Year in Revolution is our new, short-form video learning series developed to commemorate the semiquincentennial observance of the start of the American War for Independence. Lasting just three minutes per video, each installment of this nine-part series highlights a different year of the war, beginning in 1775 and ending in 1783. These videos present both a comprehensive overview, as well as a “who, what, when, where, and how,” employing archival animation that features the library and museum collections of the Society of the Cincinnati and its American Revolution Institute. “Who” videos explore categories of people from the revolutionary generation, “what” videos explore revolutionary ideas and ideals, “when” videos explore revolutionary events, “where” videos explore key places during the war, and “how” videos explore relationships that helped define the Revolution. Featured video topics were suggested by our national network of Master Teachers Seminar alumni.
Funding for Year in Revolution was made possible by a grant from the George S. Rich Family Foundation.
The creative team for this series was assembled by the American Revolution Institute and the talented educational production leads at Makematic Limited/Click View.
1775 Year in Revolution
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1775 Overview
Continental Army
Liberty or Death
Prelude to War
Massachusetts
Britain & the Colonies
1776 Year in Revolution
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1776 Overview
Foreign Volunteers
Birth of Independence
Revolution in the South
New York City
Washington & Congress
1777 Year in Revolution
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1777 Overview
GW & His Officers
Sacrifice & Resilience
Battle of Saratoga
Pennsylvania
Britain’s Military Leaders
1778 Year in Revolution
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1778 Overview
Women in the Revolution
The Blue Book
The Carlisle Commission
New Jersey
Franco-American Alliance
1779 Year in Revolution
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1779 Overview
JPJ & the Continental Navy
Freedom & Natural Rights
Gibraltar
Georgia
Franco-Spanish Alliance
1780 Year in Revolution
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1780 Overview
Loyalists
Cooperation
Benedict Arnold’s Treason
South Carolina
The Frontier
1781 Year in Revolution
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1781 Overview
Black Americans in the Revolution
Unity
Eutaw Springs
Virginia
Spanish Louisiana & British West Florida
1782 Year in Revolution
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1782 Overview
Indigenous People in the Revolution
National Identity
Battle of the Saintes
Caribbean
Civilians
1783 Year in Revolution
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1783 Overview
Veterans
Civic Virtue
Treaty of Paris
Newburgh, New York
Sovereignty
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