Annotated List of WebPages

http://www.besthistorysites.net/USHistory_EarlyRepublic.shtml

This is a webpage that provides a large amount of different websites that address
different subjects or topics during the Early Republic period. This webpage provides the
teacher and the students with multiple sources to acquire historical information about the
time period.
http://www.lewisandclarkexhibit.org/index_flash.html

This is a webpage that is dedicated to Lewis and Clark. It consists of a virtual

tour or video that provides an explanation of the Lewis and Clark expeditions and useful
links and resources that are useful for a teacher. The virtual tour is an excellent source
for creating a visual of this expedition and explains the details of their accounts. Along
with a primary source of Lewis or Clark, this webpage is a great source to help students
understand who Lewis and Clark are, what their expedition was, and why it was
important to history.

http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/

This webpage is called the Price of Freedom: America at War and consists of a
war-based timeline, a brief explanation of each war that America was involved in, a video
explaining the war, and artifacts from each war. This is an excellent source for students
to venture into a visual of the War of 1812. It allows them to read about details of the
time period and certain aspects of the war, like “the burning of Washington.” It also
provides a number of teaching or learning resources that are easily accessible.

http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html?OVRAW=american%20early%20history&O
VKEY=american%20history&OVMTC=advanced&OVADID=2927996012&OVKWID
=32059596012

This is a webpage that offers a number of sources that provide ways to create
visuals that explain certain parts of American history. For example, you can create
detailed timelines or maps that change representing the growth of a nation or any other
change. It is an excellent source for providing students the tools for creating there own
visual representations of events and could be used to explain elections, the War of 1812,
or the support of the French Revolution.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel02.html

This webpage provides an overall view of religion during the eighteenth century.
It provides great textual information on religion during the Early Republic that explains
the history of the American church, the appearances of the different denominational
churches, Deism, the Great Awakening, and an entire page focusing on the Religion in the
New Nation. The New Nation religion page focuses on the camp meeting, the emergence
of the African American Church, the Mormons, and benevolent societies. This page
provides an overall history of religion from the colonial times to the Early Republic. It is
very solid in presenting an overview of religion in this time period for students to
comprehend the evolution of American Christianity.

http://www.americanwest.com/
This is a webpage that demonstrates the history of the American West. It provides
historical facts on the development of the American Frontier or West. There are
numerous pages that provide sources for the archeology, pioneers, emigration,
expansionism, films, outlaws, Indians, certain events, and the mining industry. The
webpage provides the students will multiple ways to view the American West that are
interesting and intellectual at the same time. The teacher is provided with numerous
sources that can be used for a better knowledge of the content area.

http://library.thinkquest.org/11572/creation/framing/feds.html

This is a webpage that explains the basics of the Anti-Federalist and Federalist. It
provides a basic understanding of the differences and what each group supported.
Although the webpage is very weak with information, it does provide a basic
understanding of the two groups and their stands on certain issues. The teacher can use
this page to introduce the topic and the student can refer to this when studying for a test.

http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_faf.html

This webpage consists of an overview of the development of the Constitution. It

explains the Constitutional Convention, the New York and New Jersey Plans, the
Aftermath and Arguments of the Anti-Federalist and Federalist. This page gives an in
depth analysis of the differences between the two groups and what specific arguments
they made for or against the Constitution. This webpage gives a more detailed account of
the differences between the Anti-Federalist and Federalist and what specifically they
supported.
http://www.besthistorysites.net/USHistory_EarlyRepublic.shtml

This webpage consists of a description of the Anti-Federalist and Federalist, the

politicians that were involved and which group they were associated with, the Articles of
Confederation and the creation of the United States Constitution. Through these elements
this webpage explains the development of the Constitution and the role that the Anti-
Federalist and Federalist played in its creation. This will provide a historical
interpretation of the role of these two groups during the Early Republic.

http://countrystudies.us/united-states/history-41.htm

This webpage gives a detailed account of the Hamilton and Jefferson differences
on government. It provides historical facts on the things that each one supported and why
they were indifferent with each other on certain topics. This page can give a student the
basics to understand how these two members of Washington’s cabinet during the Early
Republic were complete opposites

http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/2002_summer_fall/party_formation.htm

This webpage provides a historical interpretation of the formation of partisan

politics during the Early Republic period. It provides a essay that is explaining the
process of political party development and gives students a historical text that can be used
to explain this process. The teacher could have the students read this to help them
understand one viewpoint of why and how political parties developed during this time
period.

http://www.tocqueville.org/

This webpage consists of links that help students understand who Alexis de
Tocqueville was and what he is known for doing during the Early Republic. It provides
biographical information, information on his visit to American, pictures of his homeland
of France, teaching modules, his journal entries, modern references, his famous passage
about Democracy, and other sources. All of these provide a solid source to fully
understanding who Tocqueville and his significance to American History.