The road to revolution
Type
Label
The road to revolution
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
The road to revolution
Runtime
24
Summary
Students discover how events in Boston set the colonies on the road to revolution and independence. Archival material, re-enactment footage and commentary from 'Paul Revere' bring the events leading to the Revolutionary War to life
Table of contents
The French and Indian War 1754-1763 -- The Stamp Act 1765 -- The Townshend Acts 1767 -- The Boston Massacre 1770 -- Committees of Correspondence 1772 -- The Tea Act 1773 -- The Boston Tea Party 1773 -- The First Continental Congress 1774 -- The minutemen -- The road to Concord, April 18, 1775 -- "One, if by land, and two, if by sea" -- Paul Revere's ride -- Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775 -- The Continental Army, May 1775 -- The battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775 -- Independence, July 4, 1776
Technique
live action