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AMERICAN REVOLUTION (1775-1783) (3) answer(s).
 
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1776: a new look at revolutionary Williamsburg / Kostyal, K.M. 2009  Book
Kostyal, K.M. Book
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Publication Washington, D.C., National Geographic Society, 2009.
Description 48pBlue spine
Summary/Abstract Gives a close-up look at how the war for independence played out for ordinary citizens such as women, blacksmiths, and enslaved people in colonial Williamsburg.
Contents Introduction: a revolutionary city Virginia's colonial capital Virginia's Indians New spirit Revolution! Virginia's Declaration of Rights City at war Reading history's clues Hard-won victory Conclusion: birth of a nation Bring the past to life/Portraying a slave Chronology Index
Standard Number 9781426305184 Hb.
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Real revolution: The global story of American independence / Aronson, Marc 2005  Book
Aronson, Marc Book
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Publication New York, Clarion Books, 2005.
Description xviii, 238pOrange spine
Summary/Abstract Aronson brings together the long lines of English and American history that began in the Elizabethan period. As his story ends, a new nation is born, and he leaves his twenty-first century readers with a sense of the challenges they face in guiding its destiny.
Contents Acknowledgements Cast of Characters To My Readers Three Soldiers: Robert Clive, George Washington, and James Wolfe 1. First Soldier: From Despair to Conquest -Exile in Madras -The Impossible Siege -Out of Victory, Defeat 2. Second Soldier: Into the Forest -The Arrow -The Half King's Gamble -"Poor Brittons Remember" 3. The Heroes -"The Black Hole of Calcutta" -The Third and Perfect Soldier: James Wolfe Rights and Rules 4. Three Challenges -The Legal Challenge: A Child Is Born in Boston -The Military Challenge: Rebellion in the Appalachian Foothills -The Mob's Challenge: Hellfire in London 5. London Responds -The Prime Minister -The East India Company 6. Slave or Free? -The Spirit of Freedom -Slavery 7. Networks -The Spirit of Democracy -Mobs -Franklin Addresses Parliament 8. Edges of Empire -"The Indians' Hunting Ground" -Rulers of Bengal Crisis 9. Half Measures -"What Is England Now?" -A Farmer Writes, and the "Man of the Revolution" Speaks 10. Liberty -Liberty -Hunger 11. Tea -"A Design to Enslave America" -Collapse Clive and Washington 12. Intolerable -Action -Reaction 13. Common Sense -"An Asylum for Mankind" -Making a Nation 14. Revolutions -The Jewel in the Crown To My Readers, again Endnotes Bibliography Websites Timeline Index
Standard Number 978061818179 Hb.
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Revolutionary war on Wednesday # 22 / Osborne, Mary Pope; Murdocca, Sal (ill.) 2000  Book
Osborne, Mary Pope Book
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Publication New York, Random House, 2000.
Description 96pRed Spine
Series Magic Tree House Series
Summary/Abstract Using their magic tree house, Jack and Annie travel back to the time of the American Revolution and help General George Washington during his famous crossing of the Delaware River.
Standard Number 0679890688 Pb.
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