Overview The creation of the U.S. Constitution over the summer of 1787 and its subsequent ratification during the following year was a revolution equal in magnitude to the contest for American independence declared against Great Britain in 1776. Americans tend to…
Category: Revolutionary War
IMAGE –Leutze’s Washington Crossing
This most famous American painting was created by a German painter named Emanuel Leutze, originally in 1849 and then again in 1851. The story behind his motivation for painting this image provides a helpful connection between American and European revolutionary movements. Teachers…
IMAGE –Revere’s Boston Massacre Engraving
This famous engraving by Paul Revere depicting the riot in Boston on March 5, 1770, which resulted in the deaths of five colonists (including Crispus Attucks), what the patriot artisan calls here, “The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street, Boston…
REFERENCE –Founders Profiles
Dickinson College students study the Founders with great care, because the college itself was part of the American Revolutionary era, established as a school in 1773 and first chartered as a college in 1783. The guiding spirit of the institution…
COLLECTION –Their Own Words
The Dickinson Library has digitized over 34,000 pages of text (both published and unpublished) that were written by Dickinsonians from the 18th,19th, and 20th centuries. The wide-ranging collection covers numerous topics, but the collection is especially strong for the following figures:…
MAP –American Revolution
This map is built around snippets from Gordon Wood’s The American Revolution (2002) and a host of resources from Dickinson College and other institutions.