Revolutionary War

Our REVOLUTIONARY WAR Textbook brings students back in time to the sights and sounds of the American Revolution. Learn all about the birth and growth of the United States through this exciting new format. Like a book, the story of the Revolution is presented chronologically, step-by-step, in successive chapters. However, as only iBooks Author allows, multimedia presentations are an integrated to give life to the stories of founding of America's Union. 


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Chapters include:

INTRODUCTION

[Author's video essay | Enduring Understandings | Essential Questions]


CAUSES OF THE WAR 

[From the French & Indian War to the Meeting of the First Continental Congress]


EVENTS OF 1775

[Paul Revere's Ride • Lexington & Concord • Americans Capture Ft. Ticonderoga • Battle of Bunker Hill • King George Declares Colonies in Rebellion  • Attack on Canada  • U.S. Navy Created • Siege of Boston]


EVENTS OF 1776

[Common Sense Published • Declaration of Independence • Battles of New York • Battle of Valcour Bay  • Retreat through New Jersey • Battle of Trenton]


EVENTS OF 1777

[Battle of Princeton • British Capture Ft. Ticonderoga • Battle of Brandywine • Battle of Germantown  • Massacre of Jane McCrea • Battle of Oriskany • Battle of Bennington • Battle of Saratoga • Valley Forge]


EVENTS OF 1778

[Treaty of Amity with France • Battle of Monmouth • Massacre at Wyoming]


EVENTS OF 1779

[Americans Capture Stony Point • John Paul Jones & The Bonhomme Richard • Siege of Charleston]


EVENTS OF 1780

[Arnold, The Traitor • Battle of Camden • Battle of Kings Mountain]


EVENTS OF 1781

[Battle of Cowpens • Articles of Confederation Ratified • Battle of Guilford Court House • Battle of Hobkirk's Hill • Battle of Eutaw Springs • Battle of Yorktown]


EVENTS OF 1783

[Treaty of Paris]


KEY FIGURES OF THE REVOLUTION

[Brief biographies of selected visionaries and leads of the American Revolution]


QUOTES & LEGENDS

[Betsy Ross • Benedict Arnold • "Don't shoot 'til you see the 'whites' of Their Eyes" • "I have not yet begun to fight" • and many more]


AMERICANS OF THE REVOLUTION

[Essays on English Immigrants • Native Americans • African Americans • Tories vs. Patriots • Religion •Arts  • Women]


THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

[The Text of this foundational document]


KEY TERMS

[Nearly 75 terms are highlighted and explained]


REVIEW CHALLENGE [Quiz | Word Searches | Slider Picture Puzzles]