Video: American Revolution - From Colonies to Constitution: The War for Independence

Summary:

Description: This program traces the key events of the American Revolutionary War from its outbreak at Lexington, Massachusetts, in 1775 to the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783. © 2001 United Learning Grades: 6-8   (15 min.)

Segments:

The Importance of the American War for Independence (00:48)
October, 1774-March, 1775: Introduction (01:12)
April 19, 1775: Lexington and Concord (The Outbreak of the Revolutionary War) (01:24)
May, 1775: The Second Continental Congress Begins (00:48)
June 17, 1775: The Battle of Bunker Hill (00:59)
July 17, 1775: Washington Takes Command in Boston (01:11)
Summer, 1776: The Declaration of Independence (01:09)
Slavery and the New Nation (00:53)
1776-1777: War in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania (01:47)
Winter of 1777-1778: Encampment at Valley Forge (01:08)
1778-1781: The Campaign in the Southern States (00:51)
October, 1781: Yorktown, Virginia (The Last Battle of the Revolutionary War) (01:44)
Video Quiz: The War of Independence, 1775-1783 (00:53)