50 Things You Didn't Know about

50 Things You Didn't Know about
Author: Sean O'Neill
Publisher:
Total Pages: 19
Release: 2020
Genre: History
ISBN: 1634407962

Toothless at twenty in Colonial America? Discover some of the most amazing and amusing facts about life in Colonial America and how the pilgrims survived it all.

50 Things You Should Know About U.S. History: The Colonial Era

50 Things You Should Know About U.S. History: The Colonial Era
Author: Julie Eisenhauer
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
Total Pages: 103
Release: 2015-09-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0787716162

Explore the New World and expand your knowledge of the colonial era in America with 50 flash cards about figures and features of the period. Test your knowledge or challenge a friend with 150 ready-made questions about topics such as the Lost Colony, the Salem Witch Trials, and the French and Indian War. Flip the card over to find the answers along with more fascinating facts. Every deck in the series is great for learning, review, trivia, and more!

50 Things You Should Know About U.S. History: The American Revolution

50 Things You Should Know About U.S. History: The American Revolution
Author: Julie Eisenhauer
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
Total Pages: 103
Release: 2015-09-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0787716243

Join the road to the American Revolution and expand your knowledge about the War of Independence with 50 flash cards that present figures and features of the period. Begin with the taxes and protests that led to the war and move through battles to the Treaty of Paris that ended it all. Test your knowledge or challenge a friend with 150 ready-made questions. Flip the card over to find the answers along with more fascinating facts. Every deck in the series is great for learning, review, trivia, and more!

American History: A Very Short Introduction

American History: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Paul S. Boyer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2012-08-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199911657

This volume in Oxford's A Very Short Introduction series offers a concise, readable narrative of the vast span of American history, from the earliest human migrations to the early twenty-first century when the United States loomed as a global power and comprised a complex multi-cultural society of more than 300 million people. The narrative is organized around major interpretive themes, with facts and dates introduced as needed to illustrate these themes. The emphasis throughout is on clarity and accessibility to the interested non-specialist.

Great Colonial America Projects

Great Colonial America Projects
Author: Kris Bordessa
Publisher: Nomad Press
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2007-06-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1936749254

Great Colonial America Projects You Can Build Yourself introduces readers ages 9–12 to colonial America through hands-on building projects. From dyeing and spinning yarn to weaving cloth, from creating tin plates and lanterns to learning wattle and daub construction. Great Colonial America Projects You Can Build Yourself gives readers a chance to experience how colonial Americans lived, cooked, entertained themselves, and interacted with their neighbors.

Defiance of the Patriots

Defiance of the Patriots
Author: Benjamin L. Carp
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2010-10-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 0300168454

An evocative and enthralling account of a defining event in American history This thrilling book tells the full story of the an iconic episode in American history, the Boston Tea Party—exploding myths, exploring the unique city life of eighteenth-century Boston, and setting this audacious prelude to the American Revolution in a global context for the first time. Bringing vividly to life the diverse array of people and places that the Tea Party brought together—from Chinese tea-pickers to English businessmen, Native American tribes, sugar plantation slaves, and Boston’s ladies of leisure—Benjamin L. Carp illuminates how a determined group of New Englanders shook the foundations of the British Empire, and what this has meant for Americans since. As he reveals many little-known historical facts and considers the Tea Party’s uncertain legacy, he presents a compelling and expansive history of an iconic event in America’s tempestuous past.

If You Lived in Williamsburg in Colonial Days

If You Lived in Williamsburg in Colonial Days
Author: Barbara Brenner
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2014-06-24
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0545694418

A different time... A different place... What if you were there? More than 200 years ago, two thousand people lived in the town of Williamsburg, Virginia. If you lived back then... What would your house look like? What games and sports would you play? Would you go to school? What happened when you were sick or hurt? This book tells you what it was like to grow up in colonial days, before there was a United States of America.

Essential Documents of American History, Volume I

Essential Documents of American History, Volume I
Author: Bob Blaisdell
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 529
Release: 2016-04-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 0486797309

The most important documents in American history: Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Emancipation Proclamation, presidential speeches, Supreme Court decisions, Acts and Declarations of Congress, essays, letters, and much more.