Features over thirty historical documents, sixty-seven biographical sketches, and twenty-five essays on the causes of the Revolution.
PBS offers a companion guide to its television series. Includes resources, screensavers, quotes and a teacher's guide.
Check out documents from 18th-century America. Includes a portrait gallery, maps, the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence.
Read a behind the scenes look at Paul Revere's famous engraving of the bloody massacre. Includes an image the historic color print.
Review details about the construction of the Capitol. Includes information about plans and additions.
Offers a history of the Mayflower, its dimensions and images, and an inventory of the vessel. Posts Mayflower documents.
Nonprofit organization studies the events of the French and Indian War. Includes a glossary and a timeline.
Library of Congress presents the works of the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention. Includes a timeline.
Discover the rich history of Texas by referring to these early documents. Take a look at treaties and the Texas Declaration of Independence.
Paste historical information, images and insights from the Internet into a multimedia scrapbook. Includes directions for the project.
Kids share information about immigrating to the United States. Features photographs, stories and a multicultural calendar.
Browse the text of these famous papers, written in 1787 and 1788. Download the document.
Peruse text from these USIA publications, enhanced with hypertext links directed to relevant documents, original essays, and related sites.
University of Oklahoma Law Center furnishes the text of the famous speech by Patrick Henry given at the time of the Revolutionary War.
Read eyewitness accounts of the Great Chicago Fire. Includes a historical overview and a gallery of images.
Dig into the complete text of this book, first published in 1890, to find out what it was like to live in the tenements of New York City.
Read a biography of the seventh president of the United States. Includes details about his public image, his memory and his rhetoric.
Read excerpts from the book "Maryland Loyalists in the American Revolution." Gives details about Chalmers' document.
Discover the remains of the Jamestown Fort in Virginia. Includes photos of the excavation, a historical overview and publication information.
The nation's first leaders return to "debate" students on the role of voting. From PBS and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Go on a great American expedition across North America with Lewis and Clark. Find out what to take on the journey.
Gigantic library's American Memory section offers history resources for educators, students and lifelong learners.
Valley Project provides a view of the war from those living on the border of Pennsylvania and Virginia. With diaries and photographs.
Lists events occurring during the Revolutionary War. Provides images and details about each battle.
Follow deep-sea diver Bob Ballard as he searches for the USS Yorktown, lost in the Battle of Midway. Find survivor's stories in the forum.
Take a journey as a slave escaping to freedom in the underground railroad. Includes a timeline of events and a collection of resources.
Learn about the mesmerizing but tragic story of the Salem witch hunts. Find out what happened to those who confessed and those who didn't.
Yale Law School project offers this collection of documents from the Confederate States of America.
Read a timeline of events occurring before and during the Revolution. Includes a main index page.
Public-television station presents details about Ken Burns' film "The West." Includes a multimedia guide and interactive timeline.
Resource for teachers and students highlights Philip Hoose's book, "We Were There, Too," detailing the role young people have played in the making of the United States.
Look at a topically organized collection of links about the American West. Includes a section of outstanding sites.