The Boston Tea Party / by Kevin Cunningham.
Material type: TextSeries: Cornerstones of freedomPublisher: Danbury, Connecticut : Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2013Description: 64 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0531230511 (library binding)
- 0531281515 (pbk.)
- 9780531230510 (library binding)
- 9780531281512 (pbk.)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 973.3115 C973 | Available | 33111007489228 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
What cause the Great Depression? How did the Lewis and Clark Expedition change our contry forever? With fascinating history and stunning images, Cornerstones of Freedom offers you an intriguing and in-depth look at the ideas, people, and events that have shaped our nation.
Includes bibliographical references (page 61) and index.
Setting the scene: Paying for victory -- A problem with taxes -- Cradle of liberty -- A magnificent movement -- After the Tea Party -- Map of the events: What happened here? -- The story continues: Thirteen colonies, one nation -- Influential individuals -- Timeline -- Living history -- Resources.
Discusses this pivotal event in the lead-up to the American colonies' break with Great Britain and the tense atmosphere in Boston due to various new laws and impositions on the colonists by England.