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History of the Taxes Imposed by the British Government during the American Revolution in Colonial America

PBS: Boston Tea Party

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Sites with SPECIFIC Information about the History of the American Revolution in Colonial America

Academic Kids' Encyclopedia : The American Revolution: Complete historical facts

American Revolution: What Were the Causes?: Your guide to some of the most informative and factual information about the American Revolution

Account of a Declaration: Over thirty historical documents, sixty-seven biographical sketches, and some twenty-five essays about the causes
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Introduction to the American Revolutionary War: Historical facts and graphics

Jump Back in Time: American Revolution: Brought to you from the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the largest library in the world and the nation's library; Designed with young readers in mind; Facts and information about the American Revolution

Liberty: Chronicle of the American Revolution: Headlines, timelines, resource material and related topics---a potpourri of information on the American Revolution. Picture this: Daily Life in the Colonies, the Global Village, and a Military point-of-view

The Road to Independence: A New Colonial System -- Stamp Act -- Taxation Without Representation - Townshend Acts-- Samuel Adams -- Boston "Tea Party" -- The Coercive Acts -The Revolution Begins -- Common Sense and Independence -- Defeats and Victories- Franco-American Alliance -- The British Move South -- Victory and Independence Loyalists During the American Revolution

Spy Letters of the American Revolution: A fascinating Web site about the American Revolution. The site offers a set of primary source letters written by spies on both sides of the conflict, plus the stories surrounding them. Learn about the methods that secret agents used to encode and hide their information

Tour of the American Revolutionary War: Causes, battles, and biographies, writings, links

*The American Revolutionary War was also known as the Seven Years War.

The American Revolutionary War was known as the Overview of the American Revolutionary War/a>".

* The " shot heard 'round the world" refers to the first time colonists and British troops engaged in battle - the Battles of Lexington and Concord.

* George III was the British King during the war.

* France supplied military support during the American Revolutionary Way.

Interesting Facts about the American Revolutionary War Battles

*There were hundreds of battles during the American Revolutionary War.

*George Washington was the commander-in-chief of all American armies during the American Revolutionary War.

* Valley Forge was the location where George Washington and the Continental Army spent the winter of 1777-1778 during the American War for Independence.

* General Cornwallis surrendered to General Washington at the Battle of Yorktown. That was the last battle of the war; however, fighting continued for two more years until the Paris Peace Treaty of 1783.

*The Battle of Bunker Hill was not fought on Bunker Hill, but rather Breed's Hill.

*One signers to the Paris Peace Treaty of 1783 was Benjamin Franklin.

Interesting Facts about the Black Soldiers of the American Revolutionary War

What mattered most to the African Americans who fought during the Revolutionary War was an opportunity to gain their freedom. Those who joined the was joined the side which they felt would eventually provide them with freedom.

Crispus Attucks, a black man, was the first person to be shot and killed during the American Revolutionary War.

Interesting Facts about the Causes of the American Revolutionary War

*There were many leading causes that lead to the American Revolutionary War.

*The British passed the so called Navigational Acts which stated the colonists just only with Britain.

*The British also passed a tax on Sugar Act 1764 making so the colonists had pay tax on sugar.

The Boston Massacre took place on March 5, 1770. A riot took place and British soldiers shot 5 people dead.

*The Stamp Act of 1765 was one of the leading causes of the Revolutionary War as it taxed newspapers and official documents.

The Townshed Act of 1767 placed on the colonists taxed imported goods.

*In 1773, a group of men disguised as Indians boarded the ships and dumped all the tea in the harbor to protest the Tea Act which gave a British company the right sell tea and put a tax on it. This Boston Tea Party was one of the leading causes of the American Revolutionary War.

*After the Boston Tea Party the British passed the Intolerable Acts which placed restrictions on the colonists including outlawing town meetings and the closing of Boston Harbor.

Interesting Facts about the People Important to the American Revolutionary War

*There were many people important to the American Revolution

* George III was the British King during the war.

*Paul Revere, known for awakening people in his " midnight ride" to warn them about the arrival of the British, was eventually captured by British soldiers and later released.

* Benedict Arnold became a traitor after George Washington was made Commander of the Continental Army during the Revolution because he did not think he was getting credit for his contributions to the war.

* Betsy Ross made the decision to create the five pointed stars on the American flag because it was an easier to create a five star with scissors rather than the more difficult six star.

* Thomas Jefferson was head of the committee that wrote the Declaration of Independence. John Adams, and many others signed the Declaration of Independence.

Interesting Facts about the Women Important to the American Revolutionary War

Many women served in the American Revolutionary War.

*Mary McCauley Hays, also known at " Molly Pitcher" went to the battlefield with her husband William and distributed water to the Continental troops.

* Deborah Sampson who fought in the Revolutionary War was not know to be a woman until she came down with a fever and was examined by a doctor. She was discharged from the army.

* Betsy Ross made the decision to create the five pointed stars on the American flag because it was an easier to create a five star with scissors rather than the more difficult six star.

American History Calendar: A calendar site showing American history in a unique way: through a user-friendly web calendar. Birthdays of important people in American history and important events in American history can be viewed; interactive - browse through it and display details on a specific person or event. A printer friendly version of the calendar is also available.

Smithsonian National Museum of American History Search Engine: Discover history through objects, photographs, interactive timelines: Complete archived collections - excellent!

The History Channel: Each month the History Channel takes new explorations into the past and puts them on display for you, utilizing state-of-the-art interactive technology; listen to speeches drawn from the most famous broadcasts and recordings of the Twentieth Century. The History Channel Time Machine brings you to a different speech every day; trivia quiz; fact of the day; games.

U.S. History Images: What better way to learn about and appreciate the history of the United States than through viewing the illustrations of artists from the last century and a half! The images are all in the public domain and are free for anyone to use in any way after viewing the Terms of Use. This website is a work in progress and new images are always being added. Present topics for images include: Life in the Colonies, Colonial Patriots, Native Americans, Native American Culture, The Age of Exploration, and Explorers

Archiving Early America: A wealth of resources about 18th Century America, original newspapers, maps, writings, biographies - including VIDEOS
Wikipedia: History of the United States
History Place: American Revolution, Civil War, featured articles, history of the U.S.A.

American Memory Learning Page of the Library of Congress: Historical collections of photographs, documents, motion pictures, and sound recordings about American culture and history - SEARCHABLE by keyword

Biographies of Famous People Both Past and Present: - SEARCHABLE by keyword

The Biographic Dictionary: Covers more than 33,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day- SEARCHABLE by keyword

Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Encyclopedia Smithsonian features answers to frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian and links to Smithsonian resources from A to Z

Information Please: On-Line Dictionary; Encyclopedia; Almanac, and MORE

Who2: Find famous people biographies fast! This site also lists links to more information about each person. - SEARCHABLE by keyword

Kidinfo.com's American Revolution History Homework Helper Resource Page provides the best available facts about the History of the American Revolution, Timelines of the American Revolution, Causes of the American Revolution, People important to the American Revolution, Battles of the American Revolution, and Documents of the American Revolution.

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Learn the Glossary and Terms from the Revolutionary War including patriot, loyalist, colony, volley, whig, tory, and more.

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History is the study of the past as it is narrated in written documents. The word originates from Greek, historia, meaning "knowledge acquired by investigation or inquiry".

History can also be described as the bodies of knowledge about the past produced by historians, together with everything that is involved in the production, communication of, and teaching about that knowledge.

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Clothes dried outside smell better because of a process called photolysis (sunlight breaks down compounds that cause odor).

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The Grand Canyon can hold around 900 trillion footballs.

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