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Focuses on the reasons for the Declaration of Independence, its writers and history of the colonies.

"Describes the government and political climate in colonial America"--

"Describes the disgusting details of daily life in colonial America"--

"Describes food and farming practices in colonial America"--Provided by publisher.

Many consider Franklin the most fascinating American man who ever lived. A scientist, businessman, diplomat, author, inventor, philosopher and politician, he is America's original Renaissance man. His remarkable and varied accomplishments include the discovery of electricity and the modernization of the postal system. Brilliant and bawdy, a master statesman and a cultural icon, Franklin was so important and popular in his day that, according to the...

"Have you ever wondered what life was like for individuals and families living in Colonial America? Learn about what their days consisted of, what they ate and wore, and more!"--OverDrive website.

Why did colonists dump tea into the Boston harbor? Why did the British government cling to the 13 colonies with such force? Why did the French and Spanish lend a helping hand to the colonies? From local rebellions to full-scale battles, The Revolutionary War: Why They Fought reveals the motivations behind the Revolutionary War from all sides. Go beyond names and dates and ask: what were they fighting for?

In 1774, American independence was hardly inevitable--indeed, most Americans found it neither desirable nor likely. Beeman tells the remarkable story of how the delegates to the Continental Congress, through courage and compromise, came to dedicate their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to the forging of American independence.

"Using a host of primary sources, author Brandon Marie Miller recounts the roles, hardships, and daily lives of Native American, European, and African women in 17th- and 18th-century colonial America. Hard work proved a constant for most women--they ensured their family's survival through their skills while others sold their labor or lived in bondage as indentured servants and slaves. Even in this world defined entirely by men, a world where no one...

"A culminating work on the American Founding by one of its leading historians, The Cause rethinks the American Revolution as we have known it. George Washington claimed that anyone who attempted to provide an accurate account of the war for independence would be accused of writing fiction. At the time, no one called it the 'American Revolution': former colonists still regarded themselves as Virginians or Pennsylvanians, not Americans, while John Adams...