Rev War | Primary Source Tea Act Great Britain granted the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sold in the Colonies.
Rev War | Primary Source Townshend Act With the Townshend Act, new duties were placed on imports of glass, lead, paper, tea to the Colonies from Great Britain.
Rev War | Primary Source The Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress Grievances and conclusions drawn by this 1765 Congress in response to the Stamp Act.
Rev War | Primary Source Articles of Capitulation, Yorktown The following document is the negotiated terms of surrender at Yorktown, Virginia between General Charles Lord Cornwallis and General George...
Rev War | Primary Source George Washington to Martha Washington A rare piece of history, this is one of only two letters between George and Martha Washington. This letter was discovered in the desk drawer of one of...
Rev War | Primary Source Benjamin Thompson to an Unknown Recipient Benjamin Thompson to an unknown recipient (May 6, 1775) an invisible letter written in a visable one.
Rev War | Primary Source Circular Letter to the Governors in America In response to Samuel Adams' Massachusetts Circular Letter in early 1768 that asked other colonies to join in resisting Parliament's Townshend Act...
Rev War | Primary Source Dedication Speech Delivered by Warren G. Harding for the the Princeton Battle Monument The Dedication speech for the Princeton Battle Monument was delivered by President Warren G. Harding’s on June 9, 1922, in honor of the Battle of...
Rev War | Primary Source Dedication Speech for the Bennington Battle Monument Dedication speech for the Benning Battle Monument delivered by E. J. Phelps on August 19, 1891, in honor of the Battle of Bennington on August 16...
Rev War | Primary Source The Manual Exercise, as Ordered by His Majesty in 1764 The 1764 drill was the manual of arms used by the Continental Army until 1778 and used by the British Army throughout the conflict. Like their...
Rev War | Primary Source A List of Goods Belonging to Anthony Morris The only known list detailing a Continental soldier's uniform and personal effects.
Rev War | Primary Source Surrender of Burgoyne's Army to Gates at Saratoga These articles detail the terms under which British Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne surrendered to Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates after the Battles of Saratoga...