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About the Author
Rosemarie Zagarri received her PhD from Yale University in 1984. Her most recent book is Women and Politics in the Early American Republic (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007). Dr. Zagarri's work focuses on gender and politics during the American Revolution and the early years of the country.
Causes of the American Revolution
Primary Sources
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. American Revolution, 1763-1783. This is an excellent collection of documents drawn from the Gilder Lehrman Collection that discusses the experience of American leaders and ordinary people who lived through the American Revolution.
Yale Law School. The Avalon Project. This site provides a comprehensive compilation of political documents relating to the colonial period and American Revolution.
Massachusetts Historical Society. The Coming of the American Revolution. This is a superb website that contains a number of primary sources, relating to both social and political history, drawn from the Massachusetts Historical Society Collection.
Library of Congress. Creating the Declaration of Independence. This site contains an excellent and varied selection of primary sources that provide the political context for the coming of the American Revolution and the writing of the Declaration of Independence.
Library of Congress. Religion and the Founding of the American Republic. Using primary sources, this site provides a thorough examination of the religious dimensions of the American Revolution.