revolution

Abigail Adams was a strong woman far ahead of her time. She urged her husband, President John Adams, to remember the ladies and despite having no formal education herself, she later advocated for equal education in public schools for both boys and.

When his uncle's cruelty forces him to flee the only home he knows, 11-year-old Nate begins dangerous journey into the heart of the Revolutionary War. He finds himself in New York City on the brink of what will be the biggest battle yet. Part of the NYT bestselling I Survived series.

"For the better part of the Queen Marie Antoinette's reign over France, one man was entrusted with the sole responsibility of ensuring that her coiffure was at its most ostentatious best. Marie Antoinette's Head tells the story of Leonard Autie, Marie Antoinette's hairdresser and confidante, the man responsible for the style that made her the envy of France and for the uproar that dragged her to the guillotine"--Provided by publisher.

During the Revolutionary War, a young boy volunteers for a dangerous misson. Betsy Ross has finished a new flag for General Washington. The flag might help to rally the freezing soldiers camped with Washington in Valley Forge. But British troops are everywhere and anyone trying to deliver the flag may be captured and shot as a spy. Could a boy make a journey without getting caught? Ben sets out in a blinding snow storm in an effort to bring the flag, and new hope, to Valley Forge.

A brief biography of the woman who disguised herself as a man and joined the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

Follows Franklin's life--the young man in colonial Boston; the patriot involved in the fight for independence. ..

Brief text and illustrations discuss the politics and economy of the 19th century, revolutionary groups, World War I, 1917, and the Soviet State.

Surveys the Revolutionary War.

Creates a picture of revolutionary France by studying the men who made the revolution, its opponents, its victims, and its survivors.

During the Revolutionary War, a tenyear-old girl crosses enemy lines to deliver a loaf of bread containing a message for the patriots.