A Guide to the American Revolution, 1763-1783
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and middle school students. This site contains a wide variety
of information related to the American Revolution and the
founding fathers.
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Back in Time: Revolutionary Period (1764-1789)
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Amazing Americans: John Adams
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Amazing Americans: Benjamin Franklin
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Amazing Americans: Thomas Jefferson
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Amazing Americans: James Madison
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Amazing Americans: George Washington
American
Treasures of the Library of Congress - Top Treasures
This online exhibition contains Thomas Jefferson's rough
draft of the Declaration of Independence, with
emendations by John Adams and Benjamin Franklin.
It also includes other top treasures at the Library
of Congress such as the Virginia
Declaration of Rights and George
Washington's commission as commander-in-chief.
Benjamin
Franklin: In His Own Words
This exhibition indicates the depth and breadth of Benjamin
Franklin's public, professional, and scientific accomplishments
through important documents, letters, books, broadsides,
and cartoons. The sections of this exhibition that directly
relate to the American Revolution are titled A
Cause For Revolution, Break
with Britain, Continental
Congress, and Treaty
of Paris.
Declaring
Independence: Drafting the Documents
This exhibition includes a timeline;
an essay on the drafting
of the Declaration; and related documents, manuscripts,
and prints such as Thomas Jefferson's "original Rough
draught" and George Washington's personal copy of
the Dunlap Broadside of the Declaration of Independence.
John Bull
& Uncle Sam: Four Centuries of British-American Relations
Exhibition that examines U.S. and British relations from
colonial times to the twentieth century, including manuscripts,
maps, and prints from the American
Revolution.
Religion
and the Founding of the American Republic
Explores the role religion played in the founding of
the American colonies, in the shaping of early American
life and politics, and in forming the American Republic.
Includes sections titled Religion
and the American Revolution and Religion
and the Congress of the Confederation, 1774-89.
Thomas
Jefferson
This exhibition focuses on the legacy of Thomas Jefferson--founding
father, farmer, architect, inventor, slaveholder, book
collector, scholar, diplomat, and the third president
of the United States. Includes a section on the drafting
of the Declaration
of Independence and its aftermath.
France
in America
Conceived in partnership with France’s national
library, the Bibliothèque nationale de France,
France in America/France en Amérique is a bilingual
digital library made available by the Library of Congress.
It explores the history of the French presence in North
America from the first decades of the sixteenth century
to the end of the nineteenth century, including a section
titled The
French and North America after the Treaty of Paris (1763-1803).
American
Memory Timeline: The American Revolution, 1763-1783
Contains short essays on different aspects of the American
Revolution and links to related primary source materials
found within American Memory.
Pictorial
Americana: Selected Images from the Collections of the Library
of Congress
Pictorial Americana, a 1955
Library of Congress publication, contains a chapter listing
selected images related to the American
Revolution.
Search the Prints
and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) for additional
images concerning the American
Revolution.
Benjamin
Franklin: A Documentary History
J.A. Leo Lemay presented a lecture on Benjamin Franklin
in a program sponsored by the Interpretive Programs Office,
Manuscript Division, Center for the Book and Publishing
Office. His presentation was based on a compilation of
the sources for his projected seven-volume biography of
Franklin.
Publishing
the Declaration of Independence
Robin Shields discusses the American Declaration of Independence,
focusing on its distribution through early American newspapers.
Fifteen newspapers containing the Declaration from the
Library of Congress's Serial and Government Publication
Division's American newspaper collection are profiled.
Shields highlights the importance of newspapers for the
success of the American Revolution and the influence newspaper
printers had on the independence movement.
National Book Festival Webcasts
David
McCullough: 2002 National Book Festival
David McCullough is the award-winning biographer, historian,
lecturer and narrator of some of television's most distinguished
historical series. McCullough discussed his book John
Adams at the 2002 National Book Festival.
Walter
Isaacson: 2003 National Book Festival
Audio recording of Walter Isaacson discussing his book
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
at the 2003 National Book Festival.
Ron
Chernow: 2004 National Book Festival
Ron Chernow discussed his biography of Alexander Hamilton
at the 2004 National Book Festival.
David
McCullough: 2005 National Book Festival
David McCullough is the award-winning biographer, historian,
lecturer and narrator of some of television's most distinguished
historical series. McCullough presented a lecture on his
book 1776 at the 2005 National
Book Festival.
Joseph
J. Ellis: 2005 National Book Festival
Joseph J. Ellis, a professor of history at Mount Holyoke
College, discussed his book His Excellency:
George Washington at the 2005 National Book Festival.
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