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1) Common Sense
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Enormously popular and widely read pamphlet, first published in January of 1776, clearly and persuasively argues for American separation from Great Britain and paves the way for the Declaration of Independence. Credited with having changed the minds of many, the highly influential landmark document attacks the monarchy, cites the evils of government and combines idealism with practical economic concerns.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines the history of colonial America, focusing on the types of foods colonists grew, hunted, and ate, and includes recipes, as well as advice on kitchen safety and cooking equipment.
Author
Publisher
Roberts Rinehart Publishers
Pub. Date
2013, c2004
Language
English
Description
Powder papers, booty balls, and sugar tits- Lotions, Potions, and Deadly Elixirs has a cure for whatever ails! These quaint names were given to popular medicinal forms during America's frontier era that were said to cure everything from fallen arches to a broken windmill. Grandmas, mommas, and even certified physicians treated the sick, lame, and unlucky with what was available: barbed wire and horseshoe nails, cactus, pokeweed, buckeyes, you name...
Author
Publisher
Sentinel
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
When General George Washington beat a hasty retreat from New York City in August 1776, many thought the American Revolution might soon be over. Instead, Washington rallied, thanks in large part to a little-known, top-secret group called the Culper Spy Ring.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Betsy Ross made many flags during the American Revolution, but did she sew the first flag? Infographics, leveled text, and primary sources help readers follow the fact and fiction found in this tale of stars and stripes"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The American Revolution was a war that allowed the birth of a new country. Secrets of the American Revolution reveals little-known stories of the people, weapons, and battles that have affected the maps on our walls and the allegiances in our hearts."--
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cokie Roberts sheds new light on the generation of heroines, reformers, and visionaries who helped shape our nation with this blend of biographical portraits and behind-the-scenes vignettes chronicling women's public roles and private responsibilities. Drawing on personal correspondence, private journals, and other primary sources--many of them previously unpublished--Roberts brings to life the extraordinary accomplishments of women who laid the groundwork...
10) Founding partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the brawling birth of American politics
Author
Publisher
Doubleday Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
To the framers of the Constitution, political parties were a fatal threat to republican virtues. They had suffered the consequences of partisan politics in Britain before the American Revolution, and they wanted nothing similar for America. Yet parties emerged even before the Constitution was ratified, and they took firmer root in the following decade. In Founding Partisans, master historian H. W. Brands has crafted a fresh and lively narrative of...
Author
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Between 1819 and 1845, as veterans of the Revolutionary War were filing applications to receive pensions for their service, the government was surprised to learn that many of the soldiers were not men, but boys, many of whom were under the age of sixteen, and some even as young as nine. In Boy Soldiers of the American Revolution, Caroline Cox reconstructs the lives and stories of this young subset of early American soldiers, focusing on how these...
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The American Revolutionary War pitted the colonial Patriots, who wanted independence from Great Britain and King George III, against the British Loyalists in North America. Some of the most well-known Patriots included future presidents of the United States, such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams. It featured prominent Founding Fathers such as Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and others. This book explores why family,...
14) The return
Author
Series
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the Amish settle in America, Tessa wishes Hans would notice her. When tragedy strikes--close to home and close to her heart--she discovers the cost of true love.
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"An immersive tale of the killing of a Native American man and its far-reaching consequences for Colonial America. In the summer of 1722, on the eve of a conference between the Five Nations of the Iroquois and British-American colonists, two colonial fur traders brutally attacked an Indigenous hunter in colonial Pennsylvania. The crime set the entire mid-Atlantic on edge, with many believing that war was imminent. Frantic efforts to resolve the case...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Discover the untold story of the vital role the Irish played in the American Revolution.
George Washington changed the world and saved democracy by defeating the British during the American War of Independence. The Irish role in the American Revolution, the war for the ages, has never been correctly, reported. Because many of the Irish who fought were poor and illiterate and left no memoirs, their stories and role have never been, told. Until now.
The...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Does George Washington still matter? The ... author argues for his unique contribution to the forging of America by retracing his journey as a new President through the former colonies, now an unsure nation. A new first-person voice for Philbrick, weaving history and personal reflection into one narrative. When George Washington became president in 1798, the United States of America was still a loose and quarrelsome confederation and a tentative...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of information about the daily lives, homes, clothing, and activities in Colonial America. Describes how the European colonists, American Indians, and African slaves exchanged ideas and customs to create a unique American culture. Includes color illustrations, a glossary, and an index.