of Military Science

Battle of Lexington and Concord

The Battle of Concord Lexington

Battle of Lexington and Concord from Kidport

Battle of Lexington

Battle of Concord


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Revolutionary Resources

Liberty! Chronicle: Timeline

The History Place: American Revolution

Revolutionary War in America - World Book Online Reference Center
(Search Revolutionary War)

The Early American Digital Library
(Photo Library)

District 67's 7th Grade Johnny Tremain Culture Chart Web Page

13 Originals

American Revolution Chronology

 

Stamp Act

The Patriot Resource: Stamp Act

The Stamp Act and the Quartering Act

U.S. History: Stamp Act Congress

Stamp Act Crisis

From Revolution to Reconstruction: The Stamp Act

 

Quartering Act

Intolerable Acts: Quartering Act of 1774

The Stamp Act and the Quartering Act

Quartering Act (1765)

Quartering Act Revised (1774)

 

Intolerable Act

American Revolution -Intolerable Acts

The Patriot Resource: Intolerable Acts

The Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)



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