American Revolution Primary Sources

 The American Revolution Primary Sources is a pack of 20 primary source documents that are relevant to the history of American Revolution. Each primary resource is printed on sturdy 8.5" X 11" card stock. American Revolution Primary Sources are just what teachers need to help students learn how to analyze primary sources in order to meet State Standards! Your students will: • think critically and analytically, interpret events, and question various perspectives of history. • participate in active learning by creating their own interpretations instead of memorizing facts and a writer’s interpretations. • integrate and evaluate information provided in diverse media formats to deepen their understanding of historical events. • experience a more relevant and meaningful learning experience. The 20 American Revolution Primary Sources are: 1. Political cartoon first created in 1754 during the French and Indian War, later used as a symbol of the American Revolution 2. Engraving of King George III 3. Political cartoon depicting a mock funeral for the Stamp Act, after it was repealed 4. Engraving depicting the Boston Massacre 5. Various first-hand accounts of the Boston Massacre 6. Lithograph of The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor 7. Political cartoon entitled, "Bostonians Paying the Excise Man" 8. Depictions of Paul Revere’s Ride 9. Map of the town and harbor of Boston and the surrounding area, showing the road to Concord and the various encampments of British and colonial troops 10. Illustration depicting Patrick Henry delivering his famous speech to the Virginia Assembly 11. John Trumbull’s painting of the committee presenting its draft of the Declaration of Independence at the Second Continental Congress 12. Engraving showing the destruction of the statue of King George III in New York City 13. The first official broadside of the Declaration of Independence that included the names of the signers 14. Political cartoon entitled, "Poor Old England endeavoring to reclaim his wicked American children" 15. Painting of British troops leaving Saratoga, New York, after defeat by U.S. General Horatio Gates 16. Depictions of life during the winter at Valley Forge 17. British political cartoon during the American Revolution 18. Recollections of an enslaved African American in the Revolutionary Army 19. Depictions of heroines of the American Revolution 20. The surrender of British General Cornwallis to the joint efforts of George Washington and the French navy