Now that you have read this excellent novel dealing with the events that led up to the Revolutionary War, and now that you have examined websites in order to assess the historical accuracy of that novel, you are ready to explore some of the history that took place after the events depicted in Johnny Tremain. As the novel closes, the war is just about to begin. Can you imagine the trials that Johnny had to endure in the long years between that fateful day on Lexington Green in 1775 and the surrender of Cornwallis in 1781? Here are some websites that you can look at which present details of those most difficult of years in American History.