Furstinger, Nancy.
Summary: Explains the events leading up to the dumping of tea into the Boston harbor, as well as the actions and consequences that followed.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.3 FURReady, Dee.
Summary: Discusses the situations and events that led to the Boston Massacre, the precursor to the American Revolutionary War, including information on the colonies' relationship with Britain and the effects of the French and Indian War.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.4 REAReady, Dee.
Summary: Explains how the British were outsmarted by George Washington and his troops near the city of Yorktown and how that battle turned the tide of the Revolutionary War.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.3 REAOberle, Lora Polack.
Summary: Provides background information on the people and events connected with the writing of the Declaration of Independence and briefly examines the contents of the document itself.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.3 OBEPeacock, Judith
Summary: Discusses the series of events that lead to the secession of the southern states from the Union and to the start of the Civil War in 1861.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.4 PEADeAngelis, Gina.
Summary: Explains the events leading up to the Battle of Gettysburg and its importance in the Civil War. Sidebars include information on Union generals and the text of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone 2003
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.7 DEADeAngelis, Gina.
Summary: Explains the events leading up to the formation of the Massachusetts 54th, a regiment of free blacks, and its participation in the Civil War. Sidebars include quotations from leaders of the time and facts about African American soldiers.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.7 DEAMartin, Michael
Summary: Explores the events leading up to Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, which freed most slaves, and its effects on the course of the Civil War.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2003
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.7 MARMonroe, Judy.
Summary: Explains how slaves were led to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone 2003
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.7 MONGregson, Susan R.
Summary: Follows the rise and fall of Benedict Arnold, America's most famous traitor, tracing his life from his wealthy, upper-class childhood to his betrayal of the American Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Explains Arnold's legacy in modern society.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 2002
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB ARNOLD GREDuden, Jane.
Summary: Looks at the life of Betsy Ross from her Quaker childhood to her role in the Revolutionary War and her days as an independent businesswoman, examining the legend of the Besty Ross Flag and explaining the importance of its legacy today.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 2001
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ROSCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB ROSS DUDGregson, Susan R.
Summary: Examines the life of Phillis Wheatley, the first African-American woman to publish a book, discussing her early life as a slave in Boston in the 1700s, the education and kind treatment she received from her owners, her experiences after being granted her freedom, and her later years.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 2002
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB WHEATLEY GREAldridge, Rebecca.
Summary: Describes the life and accomplishments of the third president of the United States.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 2002