02: Revolutionary America

02: Revolutionary America

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Resolutions of the Continental Congress October 19, 1765
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
Resolutions of the Continental Congress October 19, 1765
Joseph Warren and Samuel Adams wrote the Solemn League and Covenant
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
Joseph Warren and Samuel Adams wrote the Solemn League and Covenant
Coming of the American Revolution: Boston Tea Party
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
Coming of the American Revolution: Boston Tea Party
The American Revolution Institute
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.
The American Revolution Institute
Wait, Did You Say 16 Kids? - Paul Revere House
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.
Wait, Did You Say 16 Kids? - Paul Revere House
Image 1 of South end forever [cut] North end forever. Extraordinary verses on Pope-night. or, A commemoration the fifth of November, giving a history of the attempt, made by the papishes, to blow up king and Parliament, A. D. 1588. Together with some accou
Image 1 of South end forever [cut] North end forever. Extraordinary verses on Pope-night. or, A commemoration the fifth of November, giving a history of the attempt, made by the papishes, to blow up king and Parliament, A. D. 1588. Together with some accou
The fights, and brawling of Pope Night celebrations in Boston provided the crowd mobilization ground work for Stamp Act Rios
Image 1 of South end forever [cut] North end forever. Extraordinary verses on Pope-night. or, A commemoration the fifth of November, giving a history of the attempt, made by the papishes, to blow up king and Parliament, A. D. 1588. Together with some accou
Smallpox: Variolation
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.
Smallpox: Variolation
The Boston Massacre
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.
The Boston Massacre