American Revolution (1785-1783)

Picture Books:

The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? by Jean Fritz
Sam the Minuteman by Nathaniel Benchley (1776)
George the Drummer Boy by Nathaniel Benchley (1776)

Boston Tea Party: Rebellion in the Colonies by James E. Knight

Grade School:

Amos Fortune: Free Man by Elizabeth Yates (d. 1801)
Flaming Arrrows by William O. Steele
The Reb and the Redcoats by Constance Savery (1780s)
Guns for General Washington by Seymour Reit
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes (1774)
Shhh! We're Writing the Constitution by Jean Fritz (1787)

Out of Print Favorites:

Silver for General Washington by Enid Lamonte Meadowcroft
Swamp Fox of the Revolution by Stewart Holbrook (Landmark Series)

Primary Sources:

Patrick Henrys' Speech: "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death!", March 23, 1775

On the Web:

The American Revolution

Founding Fathers, U.S.

Picture Books:

Benjamin Franklin by Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire (1706-1790)
George Washington by Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire (1732-1799)

Grades 1-4:

Benjamin Franklin: Young Printer by Augusta Stevenson (Childhood of Famous Americans)
George Washington: Young Leader by Augusta Stevenson, illustrated by E. Joseph Dreany (Childhood of Famous Americans)
Thomas Jefferson: Third President of the United States by Helen Albee Monsell, illustrated by Kenneth Wagner

Famous Speeches:

"On the Constitution", Benjamin Franklin, 1787