Websites - American Revolution - VCE History Units 3 & 4: Revolutions

The American Revolution - Yale University Open Course

The American Revolution - Yale University Open Course
A 25 episode lecture series from Yale University. The course takes a “broad perspective, tracing the participants’ shifting sense of themselves as British subjects, colonial settlers, revolutionaries, and Americans.” Go to the Sessions tab to play the lectures. You may need to open the Course Materials link in a new tab to download the zip file (includes transcripts).

The Road to Revolution Game - PBS

The Road to Revolution Game – PBS
Test your knowledge about the American Revolution with this multiple choice quiz.

The American Revolution – Alpha History

The American Revolution – Alpha History
Website contains hundreds of primary and secondary sources to help you understand events in America between 1763 and 1789. Includes topic pages, timelines, glossaries, biographical profiles and quotes, concept maps and activities such as crosswords and quizzes.

A representation of the Boston Tea Party

The Colonial Experience - ushistory.org

The Colonial Experience - ushistory.org
A brief overview of the American colonial experience under British supervision.

Road to Revolution (1754-1800) - Khan Academy

Creating a Nation - Khan Academy
Sections for topics including Articles of Confederation, Shays' Rebellion, Constitutional Convention, Federalist Papers, Bill of Rights, the social consequences of the revolutionary ideals, attitudes about slavery and change in American society.

James Madison - Father of the Constitution

James Madison: Life Before the Presidency - Miller Centre
Outlines Madison's influence on the creation and intent of the U.S. Constitution, earning him the title of "Father of the Constitution"

America's Founding Documents - US National Archives

America’s Founding Documents – National Archives (US)
Information and further reading about Charters of Freedom documents - the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Constitution of the United States

Founders Online

Founders Online
Correspondence and writings of six shapers of the US: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. Over 183,000 fully annotated, searchable documents.

John Adams

The Coming of the American Revolution: 1764 to 1776 - Massachusetts Historical Society

The Coming of the American Revolution: 1764 to 1776 - Massachusetts Historical Society
"By investigating the lives and events recorded in newspapers, official documents and personal correspondence from our collection, you will immerse yourself in the past and discover the fears, friction and turmoil that shaped these tumultuous times."

Boston Tea Party - Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum

Boston Tea Party - Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum
Use the menu to navigate to the Learn and Full Research Library sections for information on the Boston Tea Party and all aspects of the American Revolution.

Revolutionary Experiences and Change - UShistory.org

Explore the sub-topics in these chapters for discussions about how the creation of a nation brought around many revolutions from multiple perspectives - for women, slaves, Native Americans, Loyalists and other groups.

The American Revolution - Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

The Amercian Revolution
Website shares the "story of the collapse of the British Empire and the making of an American nation through the same myriad influences that shaped the perspectives of the extraordinary people—free and enslaved, women and men, rich and poor, Native American and European—who transformed the Atlantic world in the second half of the eighteenth century."

American Revolution - British Library

American Revolution - British Library
"This is the story of the American Revolution and the loss of Britain's North American colonies during the eighteenth century." This site contains American Revolution articles, essays and images from the British Library collection.

Tax stamps issued as a result of the 1765 Stamp Act passed by the British Government to extract taxation from its American colonies.

The American War of Independence: The Rebels and the Redcoats - BBC

The American War of Independence: The Rebels and the Redcoats - BBC
A summary of the War of Independence.

Mercantilism Definition - Investopedia

Mercantilism - Definition
An easy to understand summary of the economic system of trade that spanned from the 16th to 18th century.

American Revolution - Awesome Stories

American Revolution - Awesome Stories
A collection of essays, videos, audio files and images to tell the stories of the American Revolution.

Political cartoon used by Ben Franklin to advocate union of the colonies

The Enlightenment in America - Sage American History

The Enlightenment in America - Sage American History
An essay on the Age of Enlightenment, or Age of Reason, and how it provided a philosophical basis for the American Revolution. The Sage American History website has a number of other sections that will also be useful in understanding the American Revolution.

Digital History - University of Houston

Digital History - University of Houston
This website brings together a wide range of resources covering the causes, events and consequences of the American Revolution.

Article: Did the American Revolution Change the Role of Women in American Society?

Did the American Revolution Change the Role of Women? History in Dispute.
"Yes" and "No" viewpoint essays on whether the Revolution helped liberate women from their traditional subservient status.

VCE History Units 3 & 4: Revolutions: Websites - American Revolution