An Annotated List of the Most Valuable Online Resources on the Key Political Figures of the New Nation Alexander Hamilton The Rise and Fall of Alexander Hamilton http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/ham/hamilton.html This site examines Hamilton's background, his experience during the revolutionary war, his political battles, and changes in his image over time. Thomas Jefferson Getting the Word http://www.monticello.org/gettingword/ Seven generations of oral histories of the descendants of Monticello's slaves. Historical Text Archive: Thomas Jefferson http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/9061/USA/early/jeff.html This set of links provides easy access to Jefferson's writings on the World Wide Web. Jefferson's Blood http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/jefferson/ The companion site to the PBS Frontline program covering the controversy regarding Thomas Jefferson and his relationship with Sally Hemings, his slave, contains clips from the television show, as well as scientific and historical evidence surrounding the story. Monticello http://www.monticello.org/house/index.html This site provides information about Jefferson's home and the people who worked on his plantation. Thomas Jefferson http://www.pbs.org/jefferson/ This Website, a supplement to the Public Broadcasting Service series on Jefferson, contains transcripts of interviews with scholars evaluating Jefferson's life and ideas as well as lesson plans designed to help students analyze Enlightenment ideas in the classroom. Thomas Jefferson: A Guide to Resources on the WWW http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/historiography/tj.html Links to biographical resources, writings, time lines, and interpretations by historians available on the World Wide Web. George Washington George Washington and Mount Vernon http://www.mountvernon.org/education/ This site contains an online tour of Mount Vernon, a lesson plan about George Washington's life, and a online exhibit about George Washington and slavery. George Washington and Slavery http://www.virginia.edu/gwpapers/articles/slavery/index.html A leading authority on George Washington examines his place in the controversy over slavery. The George Washington Papers This site, created by the Library of Congress, includes A Time Line http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwtime.html Essays drawing on George Washington Papers http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwessays.html An on-line presentation about George Washington: Surveyor and Mapmaker http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gwmaps.html
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