The 18th Century, The American Revolution,
and Early United States of America

Return to The 17th Century and Colonial America.

Early American Pirates

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Colonists to Settlers

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The First Great Awakening (1731-1755)

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Benjamin Franklin

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Colonial Newspaper

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TIMELINE: 1733 – John Peter Zenger 1697-1746 AD

LAPBOOK/NOTEBOOK: HSITW Colonial Life
Lesson 1: America’s Colonies Begin by Homeschool in the Woods
Project: The Town Crier

Jacobite Rebellion

READ ALOUD: Guns of the Lion by Douglas Bond

John Newbery; The Father of Children’s Literature / Newbery Medal

1744 –

READ ALOUD: Balderdash! : John Newbery and the boisterous birth of children’s books
by Michelle Markel

French and Indian War aka 7 Years War 1754-1763 AD

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1750 – Christopher Dock 1698-1771 AD

Captain Cook

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Kidnapped Slaves in Early America

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American Revolution:  Trouble Brews

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Road Trip: Colonial Williamsburg 1699-1780 AD

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American Revolution 1775-1783 AD

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Chesapeake Bay

America The Beautiful by Charlene Notgrass
Unit 6: The American Revolution
Lesson 28 – God’s Wonders: God Created Chesapeake Bay

Boston, MA

America The Beautiful by Charlene Notgrass
Unit 6: The American Revolution
Lesson 29 – An American Landmark: Historic Boston

A New Nation

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George Washington

1789 – George Washington (Presidency: April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797)

America The Beautiful by Charlene Notgrass
Unit 7: A New Nation and a New Frontier
Lesson 32 – An American Biography: George Washington, Father of His Country

ACTIVITY/PROJECT: Colonial Life; Lesson 1: America’s Colonies Begin by Homeschool in the Woods
Project: The Dig at Ferry Farm, George Washington’s Boyhood Home

WEBSITE:  Ferry Farm

LAPBOOK/NOTEBOOK: Colonial Life; Lesson 1: America’s Colonies Begin by Homeschool in the Woods
Penmanship: “The Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation”

LAPBOOK/NOTEBOOK: Colonial Life; Lesson 24: Pulling the Lap Book™ Together by Homeschool in the Woods

Philadelphia, PA

America The Beautiful by Charlene Notgrass
Unit 7: A New Nation and a New Frontier
Lesson 33 – An American Landmark: Historic Philadelphia

Statehood

1787 – Delaware Dec 7, 1787
1787 – Pennsylvania Dec 12, 1787
1787 – New Jersey Dec 18, 1787

1788 – Georgia Jan 2, 1788
1788 – Connecticut Jan 9, 1788
1788 – Massachusetts Feb 6, 1788
1788 – Maryland Apr 28, 1788
1788 – South Carolina May 23, 1788
1788 – New Hampshire Jun 21, 1788

READ ALOUD: Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizbeth Yates

1788 – Virginia Jun 25, 1788
1788 – New York Jul 26, 1788

1789 – North Carolina Nov 21, 1789

1790 – Rhode Island May 29, 1790

1791 – Vermont Mar 4, 1791

READ Aloud: Tricking the Tallyman by Jacqueline Davies

READ ALOUD: A Narrative of the Sufferings of Seth Hubbell & Family by Seth Hubbell

READ ALOUD: Ann Story, Vermont’s Heroine of Independence by Michael T. Hahn

1792 Kentucky Jun 1, 1792

1796 – Tennessee Jun 1, 1796

Post War Colonial Life

America The Beautiful by Charlene Notgrass
Unit 6: The American Revolution
Lesson 30 – Daily Life: Early American Home Crafts

Molasses Flood by Blair Lent
1784 – Molasses Cookies

1789 – PRX: Music from Colonial America

1791 The Whiskey Rebellion, also known as the Whiskey Insurrection, was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791

1791 – Benjamin Banneker 1731-1806 A.D.

Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson

1794 – Eli Whitney 1765-1825 A.D.

Jonathan Chapman “Johnny Appleseed” c. 1774-1845 A.D.

READ ALOUD: Justin Morgan Had a Horse by Marguerite Henry

John Adams

1797 – John Adams (Presidency: March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801)

MOVIE:  John Adams (7 part tv miniseries)

French Revolution

1789 – 1799
Story of The World Volume 3 Audiobook; Ch 25:
Revolution Gone Sour
1789 – Storming of the Bastille
1793 – Reign of Terror
MOVIE: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Napoleon

Story of The World Volume 3 Audiobook; Ch 29:
The Rise of Bonaparte
Napoleon Comes to Power
1804 – 1815 – The Emperor Napoleon

TIMELINE: Robert Fulton 1765-1815 A.D.

Meanwhile, in the rest of the world…Russia

Story of The World Volume 3 Audiobook; Ch 26:
Catherine the Great;
Princess Catherine come to Russia, Catherine the Great

Changes

Story of The World Volume 3 Audiobook
Ch 27: A Changing World; Steam and Coal in Britain, Cotton and Guns in America

Meanwhile, in the rest of the world…China

Story of The World Volume 3 Audiobook; Ch 28:
China and the Rest of the World
The Kingdom at the Center of the World
The Rise of the Opium Trade

Meanwhile, in the rest of the world…Caribbean

1791–1804

Story of The World Volume 3 Audiobook; Ch 30:
Freedom in the Caribbean
The Haitian Revolt

Pre Industrial Revolution

1760-1820-40

Story of The World Volume 3 Audiobook; Ch 31:
A Different Kind of Rebellion
The World of the Factories
1811 – 1817 – The Luddites