to 1775

Focuses on the framing of the Declaration of Independence and the meaning of the document, describing the circumstances leading to the Revolutionary War and some of the challenges faced by the men who wrote the document.

Recipes, trivia, and archival imagery help trace the history of the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States.

Examines family life of the Puritans in seventeenth-century New England and how it was so closely connected to the religious life of the colonists.

Provides descriptions of the lives of "typical Americans" in the eighteenth century.

Text and illustrations present the life of John Jay, who fought for the U.S. as a diplomat and became the country's first Supreme Court chief justice; also includes a chronology, a Revolutionary War time line, a glossary, and a further reading list.

A portrait of daily life in Colonial America includes discussions of houses, schools, clothes, and money.

There are facts and jokes that will make you laugh, or grin, or groan, but while you're laughing remember the information here is true history.