Non-importation Agreement Boston 1767
02: Revolutionary America
Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 26 April 1777
This is just the sort of letter that students should read - the type of letter that never ever makes it into the taught American History canon.
What Ken Burns Won’t Say About the American Revolution - POLITICO
Samuel Sutphin - Honoring Our Patriots
Notice how the Daughters of the American Revolution refer to an enslaver as a "master"
Resolutions of the Continental Congress October 19, 1765
Eleven years before the Declaration of Independence, a Continental Congress declared that "Trial by Jury is the inherent and invaluable right of every British subject in these colonies" Important words to consider in light of the light of denials of habeus corpus in the United States in 2025
Summary View of the Rights of British America - Thomas Jefferson August 1774
Less than a year before he write the first draft of Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote this list document. Note this phrase " But his majesty has no right to land a single armed man on our shores, and those whom he sends here are liable to our laws made for the suppression and punishment of riots, routs, and unlawful assemblies; or are hostile bodies, invading us in defiance of law. "
Joseph Warren and Samuel Adams wrote the Solemn League and Covenant
Two years before the Declaration of Independence, the people of Westford, Mass agreed to boycott all commerce with Great Britain in response to the Coercive Acts. Whenever there is talk of a boycott to make change, students should know that boycotts were at the very foundation of the resistance movement of the Revolution
Coming of the American Revolution: Boston Tea Party
A dozen primary documents alongside transcribed excerpts with a couple of questions attached to each - bite-sized interpretation exercises that can be completed one after the other
Time To Take Back the Tea Party - Philadelphia
Three weeks before Boston's first meeting responding to the Tea Act, a meeting in Philadelphia resolved "That the duty imposed by Parliament upon tea landed in America is a tax on the Americans, or levying contributions on them without their consent."
The American Revolution Institute
The American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati is a history organization dedicated to promoting understanding and appreciation of the American Revolution and its legacy by supporting advanced study, presenting exhibitions and other public programs, advocating preservation, and providing resources to teachers and students.
Wait, Did You Say 16 Kids? - Paul Revere House
It's almost unfathomable that teachers would ignore family life of people in the past, there is no greater connection of the human experience.
Letter from Paul Revere to Corresponding Secretary Jeremy Belkap
Paul Revere's account of his famous ride, written in his own hand, 22 years after the event.
Declaration of Independence: A Transcription
No ‘King of Kings’ | Society for US Intellectual History
Essay traces the way patriots re-wrote the Book of Common prayer during the Revolution, replacing the King with Congress in intercessions and prayer
Investigating Multiple Perspectives on the Boston Massacre | Massachusetts Historical Society
Links to primary documents associated with the Boston Massacre - take a look at the woman who testified in defense of the soldiers. She married a soldier three weeks after the incident
John Adams to Abigail Adams, 9 October 1774
In addition to his complaints about Congress, John wrote Abigail about his visit to a Catholic Church
Remember, Remember … | Beehive
The 5 of November was one of the most festive days of the year in colonial Boston and was usually a raucous occasion with rowdy crowds in the street - the same crowds that were easy to mobilize during the Revolutionary movement
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The fights, and brawling of Pope Night celebrations in Boston provided the crowd mobilization ground work for Stamp Act Rios
Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 February 1777
John Adams writes to Abigail about his visit to Bethlehem PA in 1777
THE SECOND STAMP ACT RIOTS, 26 AUGUST 1765 - Correspondence of Thomas Hutchinson
Letters to and from Thomas Hutchinson in the wake of Stamp Act riots of 1765
Founders Online: From Benjamin Franklin to Samuel Johnson, 23 August 1750
Teachers of the 21st century could use this as inspiration
Smallpox: Variolation
The history of medicine provides a strong narrative to teach globalization and the spread of ideas. Ask students if they believe that people used to snort the dried and ground up scabs of smallpox victims and few will believe you. Connecting that to their textbook which teaches that Edward Jenner was the pioneer of smallpox vaccine shows them how much of the history they read isn't even half of the story.
Historian Gordon Wood responds to the New York Times’ defense of the 1619 Project - World Socialist Web Site
Founders Online: Pennsylvania Assembly: Reply to the Governor, 11 November 1755
This quote of Franklin is often applied to very different circumstances https://tinyurl.com/y9wfe4vq
Teaching the Declaration of Independence as Break Up Letter - YouTube
The Philipsburg Proclamation (June 30, 1779)
Sir Henry Clinton, General and Commander in Chief of all his Majesty's Forces freed thousands of enslaved African Americans with this document. All former slaves who reached the British lines before November 30, 1782 (when an initial peace agreement was signed) were free and therefore could not be considered as property under the terms of any peace treaty.
The Boston Massacre
In this lesson, students will be asked to learn the disputed and agreed upon facts of the Boston Massacre in small groups and then discuss them and propose a website definition of the Massacre as a class. This lesson should not only provide students with an opportunity to look at disparate representations of so-called history facts surrounding a very famous event that preceded the American Revolution, but will also teach them to deliberate with their classmates in a cordial fashion.
Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
Would You Have Joined the American Revolution? - YouTube
The Great Fear of 1776