Copley, Mercy Otis Warren, c. 1763
Image ID: 12454
Collection: Alan Taylor
Topic(s): Revolution, Arts and Architecture
Region(s): North America
CA Standard(s): 5.6 - The course and consequences of the American Revolution, 8.1 - Major events preceding the founding of the nation and the development of American constitutional democracy, 11.1 - The significant events in the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of Independence
National Standard(s): Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s)
Card Text: John Singleton Copley, "Mercy Otis Warren," a prolific American author, historian, patriot, and revolutionary. Oil on canvas, c. 1763.
Citation: Copyright © Museum of Fine Arts, Avenue of the Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115-5597. Bequest of Winslow Warren, 1931. Acc. No. 31.212. All rights reserved.
Revere, The Bloody Massacre, 1770
Image ID: 13087
Collection: Alan Taylor
Topic(s): Revolution
Region(s): United States
CA Standard(s): 5.6 - The course and consequences of the American Revolution, 5.6 - The course and consequences of the American Revolution, 5.5 - The causes of the American Revolution, 8.1 - Major events preceding the founding of the nation and the development of American constitutional democracy
National Standard(s): Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s)
Card Text: Paul Revere, "The Bloody Massacre" (the Boston Massacre), "perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt.," 1770. British troops firing on a group of citizens on a street in Boston, Massachusetts, with the Royal Custom House known as "Butcher's Hall" on the right, and the First Church and Town House in the background. Some of the wounded are being carried away from the scene while others lie in the street. Engraving.
Citation: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-DIG-ppmsca-19159.
Treaty of Greenville, 1795
Image ID: 13097
Collection: Alan Taylor
Topic(s): Revolution, Native Americans
Region(s): United States
CA Standard(s): 5.6 - The course and consequences of the American Revolution, 8.4 - The aspirations and ideals of the people of the new nation, 8.1 - Major events preceding the founding of the nation and the development of American constitutional democracy
National Standard(s): Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s)
Card Text: Forced to sign away their rights to the Ohio Valley in the Treaty of Greenville, 1795, Native Americans made their marks beside the English spelling of their names.
Citation: US National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Rd, College Park, MD 20740-6001.
American POWs on British Prison Ship Jersey in New York Harbor, 1779-83
Image ID: 13143
Collection: Alan Taylor
Topic(s): Revolution
Region(s): United States, North America
CA Standard(s): 5.6 - The course and consequences of the American Revolution, 5.6 - The course and consequences of the American Revolution, 8.5 - U.S. foreign policy in the early Republic
National Standard(s): Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s)
Card Text: American prisoners of war starve to death on the British prison ship "Jersey" in New York Harbor, 1779-83. Purposely brutalized, between 11,000 and 13,000 died, 75% of the total imprisoned. King George III considered them traitors and as such without rights. More Americans died in British prison ships in New York Harbor than in all the battles of the Revolutionary War.
Citation: Fordham University Library, Charles Allen Munn Collection, Rose Hill Campus, Bronx, NY 10458.
French Admiral Suffren Meeting Indian Ruler Hyder Ali, 1783
Image ID: 13161
Collection: Alan Taylor
Topic(s): Revolution
Region(s): Asia, Europe, North America
CA Standard(s): 5.6 - The course and consequences of the American Revolution, 5.3 - The cooperation and conflict among the American Indians and between the Indian nations and the new settlers, 8.1 - Major events preceding the founding of the nation and the development of American constitutional democracy
National Standard(s): Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s)
Card Text: J.B. Morret, "French Admiral Suffren meeting with the Indian ruler Hyder Ali," his ally and the leader of the Mysore revolt against British rule in India, 1783, in Cuddalore. Suffren engaged the British fleet in the last battles of the American Revolution, which were fought on the other side of the world - on the Indian and Ceylonese coasts. Engraving, 1789.
Citation: Original painting Copyright © Bibliothèque nationale de France, site François-Mitterrand, quai François-Mauriac, 75706 Paris Cedex 13, FRANCE. All rights reserved.
'The Repeal, or The Funeral Procession of Miss Americ-Stamp' 1766
Image ID: 7822
Collection: Karen Halttunen
Topic(s): Eighteenth Century, Pre-Revolution, Revolution
Region(s): United States, North America
CA Standard(s): 8.1 - Major events preceding the founding of the nation and the development of American constitutional democracy
National Standard(s): Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s)
Card Text: "The Repeal, or The Funeral Procession of Miss Americ-Stamp," 1766; cartoon celebrating repeal of the Stamp Act, depicting its burial at water's edge; after Benjamin Willson, London, England
Citation: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, British Cartoon Prints Collection, Washington, DC 20540. LC-USZ62-1505
Broadside urging boycott of merchant who continued to stock English goods, Boston, MA, 1770 or 1773
Image ID: 7820
Collection: Karen Halttunen
Topic(s): Eighteenth Century, Pre-Revolution, Revolution
Region(s): United States, North America
CA Standard(s): 8.1 - Major events preceding the founding of the nation and the development of American constitutional democracy
National Standard(s): Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s)
Card Text: Broadside urging boycott of merchant who continued to stock English goods, Boston, MA, 1770 or 1773
Citation: Copyright holder unknown. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-USZ62-43568
Execution of King Louis XVI of France, Paris, 1793
Image ID: 12532
Collection: Alan Taylor
Topic(s): Canada, Revolution
Region(s): United States, Europe
CA Standard(s): 10.2 - Glorious Revolution of England, the American Revolution, and the French Revolution and their enduring effects worldwide on political expectations for self-government and individual liberty , 10.2 - Glorious Revolution of England, the American Revolution, and the French Revolution and their enduring effects worldwide on political expectations for self-government and individual liberty
National Standard(s): An Age of Revolutions, 1750-1914
Card Text: Execution of King Louis XVI of France on the guillotine, Paris, 1793. Unidentified artist; print.
Citation: Source unknown. Original at Bibliothèque nationale, site François Mitterrand, quai François-Mauriac, 75706 Paris Cedex 13 FRANCE.
