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pro vyhledávání: '"JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods"'
Autor:
Sharon Coan
Teach kindergarten students about the first Thanksgiving as they compare the similarities and differences between the past and present. Featuring vivid images and easy-to-read text, this engaging book will have children eager to share what they're th
Autor:
Peter H. Wood
Engaging and accessibly written, Strange New Land explores the history of slavery and the struggle for freedom before the United States became a nation. Beginning with the colonization of North America, Peter Wood documents the transformation of slav
Autor:
Gary B. Nash
In 1775, on the green of Lexington, Massachusetts, 2,200 British minutemen fired upon the local militia -- seventy colonial farmers and village artisans in total. The British suffered staggering losses: half of their troops died. And so began the Ame
Autor:
Benjamin H. Irvin
The story of one of the most important -- and most elusive -- figures of the American Revolution, Samuel Adams traces the life of the'Man of the Revolution,'as he was called by Thomas Jefferson, from his childhood as a fifth-generation New Englander
Autor:
Edwin S. Gaustad
Roger Williams chronicles the life of one of the most remarkable forefathers in American history. A true revolutionary, this devout Puritan championed Native American rights; wrote treatises on equal rights, flag desecration, and the separation of ch
Autor:
Harvey J. Kaye
Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was one of the most fascinating figures of the late 18th century. His public antagonist and personal friend John Adams believed that their times would come to be known as the'Age of Paine.'He came to America in middle age and
Autor:
Kathleen Connors
Before the United States was its own country, it was a group of colonies ruled by the British. But some people living in these colonies became unhappy with British rule and wanted freedom! Who were the key figures of the American Revolution? How did
Autor:
Kathleen Connors
Starting in the late 1500s, colonists searching for a better, or different, life left Europe and sailed to the New World. But things may not have always gone exactly the way they planned them to! Who were these early colonists and where did they sett
Autor:
Megan Quick
Life in colonial America differed depending on where you lived. Some places depended on the body of water they lived by. Some places were already bustling towns. But no matter the colony, one way America grew was through the kids that lived and grew
The fascinating untold story of Finnish scientist and explorer Pehr Kalm, who in 1750, became the first scientist to visit and study Niagara Falls. Sent by the famous Swedish natural historian Carl Linnaeus to research the New World, Kalm's task was