massachusetts

Presents a short history of the voyage of the Mayflower in 1620 written in graphic novel format, and focuses on the reasons why the Pilgrims came to the New World and how they started Plymouth Colony.

Provides information about silversmith Paul Revere's life in colonial America, and discusses his role in the earliest battle of the Revolutionary War.

Presents a short biography of American patriot, Paul Revere and describes how the colonial silversmith helped to further the cause of independence.

Presents a short biography of Anne Hutchinson, her youth in England and journey to America in 1634, her campaign against slavery and other injustices, her death in 1643, and the legacy she left behind.

Presents a short biography of William Bradford, his childhood in England and life in Holland, arrival in the new world aboard the Mayflower, the Mayflower Compact and Plymouth Colony, and his long career as governor of the colony.

Examines the formation of the Mayflower Compact and its importance as the first written document of self-government in the new world and provides information on the early settlers and the reasons they left England as well as the struggles of the Plymouth Plantation.

Relates the Revolutionary War adventures of Paul Revere and William Dawes, who alerted the Minutemen when British troops arrived in Boston, interspersed with verses of original song lyrics to be sung to the tune of "Over Hill, Over Dale.".

Discusses the history, economy, culture, and future of Massachusetts. Also includes a state chronology and pertinent statistics.

Presents a children's book for early readers about what a young girl needed to know in order to prepare for her trip on the Mayflower.

Fourteen-year-old Hannah, an orphan indentured to the family of a British general in Boston in 1775, begins attending secret meetings diguised as a boy, then passing messages and warnings to the revolutionaries using her beloved horse, Promise.