The Revolutionary War

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Print Resources
  • Most print resources on the Revolutionary War will be located in 973.2, 973.3 and our Biography Collection.
  • Print resources on specific topics may be found by searching the Online Catalog.

eBooks ~ eBooks from Gale Virtual Reference Library

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Databases: Scroll over an image for a complete description.

Search Biography Resource Center for brief and extensive biographies, articles, and web resources about people in American and world life, both past and present.~ Biographies, magazine, and newspaper articles

Search Britannica Online for reference information in literature, science, social science, and history.  Britannica Online also carries news stories from The New York Times. ~ Reference articles

Compton's Encyclopedia~ Easy-read reference articles

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Search History Resource Center: US for reference information, periodical articles, primary sources, and multimedia items such as maps and images from United States history. ~ Reference, magazine/newspaper, and primary sources

Search Student Resource Center Gold for reference, periodical, and primary source articles as well as maps and images across all subject areas. ~ Reference, magazine, newspaper, and primary sources

Battles of the Revolutionary War -- click on a link in the far left column

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Internet Resources

America during the Age of Revolution, 1764-1775 ~ a timeline from the Library of Congress.

America during the Age of Revolution, 1776-1789 ~ a timeline from the Library of Congress.

The American Revolution and Its Era: Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789 ~ from the Library of Congress

The American Revolution and The New Nation, 1763-1815 ~ Primary documents from the Library of Congress.

The American Revolution: Lighting Freedom's Flame ~ Information from the National Parks Service.

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation ~ The records and acts of Congress from the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention through the 43rd Congress, including the first three volumes of the Congressional Record, 1873-75.

Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789 ~ from the Library of Congress.

George Washington Papers ~ Letters, correspondence, journals, and other primary source documents of George Washington from the Library of Congress.

Historian of the American Revolution ~ Documents and images from the American Treasures exhibit of the Library of Congress.

Liberty! The American Revolution ~ Information from the Public Broadcasting Service.

Religion and the Founding of the American Republic: the American Revolution ~ Information and images from the Library of Congress.

Revolutionary War Maps of comte de Rochambeau ~ Maps of the Revolutionary War era from the Library of Congress.

Spy Letters of the American Revolution ~ Primary sources from the University of Michigan.

Thomas Jefferson Exhibition ~ Links to the Jefferson exhibit, Jefferson papers, a timeline, and much more from the Library of Congress.

N. Mellendorf, Librarian. Maine South High School, Library Resource Center, Park Ridge, IL
Last update: 5/12/08 Contact: nmellendorf@maine207.org