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Link A map of the United States of America 1783

A map of the new republic of the United States of America in 1783 when independence from Great Britain had been secured in the revolution.

United States of America, American Revolution, Historical Maps, Eighteenth Century, History view
Document A Nation in Embryo? Paine on Freedom & Tyranny

These extracts, from the first in a series of pamphlets written by Thomas Paine between 1776 and 1783, really illustrate Paine's political...

American Revolution, Georgian Britain, Thomas Paine, eighteenth century history, common sense, 1776 view
Image collection British cartoon on the American Revolution

The second of three cartoons on Britain and the American Revolution

This cartoon has a very different tone from the previous one. It shows...

American Revolution, Georgian Britain, Whigs, tories, Edmund Burke, william pitt, john wilkes view
Image collection Tory satire on American Revolution

The third of three cartoons on Britain and the American revolutionary movement

This print also takes a Tory approach to the conflict, in...

American Revolution, Georgian Britain, Thomas Paine, john wilkes, Britannia view
Image collection American Revolution Cartoon 1774

One of three contemporary caricatures (cartoons) shown here offering satirical insights into the American conflict.

In this print America...

American Revolution, Georgian Britain, Lord North, Britannia, 18th century, Intolerable acts, Boston view
Link Common Sense by Thomas Paine 1776

The entire text of Thomas Paine's famous pamphlet originally pubished anonymously on January 10 1776. It was intended as an easily understood...

American Revolution, British history, Eighteenth Century, Thomas Paine, American history, History view
Link Connecticut Resolutions on the Stamp Act

Connecticut Resolutions on the Stamp Act: December 10, 1765

American Independence, American Revolution view
Link Contract between the King and the Thirteen United States of North America

Contract between the King and the Thirteen United States of North America February 25, 1783

American Independence, American Revolution view
Document Free-born Britons in America? Connecticut Resolutions, 1765

Contemporary American documents from: The Avalon Project, Yale Law School

These extracts give us a great insight into the mindset of...

American Revolution, Georgian Britain, Stamp act, free-born englishman, eighteenth century history view
Link Letters from an American Farmer

Letters from an American Farmer, St. John de Crevecoeur, J. Hector, 1735-1813

American Revolution, American Independence view
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