CTAH Workshop: A Revolution, A Constitution, A Nation

Social and Political Change in the 19th Century

The U.S. and the World in the 20th Century

A REVOLUTION, A CONSTITUTION, AND A NATION:
Teaching the Making of a Nation With Documents

August 9-13, 2004

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MASTER LIST OF WEB RESOURCES

I. General websites:

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History:
http://www.gliah.uh.edu

Searchable library, with good annotations

TeachingAmericanHistory.org:
http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org
Afro-American Almanac >Historical Documents

Has a library of documents

From Revolution to Reconstruction:
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/index.htm

The Avalon Project at Yale Law School:
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm

History Matters: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/

America's Homepage: http://Ahp.gatech.edu

AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History:
http://www.ku.edu/carrie/docs/amdocs_index.html

National Archvies/Archives.gov http://www.archives.gov

II. Ideological Foundations of the American Revolution:

Benjamin Franklin, letters concerning Albany Plan of Union, 1754:
http://www.constitution.org/bcp/colunion.htm

Governor Glen, The Role of the Indians in the Rivalry Between France, Spain, and England, 1761:
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/18th.htm >18th Century Documents

The Petition of Right
http://www.constitution.org/eng/petright.htm

Delaware Charter
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/states/de01.htm

Georgia Charter
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/states/ga01.htm

English Bill of Rights
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/england.htm

Albany Plan of Union
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/amerdoc/albany.htm

Baron de Montesquieu, The Spirit of Laws
http://www.constitution.org/cm/sol.htm

Avalon project(www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon) has charters from various colonies, give a sense of purpose of settlement, relationship between civil govt and church, voting rights, right of assembly etc.

British Policies

Founders' Library
http://www.founding.com/library/ > Founding Era Documents > British Government Documents

Contains the text of the Currency Act, Sugar Act, Stamp Acts and other British Policies toward the American Colonies

III. The Continental Congresses and the Declaration of Independence

Frontier Line of the Colonies, 1774
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/maps/frontier_line/index.html

The Olive Branch Petition
http://ahp.gatech.edu/olive_branch_1775.html

Thomas Jefferson, Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence
http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=4

Allegorical Declaration of Independence (click from list)
http://wwnorton.com/eamerica/site_images.htm#6

The 13 colonies in 1775
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/maps/13colonies/13colonies1775maps75.jpg

Declarations and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=77

Patrick Henry, "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death"
http://ahp.gatech.edu/liberty_or_death_1775.html

The Charlotte Town Resolves
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/charlott.htm

The Articles of Association, 1774
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/contcong/10-20-74.htm

The Mecklenburgh Resolutions
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/states/nc06.htm

Instructions From the Town of Malden, Mass., for a Declaration of Independence
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=238

Charles Inglis, The True Interest of America Impartially Stated
http://ahp.gatech.edu/true_interest_1776.html

Thomas Paine, Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs
http://www.bartleby.com/133/3.html

James Chalmers (Candidus) responds to Thomas Paine
http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/fall96/loyalists.html

Speech to the Six Nations, 1775
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/contcong/07-13-75.htm

Resolution of Secrecy Adopted by the Continental Congress
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/const/const01.htm

Richard Henry Lee, The Lee Resolution
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/lee.htm

John Adams to Abigail Adams, July 3, 1776
http://www.founding.com/library/lbody.cfm?id=490&parent=54

New York Currency, 1776
http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCurrency/CurrencyText/NY-08-13-76.html

Thomas Jefferson, Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence:
http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=4

Virginia Resolves on the Stamp Act, 1765
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/vsa65.htm

America's Homepage
http://ahp.gatech.edu/hisdocs.html

Anonymous Account of the Boston Massacre

Account of the Boston Massacre, Captain Thomas Preston

Patrick Henry, "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death"

Charles Inglis, The True Interest of an American (loyalist)

IV. The Revolutionary War

Documents in Military History
http://www.hillsdale.edu/oldacademics/history/war/

Contains various documents describing the war, including accounts of the siege of Fort Henry

John Hancock to the Convention of Maryland, 1776
http://www.gliah.uh.edu/documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=271

From the Diary of Albigence Waldo, Surgeon at Valley Forge, 1777
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1776-1800/war/waldo.htm

Fort Griswold Home Page
http://www.revwar.com/ftgriswold/letters.html

British letters about the raid and burning of New London, 1781

The Essex Result, on why women, children and the poor do not vote

John Adams letter, "The Abolition of slavery must be gradual," 1801
http://www.gliah.uh.edu/documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=356

James Pemberton letter, 1784 "Slavery in Post Revolutionary America"
http://www.gliah.uh.edu/documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=329

John Adams, letter discussing foundation of government, 1776
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=180

Thomas Jefferson A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom,1779
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=23

Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Slavery
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=45

Afro-American Almanac website
http://www.toptags.com/aama/docs/billconcernslaves.htm

Thomas Jefferson, A Bill Concerning Slaves, 1779

The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/federal/fed.htm

The Federalist Papers (Focus: 10, 57, 51, 78)

Iroquois Consitution

King George III, Letter on the loss of America:
http://www.nationalcenter.org/GeorgeIIILossofAmericas.html

Shows the economic and mercantilist benefits to England of colonies

Two general resources available from your BOCES district. Ask your school librarian for password information to access these two resources.

NOVEL--New York Online Virtual Library
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/library/novel

EBSCO Host
http://search.epnet.com

Web Quests

Teachnology
http://www.teach-nology.com/

San Diego State University Webquest page
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html

Memphis City Schools, Webquests
http://www.wcasd.k12.pa.us/district/Schools/Pennwood/WebQuest/webquest.htm

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