AMERICAN REVOLUTION INFO
Check out the links below for more information...it might spark some ideas for additional credit pieces in your history packets. Be sure to look at the AC suggestions/questions for this unit.
- The trace italienne, or star fort style of construction, was used by the French (Ft. Duquesne), Spanish (Castillo de San Marcos), and British (Ninety-Six) in many forts in Europe and the colonies (Fort McHenry).
- The Lost Colony - an outdoor theater group that performs a dramatization of the story of Roanoke.
- John Bull & Uncle Sam: Four Centuries of British-American Relations - an exhibit at the Library of Congress
- What did Boston, Philadelphia, and New York look like during the colonial period? Think about making *your own* map of these cities.
- And you thought the Boston in Massachusetts was the only Boston...read about the *original* Boston!
- The "Shrines" of George Washington???
- Find out if you have colonial ancestors
- Learn more about Jamestown from the APVA, a Virginia historic preservation society
- Check out these WebQuests on Colonial Life, the town of Williamsburg, children during the colonial period, and "Ye Olde Colonial" times.
- Even old New York was once New Amsterdam...
- Learn about the pre-colonial history of Pennsylvania
- Museum of African American History Boston-Nantucket site
- Who was Henry Hudson?
- a history of the Boston Latin School, the oldest public school in the U.S.
- Teacher Mr. Darrell's blog post that gives some background on the vocabulary/people of the Revolution
- site for the American Experience documentary on Abigail and John Adams..."the original power couple"
- article on the Sons of Liberty--were they freedom fighters or terrorists?
- site for the Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum
- Revolutionaries in France went so far as to create a new calendar & time system for the nation after they became free from monarchy.
- Official site of the British Monarchy (w/specific info on each monarch, like George III)
- Mr. Donn's American Revolution site--includes many activities that might be....enjoyable
- "Exasperated Judge Resorts to Child's Game" - article about the game "rochambeau" also known as rock-paper-scissors
- The Benjamin Banneker Insitute for Science and Technology site
