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[Map of Yorktown, Virginia], October 1781 (Gilder Lehrman Collection)

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Surrender of the British General Cornwallis to the Americans, October 19, 1781

These three documents—a map, a manuscript, and a print—tell the story of the surrender of British...

Archibald Hinshelwood to Joshua Mauger, August 19, 1765. (GLC03902.61)

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A report on reaction to the Stamp Act, 1765

On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the “Stamp Act” to help pay for British troops...

Samuel Mostyn to Thomas Pennant, June 7, 1778. (GLC09023)

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Loyalists and the British evacuation of Philadelphia, 1778

On September 26, 1777, the British began an eight-month occupation of the city of Philadelphia during the...

Teaching Resource

The Boston Massacre

Introduction

In this lesson, students will be asked to learn the disputed and agreed-upon facts of the Boston Massacre in small groups and then discuss them and propose a website definition of the Massacre as a class. This lesson should not only provide students with an opportunity to look at disparate representations of so-called historical facts surrounding a very famous event that preceded the American Revolution, but will also teach them to deliberate with their classmates in a cordial fashion.

Background

On the...