1775-1783, revolution

Chronicles the events of the Revolutionary War, describing its causes, battles such as Trenton and Saratoga, and the war's outcome, and features images and short descriptions of related primary documents.

During the summer of 1776, ten-year-old Peggy discovers a wounded soldier in the woods near her Brooklyn farm, and is convinced that his sketchbook contains the secret notes of a Hessian spy.

In British-occupied Boston in 1776, eleven-year-old Emily Parker is determined to find out if a family friend is a traitor to the American patriots.

Explores the origin, meaning, and importance of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.

Katie, whose family is not sympathetic to the rebel soldiers during the American Revolution, hides under the clothes in her mother's wedding trunk when they invade her home.

Surveys the life of Nathan Hale, a Revolutionary War hero whose service to George Washington as a spy cost him his life. Presented in English and Spanish.

With the "Pledge of Allegiance" as accompanying text, presents various American flags and gives brief historical information about each.

Tells the story of how General George Washington led his exhausted, defeated troops across the Delaware on Christmas night 1776 to attack the Hessians and the British at Trenton and Princeton, turning the tide of the Revolution in favor of the Americans.

Examines the validity of the Articles of Confederation, the arguments regarding its provisions, and the reasons why the document had to be replaced with one more conducive to the new nation.

Tells the story of Molly Pitcher, a woman who accompanied her husband when he set off to join the Continental Army at Valley Forge in 1777, and who was given the rank of sergeant by General George Washington for her extraordinary acts of courage during the Battle of Monmouth.