The 1798 rebellion and the origins of Irish republicanism
long essay on “the largest popular republican rising in Irish history” (Andrew Flood)
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)
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)
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)
British Civil Wars, Commonwealth and Protectorate 1638-1660
Timelines, battles, biographies, links (David Plant)
The Canadian Iroquois and the Seven Years’ War
papers and articles by the site author (D Peter McLeod)
The Execution of Charles I
A useful essay, with plenty of reference to contemporary documents (Frieda Blackwell and Jay Losey) (NB: Wayback Archive)
The Drawn Sword
Database of images from the MacBean Stuart and Jacobite collection, which covers ‘every aspect of the Jacobite rebellions, the causes and effects, and the personalities, royal, national and local (University of Aberdeen)
English Civil War
Outline narrative account, from a taught course (E L Skip-Knox)
The Levellers: chronology and bibliography
From an extreme libertarian perspective, this is intended as a study guide for students seeking information on and primary sources for the Levellers (Roderick Moore)
The Levellers: Libertarian Radicalism and the English Civil War
Essay arguing that the Levellers have more in common with libertarianism than socialism (David Hoile)
Civil Wars of Ideas
Set of pages exploring politics, religion and culture in seventeenth-century England through images and extracts of contemporary texts, with an informative introduction (Norton Topics Online)
The World Turned Upside Down
Site on the ‘English Revolution’, the perspective from ‘below’; plenty of links, bibliography. Stimulating and engaging on the various radical movements (and their twentieth-century descendants) (Street Corner Society)
The English Revolution
Good selection of resources and texts (Modern History Sourcebook)
The English Revolution 1640
Book: text of Christopher Hill’s study of 1940 (Andy Blunden)
The First Federal Congress Project Mini-Edition
Digital edition of documents relating to the First Federal Congress, “which fleshed out the governmental structure provided for in the Constitution and ensured the new government’s stability” (Charlene Bickford et al)
French Farce at Fishguard 1797
On the shambolic attempted invasion of Britain by the French through south west Wales (well, it worked for Harry Tudor…) and the local response (Jon Latimer)
French Revolution
Primary sources online and other web resources (Internet Modern History Sourcebook)
The French Revolution in British Newspapers
A small but scintillating online archive of reactions to ‘Unspeakable Events’ across the Channel (Alan Liu)
French Revolution
Useful listings of resources (Stephanie Marra, WWW-VL)
