American Revolution: Databases

FactCite has the following topics available, just type what you see here in the search bar and read, read read!

• American Revolution
• All persons except Sybil Ludington and Phyllis Wheatley
• Battle of Germantown
• Artillary
• Valley Forge
• Loyalists
• Sons of Liberty and Freemasonry
• Declaration of Independence
• Constitution of the US. 

When you get to this database click on "COLONIAL ERA" at the top, then navigate the following:

• Click on the book that you think applies to your topic.
• Once you do, you will have access to videos, articles, primary sources and more. 
• READ IT opens the book
• EXPLORE MORE connects you to Grolier Online articles on each topic as well as primary source documents.
• RELATED WEBSITES takes you to additional websites outside of the database itself

Relevant main topics on this page (meaning the book titles you can click on):

• The British Colonies in North America
• African Americans in the Thirteen Colonies
• The Boston Massacre
• The Boston Tea Party
• The Revolutionary Way
• The Declaration of Independence

World Book Online has information about the following topics:

• American Revolution
• All persons listed
• DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) if you are learning about women the AR
• Colonial life in America
• Valley Forge
• Loyalists
• Continental Congress
• Sons of Liberty
• Masonry
• Declaration of Independence
• Constitution of the US

Use the search bar at the top to find videos. After watching, make sure to click on the other links (FYI, Quiz, Activites, etc.) for lots more information. You will find videos on the following topics:

• American Revolution
• Causes of the American Revolution
• Declartation of Independence
• U.S. Constitution
• War
• Armed Forces
• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin
• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• Slavery
• Thirteen Colonies