Resources

  • Liberty! The American Revolution

    Liberty! The American Revolution is a six-hour documentary miniseries about the Revolutionary War, and the instigating factors, that brought about the United States' independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. It was first broadcast on the Public Broadcasting Service in 1997.
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  • Taxation History of the US

    There were several major events in colonial history that illustrate how people were forced to pay taxes, and how they revolted against it.
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  • George Washington

    During the American Revolution, he led the colonial forces to victory over the British and became a national hero. In 1787, he was elected president of the convention that wrote the U.S. Constitution.
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  • National Heritage Museum

    The National Heritage Museum, at the Scottish rite Masonic Museum & Library, is a different kind of history museum. We focus on the rich diversity of American life across four centuries – how people have worked, played, struggled, and achieved.
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  • Concord Museum

    An outstanding collection includes three centuries of Concord furniture, silver clocks; the famous 1775 Revere lantern; Emerson’s study; and the desk on which Thoreau wrote Walden.
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  • Old State House Museum

    The Old State House was the political, economic, and geographic center of the Massachusetts Bay colony since it was built in 1713.
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  • Old South Meeting House

    Built in 1729 as a Puritan Meeting House, Old South Meeting House is Boston’s “Sanctuary of Freedom”. It was the largest building in colonial Boston, and the place where the Boston Tea Party began.
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Image: U.S. Declaration of Independence, by William Stone, 1823, PD