American Founding Online Exhibits

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7 visitors recommend:
Archiving Early America
Source: Archiving Early America: This fascinating site features images of 18th Century America, famous writings from the time, and even FLASH movies such as "Molly Pitcher: An American Heroine," "The Treason of Benedict Arnold," "Paul Revere. Messenger of the Revolution," and "The Real Face of George Washington." They take a long time to load but they're fun.
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LIBERTY! The American Revolution
Source: PBS Online: This is the online companion to PBS documentary, featuring a broad range of textual and graphical resources about the two decades of debate and rebellion that changed America and the world forever.
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9 visitors recommend:
Declaring Independence: Drafting the Documents
Source: Library of Congress: The stories and images of the drafting of the Declaration of Independence. A terrific online exhibit from the Library of Congress.
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The Bill of Rights: High-resolution scan
Source: NARA: A 339KB high-resolution version of the original 1789 Bill of Rights amended to the U.S. Constitution.
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The U.S. Constitution: High-resolution scan
Source: NARA: A 130KB high-resolution version of the original 1787 U.S. Constitution.
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Charters of Freedom
Source: NARA: "Each year more than a million visitors come to the Rotunda of the National Archives to see our Charters of Freedom: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. Although there is no substitute for an actual visit, this exhibit will allow you to study the documents in greater detail than is possible for the rotunda visitor."
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Merry Christmas, 1776: The Battle of Trenton
Source: U.S. Army Center for Military History
City: Trenton, State: NJ: A super high-resolution image of the Battle of Trenton, December 26, 1776, when the Continental Army won its first victory in long months of painful striving, and put new heart into Washington's men.
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Currier and Ives founding fathers prints
Source: CurrierandIves.info: A gallery of scans of Victorian-era prints of the founding fathers and early Americana, e.g. George Washington, John Hancock, American Revolution, Columbus, the Pilgrims. Images are free for use as clip art, and some are for sale as art prints.
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The Delegates to the Constitutional Convention
Source: NARA: 55 delegates attended the Constitutional Convention sessions (only 39 actually signed the Constitution). This online exhibit features short biographies of each of these founding fathers.
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The Declaration of Independence: High-resolution scan
Source: NARA: A 315KB high-resolution version of the original Declaration.
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