Chapter 6: From Empire to Independence, 1750-1776
- French & Indian War Page
Selected documents, a list of forts and other historical sites you can visit, and links to other related web pages.
- Native American Reference Site (Internet Public Library)Native American Reference Site (Internet Public Library)
This website provides information on Native North American authors with bibliographies of their published works, biographical information, and links to online resources including interviews, online texts and tribal websites. Currently the website primarily contains information on contemporary Native American authors, although some historical authors are represented. The website will continue to expand, adding additional authors, books and web resources.
- George Washington's Journal (1754)
Young Washington's campaign diary covering the opening shots of the French and Indian War in America. View the version published in a London newspaper in 1775, and then read the text.
- Boston History - The Freedom Trail
Online version of the famous tourist attraction. Note especially the Boston Massacre site, the Old South Meeting Hall, from which Sam Adams launched the Tea Party, and Paul Revere's house.
- Nonimportation Agreement (1774)
The first Continental Congress' response to the "Intolerable Acts" against Massachussetts. View the original and read the full text.
- Declaration of Rights (1774)
Major John Sullivan of New Hampshire drafted this early expression of advanced American thinking about individual and collective civil rights. View a version republished in 1783, and then read the text.
- Declaration of the Causes & Necessity of Taking Up Arms (1775)
The first justification for the rapidly approaching American Revolution, authored by John Dickinson and Thomas Jefferson in July 1775, almost exactly a year before the Declaration of 1776.
- North Carolina's Declaration of Independence (April, 1776)
Each colony produced some type of declaration of independence. The "Halifax Resolves" were North Carolina's contribution to the start of the revolution.
- The Virginia Declaration of Rights (June 1776)
George Mason's declaration of independence for Virginia, adopted almost a month prior to the approval of the Declaration of Independence by Congress.
- Resolution for Independence (July 2, 1776)
Richard Henry Lee's brief proposal for independence, adopted unanimously on July 2 after the language of the Declaration of Independence was finally settled.
- The Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)
The National Archives provides the text, images, and background information about America's most famous single document.
- Declaring Independence: Drafting the Documents
A Library of Congress exhibit providing original copies of the Declaration of Independence, related documents and letters, and a chronology of events surrounding the Declaration's creation and publication.
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