Outline of American History: Road to Independence

http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/American_Revolution

A new colonial System--Stamp Act--Taxation Without Representation--Townshend Acts--Samuel Adams--Boston "Tea Party"--The Coercive Act--The Revolution Begins--Common Sense and Independence--Defeats and Victories-Franco-American Alliance--The British Move South--Victory and Independence Loyalist During the American Revolution

Revolutionary War Internet Scavenger Hunt

http://lasd.K12.pa.us/teachers/purnellj/RWHunt.html

Click on the highlighted word in each question to travel to the site on which you will find the answers. If there is not highlighted word, then stay on the page you are presently viewing and search for the answer there. You may have to choose different links within a site to find the answers. It may be helpful to print out a copy of this hunt before you start.

The Flames of Rebellion

http://library.thinkquest.org/10966/fun.shtml

Command the Colonials or the British in this exciting strategy/war game. Download it today and play against another player in hot-seat mode or using the Internet. Take charge of ship production and army management and let the founding fathers or British leaders help you on your quest.

High Tea In Boston Harbor

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicl_boston1774.html

Newspaper headline reports British troops sent to Massachusetts--Band of "Mohawks" dump 342 chests of Darjeeling off Griffin's Warf--Franklin in London feels the spite--Roots of the conflict.

The Jamestown Online Adventure

http://historyglobe.com/jamestown/

Can you make yourself and your sponsors at the London Company rich from the discovery of gold and silver? How well can you provide food for your colonists? Can you keep your colonists from dying due to disease, starvation, and attacks? You will get to compare your colony to the historical Jamestown at the end of this game. By examining the Now we know....section, you can learn from the mistakes of history so you do not repeat them when you play again.

Take a trip on the Mayflower ship

www.scholastic.com

Choose from many interactive activities that can also be used with whiteboard technology. The Mayflower interactive map shows students the route taken from Britain to North America and gives an oral report at each longitude/latitude point in which the ship takes.

Interactive Map of the Revolutionary War

www.eduplace.com/kids/socisci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g5s_u4/index.html

This site has an interactive map that coincides with ten major battles leading up to the independence of America. Students can practice their geographic skills with activity questions and probes.