Credit: Library of Congress Media type: painting Museum Number: Annotation: The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775 and was the first major battle of the American Revolution. Although the colonists lost this battle they did put up a good fight against the British. Year: 1775
Credit: Media type: print Museum Number: 532890 Annotation: This print appeared in a London newspaper on November 19, 1774, shortly after the Boston Tea Party. Although the print shows the British viewpoint toward rebellion, the colonists probably found the print to be positive as well. A patriot viewer might see the print as a representation of the “poor…
Credit: Library of Congress Media type: illustration Museum Number: Annotation: This is the only surviving fragment of the earliest draft of the Declaration of Independence. This fragment demonstrates that Jefferson heavily edited his first draft of the Declaration of Independence before he prepared a fair copy that became the basis of “the original Rough draught.” None of the…
Credit: Library of Congress Media type: broadside Museum Number: Annotation: This boycott was issued by the First Continental Congress, and it asked merchants to boycott British goods and not order products from Britain until the grievances between the two countries were settled. The First Continental Congress assembled to discuss the problems between the colonies and Britain and to…
Credit: Library of Congress Media type: illustration Museum Number: LC-USZC4-5289 Annotation: This cartoon appeared in London Magazine and shows Lord North, the Prime Minister of Britain and the architect of the so-called Intolerable Acts, pushing those acts down the throat of a woman identified in the caption as America. The Intolerable Acts mandated the closing of the port of Boston and…
