A great map showing the battles fought in the South in the Revolutionary War. From the National Park Service.

After the War of Independence, Americans were unable to agree on the form of their federal government. This unit explores how those conflicts played out as the new Republic defined its identity in relation to other nations.

This site provides lesson plans and unit ideas for teaching about the American Revolution. Look for suggestions about specific people or the Revolutionary War in general.

Document excerpts from the years 1954-1973 demonstrating U.S. support of South Vietnam. Includes links to other Vietnam sources.

This lecture outlines the events of the Greek revolution and war for independence from Turkey, which began in 1821 and lasted through 1829. It covers Greek history as well as international political and economic context for the war.

A map of the Adirondack Mountains, southern Lake Champlain, eastern Lake Ontario, and Hudson River Valley south to Peekskill showing the important battle sites of the area during the American Revolutionary War.

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Basically an on-line booklet that profiles the Continental Army of the Revolutionary War. An Introduction is provided along with the structure and components of the army. The armies of 1775 through 1784 are detailed as well as the...

Basically an on-line booklet that profiles the Continental Army of the Revolutionary War. An Introduction is provided along with the structure and components of the army. The armies of 1775 through 1784 are detailed as well as the...

Based on sourcing, students will determine which of the two pieces of historical evidence depicting the same event, the surrender of General Charles Cornwallis and the British forces at Yorktown, Virginia on October 19, 1781, is the most...

Using primary sources and contextualizing, this lesson attempts to answer the question "Did the ideals of the American Revolution affect the condition of enslaved people?"

The Whiskey Rebellion was an early challenge to the new United States government. Read about the importance of whiskey in the back country and the need for the United States to find sources of revenues. This is a story of east vs. west,...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about the ride of Paul Revere. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

A map of the American colonies and territories west to the Mississippi River between the end of the French and Indian War of 1763 and the beginnings of westward expansion of the trans-Appalachian colony proposed in the Vandalia Project...

Rufus Putnam (April 9, 1738 - 1824) was a colonial military officer during the French and Indian War, and a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

A plan of the Battle of Freeman's Farm (September 19, 1777), also known as the First Saratoga, fought between the British army under John Burgoyne and the Americans under Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold during the American...

A series of three maps showing the routes of the British Army during the Revolutionary War. The upper left map details the Lower Hudson, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania region, the upper right map details Lake...

A map of parts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia involved in the southern campaigns of the American Revolutionary War (1778-1779). The map shows cities and towns, rivers and terrain, forts, and battle sites of the...

A map showing the development of the Carolinas from the land grant of Charles II in 1663 to the establishment of the Province of Georgia by charter in 1732. The map shows the area of Carolina as established by the Patent of 1665...

A map of southern Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia showing the scene of operations in the South during the American Revolutionary War from 1779-1781. The map shows the route of Greene's retreat from Cowpens to the...

A map showing the route of Colonel George Rogers Clark's Campaign in the Northwest (1778-1779) during the American Revolutionary War. The map shows Clark's starting point at Fort Pit, and route along the Ohio River to the British Fort...

A map of the vicinity of Springfield, New Jersey, showing the battle site during the American Revolutionary War (June 23, 1780). "The stream with branches, and running in a southerly direction, is the Rahway River; (a) is the house of...

Colonial church used as a military hospital during the American Revolutionary War.

Site of the 1777 Battle of Saratoga, the first significant American military victory of the American Revolutionary War.