TY - BOOK AU - Mattern,Joanne TI - Historic Williamsburg: a revolutionary city T2 - Let's celebrate America SN - 9781634402194 PY - 2018///] CY - South Egremont, MA PB - Red Chair Press KW - Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.) KW - Juvenile literature KW - United States KW - History KW - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 KW - Williamsburg (Va.) KW - Revolution, 1775-1783 KW - Illustrated works KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index; Step into the past -- An important city -- A revolutionary city -- Saving a town -- Making a museum -- A place of inspiration -- Times change -- Wiliamsburg today N2 - "In the 1770s before the United States was a nation, most people lived on farms. But Williamsburg in Virginia Colony was a busy town with wide streets, grand public buildings, bustling shops, and a large Market Square. Home to 2,000 people from wealthy gentry and middle class shopkeepers to poor slaves. Find out how Colonial Williamsburg today gives us a fascinating window into America's past."-- ER -