General References 

• Cunningham, Noble E., Jr. In Pursuit of Reason: The Life of Thomas Jefferson. 1987.
• Evans, G.N.D., ed., Allegiance In America, The Case of the Loyalists. Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. 1969.  
• Ferling, John E. John Adams: A Life. Henry Holt & Company. 1996  
• Ferris, Robert G., ed., Signers of The Declaration. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, U.S. Government Printing. 1975.  
• Historic Places Commemorating the Signing of the Declaration of Independence. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. 1975. 
• Malone, Dumas. Thomas Jefferson: A Brief Biography. 1993.
• Malone, Dumas. Jefferson and His Time. 1948-1981. 6 volumes.
• McCullough, David, John Adams. Simon & Schuster. 2001.  
• McGee, Dorothy Horton, Famous Signers of The Declaration. Dodd, Mead & Company. 1955.  
• McLaughlin, Jack. Jefferson and Monticello: The Biography of a Builder. 1988.
• Michael, William H., The Story of The Declaration of Independence. Government Printing Office. 1904.  
• Moore, Frank, Songs and Ballads of the American Revolution. D. Appleton & Company. 1855.  
• Ryan, Dennis P., ed., A Salute To Courage. Columbia University Press. 1979.
• Stein, Susan. The Worlds of Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. 1993.

• Waldenmaier, Nellie Protsman, Some of the Earliest Oaths of Allegiance to the United   States of America. Lancaster Press. Inc. 1944.

Video Resources 

• Thomas Jefferson: Philosopher of Freedom. A&E Televisions Networks. 1995.

Websites to Visit 

• Declaration of Independence, National Archives and Records Administration http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/declaration.html

• Monticello, Home of Thomas Jefferson http://www.monticello.org

• Independence National Historic Park http://www.nps.gov/inde
• White House, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/categrs/govn6.htm 
• Adams National Historical Park http://www.nps.gov/adam/
• Massachusetts Historical Society http://www.masshist.org
  • Adams Papers http://www.masshist.org/digitaladams/aea/index.html
  • Adams Quotes http://www.masshist.org/adams/quotes.cfm
  • Adams Biographical Sketches http://www.masshist.org/adams/biographical.cfm
  • Adams Time Line http://www.masshist.org/adams/timeline.cfm
• Colonial Williamsburg http://www.history.org
  • Thomas Jefferson http://www.history.org/Almanack/people/jeffhdr.htm
  • Lesson Plan: Eighteenth-Century and Twentieth-Century Forms Of Resistance http://www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrtwo.cfm
• The White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents
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