The American Revolution 1775 to 1781 Note to teachers and Students: Analyze works of art as lenses through which we can glimpse aspects of the American character, the hopes, fears and aspirations and also the problems, absences, contradictions between ideals and realities Images, architecture, sculpture made by artists often inscribe our beliefs, our dreams, our mistakes; How these multicultural contributions and ideas have informed the visual arts can be readily seen in images: The American Revolution 1775 to 1781 The American revolution (Site contains a variety of itmes) http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/KSD/DE/research/revolution/ Songs of the Revolution Site gives lyrics and interpretations http://www.ushistory.org/carpentershall/edu/songs.htm The Topic: Revolutionary War http://www.42explore2.com/revolt.htm Discovery, Exploration, Colonies, & Revolution Site contains a very large number of links. http://www.teacheroz.com/colonies.htm#Primary%20Documents Colonial America 17th Century Some samples available on line. http://www.mcneilmusic.com/rev.html Songs and Ballads of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION http://americanrevolution.org/warsongs.html Artist: Archibald McNeal Willard (1836-1918) Entitled: First known as "Yankee Doodle", and later known as "The Spirit of '76". Source: http://www.americanrevolution.org/spirit.html Links to American Revolution Documents and Websites Site contains Paintings, audio passages, maps, letters, etc http://userpages.umbc.edu/~bouton/Revolution.links.htm A Timeline of American Thought [emphasizing Philosophy, Theology, and Political Theory] by John Shook Table of Contents The Colonial / EraRepublic and Revivals / The Civil War and Evolution / Recent American Philosophy http://www.pragmatism.org/american/ The National Archives (ARCHIVES.GOV) Pictures of the Revolutionary War & Select Audiovisual records http://www.archives.gov/research/american-revolution /pictures/#be National Archives and Records Administration Washington, DC 20408 http://wps.ablongman.com/long_divine_appap_7/23/5933/1518971.cw/content/index.html This site contains NUMEROUS maps covering a wide variety of topics in American history.

The Concord Hymn Ralph Waldo Emerson (1837) By the rude bridge that arched the flood,      Their flag to April's breeze unfurled; Here once the embattled farmers stood;      And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept;      Alike the conqueror silent sleeps,      And Time the ruined bridge has swept      Down the dark stream that seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream,      We place with joy a votive stone, That memory may their deeds redeem,      When, like our sires, our sons are gone. O Thou who made those heroes dare      To die, and leave their children free, -- Bid Time and Nature gently spare      The shaft we raised to them and Thee. http://www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~tyarboro/2315lec.html Washington Crossing the Delaware, Leutze, Emanuel.; 1851. o/c, 12'5" x 21'3“ [NY Metropolitan Museum of Art] The Boston Tea Party http://king.portlandschools.org/files/onexpedition/expeditionproducts/sparks/files/sparks/teaparty/teaparty.htm Midnight Ride Of Paul Revere Route map The below site has Numerous items especially on important persons Prince Whipple and American Painting Written by J. Dennis Robinson Who is the Black Crewman in "Washington Crossing the Delaware"? http://www.seacoastnh.com/Black_History/Black_History_of_the_Seacoast/Prince_Whipple_and_American_Painting/ http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/index.asp http://www.nps.gov/archive/mima/hymn.htm The Shot Heard 'Round the World’ by Domenick D'Andrea Some pictures depicted herein are from the Heritage Series web site listed below. The site also contains information on each painting. http://www.ng.mil/resources/photo_gallery/heritage/concord_bridge.html Surrender of Lord Cornwallis By: John Trumbull Oil on canvas, 12' x 18 Commissioned 1817 "...The Whites of Their Eyes!“ by Ken Riley http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/rotunda/surrender_cornwallis.cfm