Patrick Henry’s Stamp Act Resolves,
Acc. No. SCMS1958.4.
American Revolution Web Project
In 2007, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation was awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the
Humanities (NEH) to create a major web site on the American Revolution. The site will feature a broad range of
illustrative material about the Revolutionary era spanning from the French and Indian War to the election of
1800. While showcasing the key events that occurred in Williamsburg and Virginia, this multimedia portal will
tell the complete story of the American Revolution in the Atlantic World and beyond through descriptive
texts, thematic essays, interactive features, maps, podcasts, and video clips.
At the heart of the site
will be Colonial Williamsburg’s rich collections, both places and objects. The web site will feature the
Foundation’s five principal collections: Archaeology; Architecture; Decorative Arts; Folk Art; and Rare
Books and Manuscripts. Each section of the site will be linked to the material culture—documents,
artifacts, maps, buildings, and paintings—that tell about the events of the American Revolution and
introduce us to the famous revolutionaries and ordinary townspeople whose lives were transformed in the
late eighteenth century.
The web site will be launched in 2009.
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George Washington Inaugural Button, Acc. No. 2003-22, 153;
No Stamp Act teapot, Acc. No. 1953-417, A-B;
Washington, D.C. Map Sampler by Eve Resler, Acc. No. 2006-26;
Van Blarenberghe watercolor miniature: Surrender at Yorktown, Acc. No. 2003-8, 2.
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Credits and Acknowledgments
The creation of the American Revolution web site is being funded by a grant from
the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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