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Do you want to learn about the Revolutionary War on your lunch break?
Take one hour to learn about the Revolutionary War.
Here's how to get started:
- Gain a quick overview of the Revolutionary War:
- Browse the Revolutionary War Timeline to help put the war’s events into context and relationships.
- Read American Revolution Facts to learn basic facts, dates, and information about the war while answering commonly asked questions.
- Watch the Revolutionary War Animated Map. This 18-minute video chronologically follows the war’s events from Lexington & Concord to Yorktown.
- Read about The Intolerable Acts to learn why the colonist rebelled and took up arms against Great Britain.
- Learn about the different wartime strategies that the British and the Continental Army employed during the war.
- Understand the outcomes of the conflict with the signing of The Treaty of Paris.
Total time: 63 minutes
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