Resources

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Books  

Biographies
Non-Fiction in the U.S.
 History Section 

 Encyclopedias  

World Book
Encarta
 The Revolutionary War
 History Encyclopedias in the
 Reference Section
Online: http://www.go.grolier.com
                 		Magazines

Cobblestone
Infotrack on the CT Digital Library:  www.iCONN.org

 

Web Sites
People     Events

Updated 4/25/07

 

PBS "Liberty" Series:  http://www.pbs.org/liberty

Nettrekker (Search Engine) http://www.nettrekker.com

People of the American Revolution:   http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/ipeople.asp

 

People:  Colonists

Abigail Adams http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/aa2.html
John Adams http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ja2.html
Samuel Adams http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/dreamteam/samueladams.html
Ethan Allen http://personalweb.smcvt.edu/thefort/History/EthanAllen.htm
Benedict Arnold http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/arnold.html
Crispus Attucks http://rs7.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr046.html
Benjamin Franklin http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/statsman/statsman.html
Horatio Gates http://www.patriotresource.com/people/gates.html
Nathan Hale http://www.ctssar.org/patriots/nathan_hale.htm
John Paul Jones http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq58-1.htm
Francis Marion http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0831863.html
Molly Pitcher http//earlyamerica.com/molly_pitcher.htm
Paul Revere http://www.paulreverehouse.org/bio/
Betsy Ross http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/
Deborah Sampson http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/sampson.html
George Washington http://www.patriotresource.com/people/washington.html
Martha Washington http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/mw1.html

People:  French Allies

Marquis de Lafayette http://www.150.si.edu/150trav/remember/r721.htm
Gen. Rochambeau http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=65591

People:  British

King George III http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page111.asp
Gen. Charles Cornwallis http://www.historychannel.com
Sir William Howe http://www.historychannel.com

Events

Battle of Bunker Hill http://www.ci.boston.ma.us/freedomtrail/bunkerhill.asp
Battle of Lexington and Concord http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/patriotsday/peopleevents/e_day.html
Battle of Long Island http://www.lihistory.com/4/gbatt28l.htm
Battle of Trenton http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_trenton1776.html
Battle of Yorktown http://www.nps.gov/colo/Ythanout/ytsiege.html
Boston Massacre http://earlyamerica.com/review/winter96/massacre.html
Boston Tea Party http://www.bostonteapartyship.com
Crossing the Delaware http://www.state.nj.us/travel/virtual/tendays/intro.html
Intolerable Acts http://www.historychannel.com
Saratoga http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_saratoga1777.html
Valley Forge http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/history/vstory.html