This site contains reproductions of many famous 18th century documents, such as the Declaration of Independence, as well as maps, newspapers, portraits, and books from Colonial America. All the documents include explanations of why they are important.

America Revolution Home Page, The - http://www.americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/INDEX2.HTM

This site features a timeline of important dates, descriptions of major events during the war, detailed biographies, and statistical information. This site seems very complete.

American Revolution Timeline - http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/index.html

This site provides an excellent overview of an important period in American history. The timeline chronicles American Revolution-related events from the year 1,000 up to 1790. The negative for this site is that it contains advertising.

Anonymous Account of the Boston Massacre - http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/bostonmassacre/anonyaccount.html

This site provides a short narrative of the event where British soldiers shot five men to death in Boston.

Battle of Lexington and Concord: A Brief History - http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/MilSci/BTSI/abs_lex.html

This site provides a summary of the important people and events during this battle.

Battle of Yorktown - http://members.aol.com/spursfan50/davidallen/yorktown.htm

This site provides information about the battle. It includes a map.

Biographies of Founding Fathers - http://www.colonialhall.com/biography.php

This site provides basic biographical material on the majority of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Birth of a Nation: The American Revolution - http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3803/

This site contains information about people and events associated with the American Revolution.

The Blue Darter's Guide to the American Revolution -http://darter.ocps.k12.fl.us/classroom/revolution/index.html

This site provides information on various aspects of the Revolutionary War time period developed by a high school class.

Declaration of Independence - http://www.law.indiana.edu/uslawdocs/declaration.html

This site provides an online version of the Declaration of Independence.

Declaring Independence - http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/declara1.html

This site contains information about the drafting of the Declaration of independence.

Facts about the American Revolution - http://www.multied.com/revolt/index.html

This site contains facts about the American Revolution presented in an easy-to-read outline format. A negative about this site is that contains advertisements.

Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790) - http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/rotten.html

This site contains information about Franklin as an American statesman, writer, scientist, and inventor. Also contains links to other Franklin-related sites and Franklin's writings.

Liberty! The American Revolution - http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/

This site contains information related to the PBS series Liberty!

Revolutionary War: A Journey Toward Freedom - http://library.thinkquest.org/10966/doc.shtml

This site contains several sections including historical documents, historical people, and major battles.

Stories from American History - http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/1764-1789

This site contains stories from America's history since our country’s earliest days. Various topics are presented, ranging from famous people in history to odd musical instruments. Many pictures, video and sound files, and other primary source materials help you learn about history in an interesting and appealing way. This is a fantastic site to visit if you are just beginning your studies in American history or want to find an unusual topic for a social studies research paper or report.

U.S. History - http://www.ushistory.org/

This site is a general U.S. History site, however there are many links related to the Revolutionary War.