DISCUSSION TOPIC: 1776 AND ALL THAT

A GOOD STARTING PLACE

•  Liberty! -- The American Revolution:  The companion web-site for the major PBS series.

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

• Declaration Of Independence, Making Of The Charters, National Archives Experience:

• Declaring Independence -- Drafting The Documents:  A Library of Congress virtual exhibit.

• Michael J. Ybarra, "How The Declaration Of Independence Became Gospel," San Francisco Chronicle, June 29, 1997.

OTHER SOURCES

• Randy Dotinga, "Why The American Revolution Was 'Almost A Miracle,'" Christian Science Monitor, July 3, 2007.

• Rebecca Salomonsson, "Women Of The Revolution: Deborah Sampson," Christian Science Monitor, June 27, 2006.

• Marilynne Scott Mason, "Women Of The Revolution: 'Molly Pitcher,'" Christian Science Monitor, June 27, 2006.

• John Ettorre, "The Middle Passage In Reverse," Christian Science Monitor, June 13, 2006.

• Dan Cornford, "The Revolutionary Threat To Slavery," San Francisco Chronicle, April 30, 2006.

• Frederic Smoler, "The Radical Revolution: An Interview With Gordon Wood," American Heritage, 43 (December 1992).

• James Thomas Flexner, "Washington Mythology," American Heritage, 41 (February 1990).