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Turning the World Upside Down
ABC-CLIO 2003; US$ 112.00York illustrates how Revolutionary Americans founded an empire as well as a nation, and how they saw the two as inseparable. While they had rejected Britain and denounced power politics, they would engage in realpolitik and mimic Britain as they built their empire of liberty. England had become Great Britain as an imperial nation, and Britons believed... more...
The American Crisis
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99The American Crisis was a series of pamphlets published from 1776 to 1783 during the American Revolution by eighteenth century enlightenment Philosopher and author Thomas Paine. The first volume begins with the famous words "These are the times that try men's souls". There were sixteen pamphlets in total together often known as "The... more...
The Shoemaker and the Tea Party
Beacon Press 2001; US$ 24.00George Robert Twelves Hewes, a Boston shoemaker who participated in such key events of the American Revolution as the Boston Massacre and the Tea Party, might have been lost to history if not for his longevity and the historical mood of the 1830's. When the Tea Party became a leading symbol of the Revolutionary ear fifty years after the actual event,... more...
The Notorious Benedict Arnold
Roaring Brook Press 2010; US$ 9.99Most people know that Benedict Arnold was America?s first, most notorious traitor. Few know that he was also one of its greatest war heroes. This accessible biography introduces young readers to the real Arnold: reckless, heroic, and driven. Packed with first-person accounts, astonishing battle scenes, and surprising twists, this is a gripping and... more...
Visionary Republic
Cambridge University Press 1985; US$ 50.00This book sheds light on the role of religion in the American Revolution and surveys an important facet of the intellectual history of the early Republic. more...
The American Revolution
Random House Children's Books 2011; US$ 5.99In the American colonies of the 1770s, people were fed up with British laws. Local farmers and tradesmen secretly formed a militia. In 1775, when the British marched into Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, the Americans were ready. From that first battle to the final showdown at Yorktown, the Americans fought against tremendous odds. The British... more...
Independent Dames
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2011; US$ 16.99Read about the forgotten half of the American Revolution and those tough, independent dames who helped make it happen. Listen up! You've all heard about the great men who led and fought during the American Revolution; but did you know that the guys only make up part of the story? What about the women? The girls? The dames? Didn't they play a part?... more...
Best Little Stories from the American Revolution
Sourcebooks, Inc. 2011; US$ 18.99Prize-winning journalist C. Brian Kelly has collected the most riveting letters, diaries, and autobiographies from the people who lived during the Revolutionary War, weaving in pertinent historical background details to create this compelling collection of stories. Readers will discover the history of the war as it affected soldiers, leaders, and... more...
The Boston Tea Party
Infobase Publishing 2011; US$ 35.00The Boston Tea Party of 1773 is the most famous incidence of "tea parties" held to protest the British government and its taxes on the American colonies. British leaders and the British people marveled at the excitement of the Americans over a tax of merely three pence, while Americans fumed at the arrogance of their Old World countrymen... more...
La Declaración de la Independencia (The Declaration of Independence )
Shell Education 2010; US$ 6.99This script allows students to travel back in time to when the Declaration of Independence was written. They will experience the thoughts and feelings of the writers as they create a document that changed the world. 20pp. more...









