The 1798 rebellion and the origins of Irish republicanism
long essay on “the largest popular republican rising in Irish history” (Andrew Flood)

Absolutism (Internet Modern History Sourcebook) Primary source document extracts, useful for teaching. Mainly on France, a little on Spain and England

Absolutism
Useful links (Stephanie Marra, WWW-Virtual Library)

The Account Book of Richard Latham
The accounts book of an eighteenth-century Lancashire farmer in searchable database format (Lorna Scammell)

Of Agriculture (1650)
Text of Abraham Cowley’s essay on 17th-century English agriculture (Modern History Sourcebook)

America in Caricature 1765-1865
An online exhibit of political cartoons (Lilley Library)

American almanacs and colonial identity
seminar paper by Matthew Shaw (British Library Research Archive)
originally given at University of Birmingham, March 2006

The American Colonists’ Library
Primary sources relating to early American history (Rick Gardiner)

American Independence
Primary sources and other web resources (Internet Modern History Sourcebook)

The American Revolution
A site to accompany an American documentary on the American Revolution: bibliography, discussions and essays, web resources (H-Net)

American Revolution 1763-1789
Bibliography (H-OIEAHC)

George Washington
A selection of images of Washington and related artefacts (Maine Historical Society)

Revolution Rejected: Canada and the American Revolution
Exhibit interpreting why Canada resisted invasion by American troops during the American Revolution (Canadian War Museum)

American Revolution Timelines
(The History Place)

American Revolution: the Battle of Bunker Hill
an online exhibit to mark the 225th anniversary of the battle, it includes timeline, historical background, biographies, personal accounts (including letters by soldiers), maps, bibliography (Massachusetts Historical Society)

American Revolution: Charters of Freedom
the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights online (NARA)

American Revolution: Declaring Independence
Drafting the documents: a chronology, background, selection of documents (Library of Congress)

The American Revolution: Guided Readings
Useful short essays for students (Gilder Lehrman Institute)

American Revolution: Recollections of an Old Soldier
Etext of the memoir of David Perry, a soldier in the American revolutionary wars (Denise G Jones)

American Revolution: Spy Letters of the American Revolution
A ‘gallery’ of letters, with images, links to information about the spies and the methods used (Clements Library, University of Michigan)

American Revolution: The Olive Branch Petition
‘The aptly-named Olive Branch Petition represents the last attempt by the moderate party in North America to avoid a war of independence against Britain.’ This virtual exhibit includes the original text and other documents, background on the causes of the revolution, George III, colonisation, the war itself, and the developing relations between Britain and the American colonies from the early seventeenth century (The National Archives, UK)

1492: An Ongoing Voyage
exhibit looking at ‘the rich mixture of societies’ in five areas just before the arrival of Europeans, and at the subsequent contacts between them and the new arrivals from 1492-1600. Divided into six sections, including the life and myths of Columbus, ‘inventing America’, ‘Europe claims America’ (Library of Congress)

The Aphra Behn Page
Includes biographical material, links, sections on Behn and racism and on women in Restoration theatre (Ruth Nestvold)

Apotropaios
(Was ‘Folk Magic in Britain’) An exploration of objects, such as witch-bottles, written charms, horse skulls, that that were concealed in and around buildings as spells or counter-spells; sections on each of the various kinds of object, links, book list (Brian Hoggard)

An arbitrage model of crop rotation in eighteenth-century England
essay by Liam Brunt (U. Oxford)
Discussion papers in economic and social history, 32 (1999)

Archiving Early America
Primary source materials from eighteenth-century America, useful teaching resource (EarlyAmerica.com)

The Art of William Hogarth
Described as ‘a comprehensive exhibition of early impressions of his work’, the quality of the images is very good and it’s easy to navigate (Haley Steele) (NB: Wayback Archive)

The Autobiography of Anne Murray, Lady Halkett: An e-text of the 1875 edition
a work in progress (about halfway through at May ‘06), with additional links (Ellen Moody)

Bach
Bibliography (Yo Tomita)

Beginning Eastward From London: a study in the domestic establishment of the British East India Company (1599-1660)
Essay on early years and development of the Company (Chris Godat)