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What is the Declaration of Independence? / by Michael C. Harris ; illustrated by Jerry Hoare.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: What was--?Publisher: New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 108 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780448486925
  • 044848692X
  • 9780399542305
  • 0399542302
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
What is the Declaration of independence? -- A battle for America -- Taxes and more taxes -- Blood in Boston -- The Boston Tea Party -- The First Continental Congress -- The shot heard round the world -- The king must go -- Declaring freedom -- The United States of America is born -- What happened to the signers? -- The declaration today -- Timelines.
Summary: "Step back in time to the birth of America and meet the real-life rebels who made this country free! On a hot summer day near Philadelphia in 1776, Thomas Jefferson sat at his desk and wrote furiously until early the next morning. He was drafting the Declaration of Independence, a document that would sever this country's ties with Britain and announce a new nation--The United States of America. Colonists were willing to risk their lives for freedom, and the Declaration of Independence made that official. Discover the true story of one of the most radical and uplifting documents in history and follow the action that fueled the Revolutionary War"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 973.313 H315 Checked out few pen markings throughout. 10/8/2020 06/24/2024 33111008160000
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 973.313 H315 Available 33111008395960
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Step back in time to the birth of the United States of America and meet the real-life rebels who made this country free!

On a hot summer day near Philadelphia in 1776, Thomas Jefferson sat at his desk and wrote furiously until early the next morning. He was drafting the Declaration of Independence, a document that would sever this country's ties with Britain and announce a new nation-The United States of America. Colonists were willing to risk their lives for freedom, and the Declaration of Independence made that official. Discover the true story of one of the most radical and uplifting documents in history and follow the action that fueled the Revolutionary War.

"Cover illustration by Kevin McVeigh"--Publisher.

"Step back in time to the birth of America and meet the real-life rebels who made this country free! On a hot summer day near Philadelphia in 1776, Thomas Jefferson sat at his desk and wrote furiously until early the next morning. He was drafting the Declaration of Independence, a document that would sever this country's ties with Britain and announce a new nation--The United States of America. Colonists were willing to risk their lives for freedom, and the Declaration of Independence made that official. Discover the true story of one of the most radical and uplifting documents in history and follow the action that fueled the Revolutionary War"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references.

Age 8-12.

What is the Declaration of independence? -- A battle for America -- Taxes and more taxes -- Blood in Boston -- The Boston Tea Party -- The First Continental Congress -- The shot heard round the world -- The king must go -- Declaring freedom -- The United States of America is born -- What happened to the signers? -- The declaration today -- Timelines.

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