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Adams, Samuel 1722-1803 Constitutional history United States Founding Fathers of the United States Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Hancock, John 1737-1793 Henry, Patrick 1736-1799 III, King of Great Britain George 1738-1820 Politics and government Revere, Paul 1735-1818 United StatesFilter By Subjects
Adams, Samuel 1722-1803 Constitutional history United States Founding Fathers of the United States Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Hancock, John 1737-1793 Henry, Patrick 1736-1799 III, King of Great Britain George 1738-1820 Politics and government Revere, Paul 1735-1818 United StatesSummary: Introduces 6 main characters of the American Revolution. Promotes interest in reading of biography with comedy, tragedy, error, foolishness, courage and persistence that is relevant to life today.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV JEASummary: A young Thomas Jefferson from the Virginia wilderness is transformed by the fire of the Enlightenment into his country's most articulate voice for human liberty. Torn between serene family life at Monticello and his passion for politics, Jefferson suffers heartrending personal loss, even as he gives voice to a new era of democratic government. He then journeys to Paris as U.S. Minister to...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1997
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Summary: Between 1500 and 1800, the world was transformed. The peoples of Europe, Africa, and America, brought together in an often violent colonial process, created a New World and transformed the old. These lectures examine the relations of the colonies with the native people, the relations between the British colonies and the colonial outposts of Spain, France, and the Netherlands, and how British...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2009