• St. George Tucker
  This is an interesting biography of the financier and native of Bermuda, who came to America, during the American Revolution.
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• The Aaron Burr Trial
  This web site examines the Aaron Burr treason trial of 1807. This is the trial that Burr faced for his conspiracy to seperate the Louisiana territory from the Union.
  Original essays, trial transcript, maps, letters, court records, biographical sketches, and other materials relating to the 1807 treason trial of Aaron Burr.
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• The Absentee, by Maria Edgeworth
  The story of THE ABSENTEE is a very simple one, and concerns Irish landlords living in England, who ignore their natural duties and station in life, and whose chief ambition is to take their place in the English fashionable world. The grand English ladies are talking of Lady Clonbrony.
  The Absentee by Maria Edgeworth was originally meant to be a play, but it became a novel about Irish landlords living England who ignore their natural duties and station on life.
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• The American Experience | The Duel | The Burr Conspiracy
  From the PBS web site, take a look at the Burr Conspiracy. This conspiracy was to take the newly aquired Louisiana territory from the United States and create a seperate nation, with Aaron Burr as it's ruler. This article is a suplimental article from the acclaimed film "The Duel" which is an episode of The American Experience series.
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• The Avalon Project : Colonial Charters, Grants and Related Documents
  Read the original charters of Colonial America at the Avalon Project Web site. This page also has related documents for some of the colonies listed.
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• The Avalon Project : Jefferson : Special Reports to Congress (Burr Conspiracy)
  Learn about the official standing of the Burr conspiracy from this Special Report to Congress by President Thomas Jefferson on January 22, 1807.
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• The Biography Channel - Bios Search
  Looking for information about an important historical person for your homework? Or are you just looking for more information about someone you heard about in class? If so, chances are there is a biography about them at Biography.com. Check out the Biography Channel's search engine and look for your favorite history maker.
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• The Boston Riot of 26 August 1765
  This account of the destruction of the home of Thomas Hutchinson, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, is from a letter written by Hutchinson to Richard Jackson on 30 August. The riot mentioned here is refering to the Stamp act problems, thus, one of many Stamp Act Riots in the Colonies.
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• The Conway Cabal
  Learn how in the Autumn of 1777 a plot between a clique of the Continental Congress and a group of Coontinental Army generals attempted to replace General Washington as Commander of the Army.
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• The Court-Martial of the Bounty Mutineers
  From the fmous trials web site, examine the court martial of the Bounty Mutineers.
  Primary documents (including court-martial testimony), images, maps, links, and other materials relating to 1792 court-martial of ten men from the Bounty. Site also includes an original narrative account of the case.
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• The Declaratory Act - 1766
  Read the Act of Parliament that told the American Colonies that they were subordinate to Parliamentary Law.
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• The E Pluribus Unum Project: America in the 1770's
  The topics, essays, and resources of this exhibit reflect the belief that it is by examining the exchange of ideas through speech, print, and public performances of the period that can best help us analyze the origins and meanings of the American Revolution.
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• The English Church in the Eighteenth Century by Abbey and Overton - Project Gutenberg
  Learn about the 18th century English Church in this classic etext.
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• The First Great Awakening - The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries - Divining America: Religion and the National Culture
  From the National Humanities Center, check out this short history of the "First Great Awakening". It includes a teachers guide for student discussion.
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• The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade- Project Gutenberg
  This book, by Thomas Clarkson, examines the history of the British Slave trade and its evential abolishment by the British Parliament in 1839.
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• The Man Who Saved a Revolution: The Newburgh Address
  In this article from history1700s.com you will learn how one man stopped a conspiracy by simply reading a letter using reading glasses.
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• The Men Behind the American Revolution
  Learn about the movers and shakers of the American Revolution in these articles found on History1700s.com.
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• The Men Behind the American Revolution: James Otis
  The American Revolution started in 1775 with the battles of Lexington and Concord. However, before the war, the fighting took place in the courts. Throughout the Colonies, lawyers were arguing the finer points of the rights of Englishmen. One of these lawyers was James Otis. In this article from history1700s.com you will learn about his contribution to the fight for Independence.
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• The Middle Colonies as the Birthplace of American Religious Pluralism--Essay-Related Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Lin...
  Check these resources provided by the National Humanities Center web site about Religion in Colonial America. It includes links to information about the various religious denominations in the colonies.
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• The Rath Trail, by Ida Ellen Rath (Wichita, KS: 1961)
  Learn about old west Kansas by reading this biography of Charles Rath.
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