Video: Field Trips to Yesterday - The Road to Revolution: Historical Boston

Summary:

Description: This series explores the key events and the important people who helped begin the American Revolution. In "Historic Boston," students discover how events in that city set the colonies on the road to revolution and independence. Paul Revere never really did proclaim "The British are coming, the British are coming!" Students find out what he really said, and so much more, in this engaging, information-packed video. Archival material, re-enactment footage, and commentary from "Paul Revere" bring the events leading up to the Revolutionary War to life. © 2000 Discovery Education Grades: 3-8      (24 minutes)

Segments:

Introduction: Boston and the American Revolution (00:49)
The French and Indian War: 1754-1763 (01:11)
The Stamp Act: 1765 (00:55)
The Townshend Acts: 1767 (01:15)
The Boston Massacre: 1770 (02:38)
Committees of Correspondence: 1772 (00:44)
The Tea Act: 1773 (00:52)
The Boston Tea Party: 1773 (01:38)
The First Continental Congress: 1774 (01:03)
The Minutemen (01:32)
The Road to Concord: April 18, 1775 (01:44)
One, If by Land, and Two, if by Sea (01:22)
Paul Revere's Ride (03:12)
Lexington and Concord: April 19, 1775 (01:03)
The Continental Army: May, 1775 (00:51)
The Battle of Bunker Hill: June 17, 1775 (01:06)
Independence: July 4, 1776 (00:51)
Conclusion: Boston and Patriots' Day (00:16)