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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|EyeWitness to History.com: 18th Century] includes The Boston Massacre 1770, the British Perspective; The Boston Tea Party, 1773; Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|The Massachusetts Historical Society: The Coming of the American Revolution], includes The Formation of the Sons of Liberty; The Boston Massacre; The Formation of the Committees of Correspondence; The Boston Tea Party; The First Continental Congress; The Second Continental Congress; and Declarations of Independence.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|America's Story from America's Library: The Articles of Confederation Were Adopted] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Archiving Early America: The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids: The Articles of Confederation] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|ConstitutionFacts.com: United States (U.S.) Articles of Confederation] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|FactMonster: About the Articles of Confederation] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|History.com: Articles of Confederation] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Infoplease: Confederation, Articles of] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Library of Congress: Today in History: November 15: The Articles of Confederation] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Library of Congress: Web Guides: The Articles of Confederation] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Our Documents: Articles of Confederation (1777)]

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">BATTLE OF TRENTON
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|History of Trenton] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Battles of Trenton and Princeton] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Rediscovering George Washington]

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">BATTLE OF YORKTOWN
[|Battles of Yorktown and Virginia Capes] [|Yorktown and the Treaty of Paris] [|American History Central: The Battle of Yorktown] [|civilwar.org: Yorktown]

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">BOSTON MASSACRE
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|America's Story from America's Library: Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Archiving Early America: Boston Massacre] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Boston Massacre Historical Society] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|ushistory.org: The Boston Massacre]

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">BOSTON TEA PARTY
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Archiving Early America: An Eyewitness Account of the Boston Tea Party] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Boston Tea Party Historical Society] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Boston Tea Party Ships & Museums] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Fact Monster: Boston Tea Party]

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">THE COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Archiving Early America: The Committees of Correspondence] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Encyclopedia Britannica: Committees of Correspondence] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|How Stuff Works: Committees of Correspondence] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Paul Revere Heritage Project: How Did Committees of Correspondence Work?] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|ushistory.org: The Committees of Correspondence] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|ushistory.org: E Pluribus Unum: The Committees of Correspondence]

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Library of Congress: American Memory: To Form a More Perfect Union] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Shmoop: Constitutional Convention] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Teaching American History.org: Introduction to The Constitutional Convention] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|ThisNation.com: The Constitutional Convention]

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Archiving Early America: Declaration of Independence] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids: The Declaration of Independence] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Congress for Kids: The Declaration of Independence] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Digital Declaration of Independence <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|History.com: Declaration of Independence] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Library of Congress: Web Guides: Declaration of Independence] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|National Archives: Declaration of Independence] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Our Documents: Declaration of Independence (1776)] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|ushistory.org: Declaration of Independence]

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">THE FEDERALIST PAPERS
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids: The Federalist Papers] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|FactMonster: Federalist, The] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Library of Congress: Web Guides:][|The Federalist Papers]

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|American History Central: First Continental Congress (1774)] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|FactMonster: The First Continental Congress] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|History.com: The Continental Congress] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|ushistory.org: Carpenters' Hall: The First Continental Congress] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|ushistory.org: E Pluribus Unum: First Continental Congress] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|ushistory.org: First Continental Congress]

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">THE GREAT (Connecticut) COMPROMISE
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|America.gov: Archive: The Great Compromise and Other Compromises] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Laws.com: Connecticut Compromise Explained] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|TeachingAmeriacanHistory.org: The Constitutional Convention as a Four Act Drama: Act Two] (Under background information for Teacher) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|United States Senate: July 16, 1787: A Great Compromise]

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">LEXINGTON AND CONCORD
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|ushistory.org: Lexington and Concord] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Battles of Lexington and Concord] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Library of Congress: Lexington and Concord] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|The Aftermath of Lexington and Concord]

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|FactMonster: The Second Continental Congress] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|History.com: The Continental Congress] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|PBS: Liberty! The Second Continental Congress] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|ushistory.org: E Pluribus Unum: Second Continental Congress]

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">SHAYS' REBELLION
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Calliope: Shay's Rebellion (1786-87) and the Constitution] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|History Matters: William Manning, "A Laborer," Explains Shays Rebellion in Massachuesettes: In as Plain a Manner As I am Capable] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Infoplease: Shays's Rebellion] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|ushistory.org: Drafting the Constitution: Shays' Rebellion]

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">SONS OF LIBERTY
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Archiving Early America: Sons of Liberty: Patriots or Terrorists?] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|The People of Colonial Albany Live Here: The Sons of Liberty Constitution] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|ushistory.org: The Sons of Liberty]

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">STAMP, SUGAR AND TEA ACTS
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Samuel Adams Heritage Society: Pre-Revolution Activities] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|ushistory.org: The Tea Act] [|ushistory.org: The Stamp Act] [|American History Central: The Sugar Act]

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">THREE-FIFTHS COMPROMISE
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|African American Registry: The Three-Fifths Compromise] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Encyclopedia Britannica: Three-Fifths Compromise] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|OurWeekly: Black History Fact of the Week: Three-Fifths Compromise] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|PBS.org: Rediscovering George Washington: Lesson Plan: The Constitution and the Idea of Compromise]

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">THOMAS PAINE'S COMMON SENSE
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Archiving Early America: Thomas Paine's Common Sense] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|BBC: Who Was Thomas Paine?] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|The History Place: Common Sense by Thomas Paine] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|History.com: This Day in History: Thomas Paine Publishes Common Sense] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|The Thomas Paine Society: Common Sense] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|ushistory.org: Common Sense by Thomas Paine] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|ushistory.org: Thomas Paine]

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">THE TRIAL OF JOHN PETER ZENGER
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|America.gov: Archive: The Trial of John Peter Zenger] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Archiving Early America: Peter Zenger and Freedom of the Press] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|The Historical Society of the Courts of the State of New York: The Trial of John Peter Zenger] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Infoplease: John Peter Zenger] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Jurist: Famous Trials: The Trial of John Peter Zenger] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|ushistory.org: The Beginnings of Revolutionary Thinking: The T] <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">[|r][|ial o] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 15px;">[|f John Peter Zenger]

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">VALLEY FORGE
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|ushistory.org: What Happened at Valley Forge] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|History.com: Washington's Troops Made Camp at Valley Forge] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|ducksters.com: Valley Forge]