American Revolution
George Washington Fast Facts
http://www.pocanticohills.org/washington/know.htm Causes
Imposition of new taxes. Quartering of troops Tyrannical government Mercantilism Navigation Acts Sugar Act Stamp Act The Quartering Act The Townshend Act The House of Burgesses The Boston Massacre The Boston Tea Party The Intolerable Act Major EventsThe Stamp Act
Boston Tea Party Boston Massacure Midnight Ride of Paul Rever Valley Forge |
Major Events
First Continental Congress Battle of Concord & Lexington Second Continental Congress Declaration of Independence Treaty of Paris Important Battles
Battle of Trenton & Princeton Battle of Saratoga Battle of Yorktown |
Explore & Learn
Kids Info: American Revolution
http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History /American_Revolution.html Liberty's Kids http://libertyskids.com/ Journy Towards Freedom Games http://library.thinkquest.org/10966/fun.shtml Interactive Mission Game http://www.mission-us.org/pages/landing-mission-1 |
H.I.P. Time Machine
http://www.usmint.gov/kids/timeMachine/ Fling the Teacher http://www.newton.k12.ks.us/tech/arfling.html Tour Mount Vernon http://www.mountvernon.org/visit-his-estate/virtual-tour-flash Midnight Ride of Paul Rever http://www.paulreverehouse.org/ride/ |
The Stamp Act of 1765
http://www.history.org/History/teaching/tchcrsta.cfm The Boston Tea Party, 1773 http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/teaparty.htm The Shot Heard Around the World http://www.earlyamerica.com/shot_heard.htm The Liberty Bell http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/symbols/libertybell.html Women in the American Revolution http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/women _american_revolution/ |