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 * Petersen - American Revolution **

Websites for Primary Documents
Links to websites of Primary Source Documents from the American Revolution Era 100 documents in US history from 1776 to 1965.
 * [|American Revolution Historic Documents]
 * [|100 Milestone Documents]

Documents for the study of American history, from 1000 to the present day.
 * [|AMDOCS]

From the Library of Congress - A collection of digitized historical documents, photographs, sound recordings, moving pictures, books, maps, pamphlets, and other resources documenting American history from 1400 to today. Primary sources from the 15th century up until the 21st century
 * [|American Memory]
 * [|American History: A Documentary Record]

Contains an array of pictures, text, audio, and video from the antebellum period to the 9/11 terrorist attack. Browse by time period. Primary documents from the pre-colonial era to the present day. A collection of diaries, autobiographies, memoirs, travel accounts, and ex-slave narratives written by Southerners. History through the eyes of those who lived it.
 * [|Authentic History Center]
 * [|Chronology of Primary US Historical Documents]
 * [|Digital History]
 * [|Documenting the American South]
 * [|Eye Witness History]
 * [|Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History]
 * [|Historical Voices] A huge database of audio text related to US history, Supreme Court rulings, politics, and more.
 * [|Library Company of Philadelphia: Portraits of American Women]
 * [|Making of America] A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
 * [|NPG Collections Search] more than 12,000 records from the collections of the **//National Portrait Gallery//**. NPG's collections of paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, and photographs document the diversity of individuals who have made significant contributions to the history and culture of the United States
 * [|NYPL Digital Gallery] Over 337,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities including historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs, illuminated manuscripts, and more.

Specific Primary Sources

 * [|Boston Tea Party - Eyewitness Account]


 * [|Taxation]


 * [|The Quartering Act - Document]


 * [|The Sugar Act]


 * [|Boston Massacre and Crispus Attucks]


 * [|The Boston Massacre]

Subscription Websites (Databases)

 * [|Facts on File: American History] **Username** - pcsnyc **Password** - library
 * [|Proquest]
 * [|Awesome stories]**Username** - pcsnyc **Password** - library1

From the NYPL:

 * US History in Context


 * Biography in Context


 * American Women's History

Also Try:

 * [|Google Book Search]

Websites and Portals

 * [|Shmoop American Revolution]
 * Multnomah Library [|American Revolution]
 * [|American Revolution Homepage]
 * [|American Revolution]
 * [|First-Hand Perspectives (Avalon Project)]
 * [|Visualizing Independence (NARA)>]
 * [|Fighting for Independence (US Army)>]
 * [|Liberty!] (PBS)
 * [|The Basis for Revolution, and Its Beginnings] (Primary sources)
 * [|Revolutionary War: A Journey Towards Freedom]
 * [|Virtual Marching Tour of the American Revolution]
 * [|The Stamp Act]
 * [|Boston Massacre - Pamphlets and Propoganda]
 * [|Boston Tea Party - Politicizing Ordinary People]
 * [|Boston Tea Party - Eyewitness to History]
 * [|The Quartering Act]
 * [|The Sugar Act]