If you were there in 1776 /
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1994.Edition: 1st edDescription: 136 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN:- 0027123227
- 9780027123227
- E163 .B78 1994
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JNF | Chamberlin Free Public Library | Nonfiction | J 973.3 BRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | E163 | Available | 34517000216658 |
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J 973.2 MCG --If you sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 / | J 973.2 SAK The Thirteen Colonies / | J 973.21 BOW Stranded at Plimoth Plantation, 1626 / | J 973.3 BRE If you were there in 1776 / | J 973.3 FLE Ben Franklin's almanac : | J 973.3 FRA The signers : | J 973.3 JAF Who were the founding fathers? : |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-131) and index.
Introduction -- The World in 1776 -- The Colonies -- Rebels -- The Way They Looked -- What's for Dinner? -- Farmers -- Planters -- The Cities -- The Declaration -- Religion -- At Play -- Arts and Crafts -- The Frontier -- The Indians -- Enslaved People -- The War -- Notes -- Sources -- Picture Credits -- Index.
Demonstrates how the concepts and principles expressed in the Declaration of Independence were drawn from the experiences of living in America in the late eighteenth century, with emphasis given to how children lived on a New England farm, a Southern plantation, and the frontier.
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