The 1798 rebellion and the origins of Irish republicanism
long essay on “the largest popular republican rising in Irish history” (Andrew Flood)
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Aaron Thomas: Caribbean Journey of a Royal Navy Seaman
extensive transcripts from the 1798-99 journal of a British seaman in the West Indies during the French Revolutionary wars; includes accounts of naval operations, sailors’ health and punishments, and personal views on slavery, religion, and morality (among other things) (University of Miami Richter Library)
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)
Acadia early music resources
(Gordon J Callon)
The Account Book of Richard Latham
The accounts book of an eighteenth-century Lancashire farmer in searchable database format (Lorna Scammell)
The Adam Smith Page
Site has sections on biography, bibliography, recent studies and general information on Smith (Edward J Harpham)
Aemilia Lanyer Includes biography, bibliography, e-text, listserv (Kari Boyd McBride)
Age of Reason and Enlightenment 1650-1800
Pages for a taught course; lots of useful background information (Robert L Jefferson) (NB: Wayback Archive)
Of Agriculture (1650)
Text of Abraham Cowley’s essay on 17th-century English agriculture (Modern History Sourcebook)
Alchemy Website
The site has 1700+ images, 200+ complete alchemical texts, extensive bibliographical material on the printed books and manuscripts, numerous articles, introductory and general reference material, a searchable database (Adam McLean)
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
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 ‘Analyst’ Controversy
Texts and resources relating to the controversy generated by 1the philosopher George Berkeley’s criticisms of Newton’s mathematics in 1734 (David R Wilkins)
Anne Bradstreet
Very useful resources and links (Jone Johnson Lewis)
