Collection Landing Page American Revolution, 1763-1783 American Revolution, 1763-1783 The Gilder Lehrman Collection contains materials written by over 2,000 individuals who fought in and lived through the American Revolution. These firsthand accounts were written by leaders, soldiers, and...
Basic Page The American Revolution The American Revolution Led by : Prof. Denver Brunsman (George Washington University) Course Number : AMHI 621 Semesters : Fall 2016, Spring 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2022, Spring 2024 Image: The British Surrendering Their Arms to Gen: Washington...
Basic Page American Revolution The American Revolution REGISTRATION CLOSED When did the American Revolution begin and end? What were its causes and effects? How did entirely new forms of both freedom and unfreedom come about at exactly the same time? We will investigate these...
Lesson Plan Religion and the American Revolution Religion and Philosophy 9, 10, 11, 12 Historical Background While the dominant narrative of the American Revolution focuses on its political causes, the factor of religion cannot be ignored. Many settlers came to the North American colonies seeking the freedom to practice...
Video Myths of the American Revolution Government and Civics 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor of History at Baruch College and the CUNY Graduate Center, contrasts the popular memory of the Revolutionary War with its more complicated realities. She argues that although many of us were...
Video The Costs of the American Revolution Economics, Government and Civics 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
Basic Page History U | The American Revolution The American Revolution This History U course focuses on the story of the birth and initial growth of the United States of America. Course Instructor : Professor Carol Berkin, Baruch College and The City University of New York Eligibility : High...
Lesson Plan Black Women and the American Revolution 9, 10, 11, 12 Click to download this lesson plan.
News Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA Spotlight: "The American Revolution" The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University offer a Master of Arts in American History through online courses for K–12 teachers. Applications are now open. Click here to apply. Course Spotlight: The American...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Black Patriots of the American Revolution Government and Civics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Originally broadcast on October 29, 2020, this session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection explores unique documents from the Gilder Lehrman Collection that record the service of Black soldiers in the...
Interactive The American Revolution through the Eyes of Hamilton Return to Alexander Hamilton: Witness to the Founding Era .
Spotlight on: Primary Source Alexander Hamilton’s "gloomy" view of the American Revolution, 1780 Government and Civics By October 1780, in the midst of the American Revolution, Alexander Hamilton was discouraged by the apparent apathy of the American people and the ineffectuality of their elected representatives, as well as by the recent discovery of...
News Pace–Gilder Lehrman MA Spotlight: “Women in the American Revolution” The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University offer a Master of Arts in American History through online courses for K–12 educators. Applications are now open. Click here to apply. Course Spotlight: Women in the...
Video Divided Loyalties: How the American Revolution Came to New York Government and Civics Historian Richard Ketchum is the author of the classic studies Decisive Day: The Battle for Bunker Hill ; The Winter Soldiers: The Battles for Trenton and Princeton ; and Saratoga: Turning Point of America’s Revolutionary War . In...
Video The Origins of the French Revolution: American Influence, Domestic Discontent World History 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
Guided Readings Guided Readings: Toward Revolution Economics, Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12 Reading 1 For fire and water are not more heterogeneous than the different colonies in North America. Nothing can exceed the jealousy and emulation which they possess in regard to each other. . . . In short . . . were they left to...
Video Historians Now: "The American Revolution: Writings from the Pamphlet Debate 1764-1776" Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Gordon Wood discusses the book "The American Revolution: Writings from the Pamphlet Debate 1764-1776".
News CUNY Professor Carol Berkin’s “Women in the American Revolution” Available as a Self-Paced Course The Gilder Lehrman Institute is now offering three new Self-Paced Courses with distinguished professors Carol Berkin, Lucas Morel, and Michael Neiberg, perfect for summer professional development and general interest. Each course,...
News Study Women in the American Revolution with Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor American Colonial and Revolutionary History, Baruch College, CUNY The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University are pleased to announce that registration for Spring 2020 courses is now open for the online Master of Arts in American History Program for K–12 teachers affiliated...
News History U Offers New Course on the American Revolution for High School Students The Gilder Lehrman Institute’s History U offers free, graduate-level American history courses with top scholars for high school students. NEW COURSE! The American Revolution with Professor Carol Berkin This course focuses on the story...
Video: Book Breaks Woody Holton - "Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution" Woody Holton is the McCausland Professor of History at the University of South Carolina. Order Liberty Is Sweet at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Treason in the American Revolution: Benedict Arnold and John André 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ In September 1780, the discovery of General Benedict Arnold’s plot to surrender West Point to the British was a deeply shocking revelation. Arnold, whose name is now synonymous with the word “traitor,” was once a well-respected...
Spotlight on: Primary Source Politics and the Texas Revolution, 1836 Government and Civics Texas’s fight for independence from Mexico was an uphill battle from the very beginning. Texians were outnumbered and outmatched by the much more powerful Mexican military, and the province was plagued by quarrels within its own...
Lesson Plan Colonists Divided: A Revolution and a Civil War Government and Civics 6, 7, 8 Background The Stamp Act, the Quartering Act, the Declaratory Act, the Sugar Act, and the Tea Act were just a few of the many policies Great Britain enacted in the British North American colonies in the eighteenth century. To many...
Lesson Plan The American Revolution: The Boston Massacre, “Yankee Doodle,” and the Declaration of Independence, 1770-1776 Art 3, 4, 5 Click here to download this four-lesson unit.
News Black Lives in the Founding Era News, Week 2: Black Patriots of the American Revolution The Gilder Lehrman Institute initiative “ Black Lives in the Founding Era ” restores to view the lives and works of a wide array of African Americans in the period 1760 to 1800, and draws on our archive of historical documents and our...
News Study the American Revolution in Online Summer MA Course with Professor Denver Brunsman of George Washington University The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Pace University are pleased to announce that registration for Summer 2020 courses is open for the online Master of Arts in American History Program. We highlight here one of the six...
Video Guns, Horses, and the Grass Revolution Geography, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ In this lecture Elliott West, a professor of history at the University of Arkansas, describes how the introduction of Old World phenomena such as guns, horses, and new diseases affected the Native peoples of the New World. Those who...