American Revolution: Henry, Arnold, Revere, Knox

Read about Patrick Henry and then scroll down to listen to an actor giving some of his famous speeches.

Read about Henry and feel free to click on other links on the bottom for more information.

Several timelines on Henry, so make sure to keep scrolling. Early life, stamp act, revolution, etc.

A transcript of Henry's most famous speech!

Longfellow's famous poem about Revere's ride.

Read each part of the timeline and click on each link for more information.

Two if by sea...find out what that is all about!

Read about Paul's life...look at how many kids that guy had!!!

Benedict Arnold betrayed his country...read about why. What would you have done?

Click on the dots to read about various events in Arnold's life.

A nice biography of Arnold from History.com.

This website has a bio and a short video at the bottom so make sure to scroll down.

Read about Knox and make sure to click on the various links throughout the paragraphs to learn more.

Check out how Knox and his soldiers made the British flee Boston.

There is not too much on Knox's timeline, but click the links on the left to learn more.

From the US History page, check out our very first Secretary of War.