My Brother Sam is Dead

Databases

• Liberty! Chronicle: Timeline of the Revolution
• Battles of the American Revolution
• The Coming of the Revolution, 1773-1776
• The Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
• Archiving Early America -historical documents from 18th century America
• Colonial America K - 12 Resources
• The Early America Digital Library
• Social Studies For Kids: Colonial Times (by David White, this site examines school, church, parks, farms and food in colonial times)
• The 18th Century - excellent links from the Mining Co.
• Popular Songs in American History

People

• Colonial Hall: Biographies of America's Founding Fathers

  General George Washington

• George Washington: Valley Forge: Who Served Here?
• George Washington Papers: Timeline: Colonial Period

  Benedict Arnold

• Benedict Arnold: Who Served here? (from Historic Valley Forge)
• Benedict Arnold (from PBS Online)
• Benedict Arnold: The Traitor Who Saved America
• Arnold, Benedict (search for Benedict Arnold from the Historychannel.com)

  King George III

• George III (1760-1829)
• George III
• King George III 1738-1820

  General Israel Putnam

• General Israel Putnam Web Page
• Putnam, Israel (from Historychannel.com)
• General Israel Putnam Web Page

  Colonel Samuel Holden Parsons

• Ohio Statewide Files - Know Your Ohio

  General David Wooster

• General David Wooster
• Wooster, David (from the Historychannel.com)
• Biography of General David Wooster (from Samuel Orcutt's The History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880)

The Battle of Lexington and Concord

• The Battle of Lexington and Concord (from Worcester Polytechnic Institute Military Science)
• From Revolution to Reconstruction: Essays: The Battle of Lexington
• Battle of Lexington and Concord (from the Kidport Reference Library)

Battle of Bunker Hill

• The Decisive Day is Come: The Battle of Bunker Hill
• Freedom Trail - Bunker Hill Monument

Boston Tea Party

• From Revolution to Reconstruction: Essays: Boston Tea Party by Cassandra Jansen
• Boston Tea Party Ship and Museum
• Boston Tea Party (from PBS)

Battle of Fort Ticonderoga

• Fort Ticonderoga Battle Plan (Memory): American
• Fort Ticonderoga (from the Ethan Allen Homestead Museum)
• Forts Carillon and Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain by James P. Millard

Soldier Life ( including Valley Forge)

• The Story of Valley Forge
• Putnam State Park, Redding Connecticut: Site of 1778-1779 Winter Encampment of Putnam's Troops
• Letter Written by General George Washington at Valley Forge
• Women Soldier's in the American Revolutionary War

New York Colony (British in NYC)

• New Yorkers Took British Weapons in Raid (from The Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York)
• Largest Battle of War Fought in Brooklyn(from The Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York)
• The Frances Tavern Museum (from The Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York)
• New York City Information: Discovery and Settlement
• Battles of the American Revolution (scroll down to find information on the Battle of Long Island)

Prison Ships

• Memorial to Martyred Mariners Rededicated
• Privateers or Merchant Mariners Help win the Revolutionary War

Newspapers

• The Colonial Period (from Newsday.com)
• The History Buff Articles (dive into history and explore the past through commentary on press coverage of the day)
• The Colonial Gazette

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