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)

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)

Age of Reason and Enlightenment 1650-1800
Pages for a taught course; lots of useful background information (Robert L Jefferson) (NB: Wayback Archive)

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

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)

British catholic policy in eighteenth-century Ireland and Quebec
PhD thesis (1998) by Karen Stanbridge, a comparative study of British Catholic legislation examining the processes leading to the legislation and their outcomes (Theses Canada Portal)

British Civil Wars, Commonwealth and Protectorate 1638-1660
Timelines, battles, biographies, links (David Plant)

The British Presence in India in the 18th Century
Essay about the East India Company at the BBC website (Peter Marshall)

The Canadian Iroquois and the Seven Years’ War
papers and articles by the site author (D Peter McLeod)

Catherine de Medici Queen of France
List of online resources (Robert Wilde)

Catherine d’Medici, Queen of France
Short biography and bibliography (Prof Pavlac’s Women’s History Resources)

The Execution of Charles I
A useful essay, with plenty of reference to contemporary documents (Frieda Blackwell and Jay Losey) (NB: Wayback Archive)

Constitutional States
Sources on topics including English Revolution, Restoration and ‘Glorious’ Revolution, the Netherlands, philosophy (Internet Modern History Sourcebook)

County government in Tudor England
overview essay by Steve Hindle, useful introduction to the subject
chapter in NL Jones and RL Tittler (eds), A companion to Tudor Britain (Blackwell, 2004)

Defoe’s Review
annotated digital edition of Daniel Defoe’s early periodical, in weblog format, facilitating reader interaction and ongoing discussions about the text, early modern print culture and modern digital technologies; fully searchable (Christopher Flynn, Natalie Roxburgh)

Dissent, Doubt and Spiritual Violence in the Reformation
Set of pages focusing on the religious changes of the 1530s in England, with extracts from texts including material on the ‘Pilgrimage of Grace’ and Anne Askew (Norton Topics Online)