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1775-1783, revolution

King George III

America's enemy
Provides a biography of the eighteenth-century British monarch during whose reign the American colonies fought to break away and form an independent nation.
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Sarah Bishop

Left alone after the deaths of her father and brother who take opposite sides in the War for Independence, and fleeing from the British who seek to arrest her, Sarah Bishop struggles to shape a new life for herself in the wilderness.
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Key people of the Revolutionary War

An illustrated introduction the Revolutionary War that focuses on key personalities, discussing the lives and actions of important Patriots and Loyalists, describing women of significance, and including primary source materials, a time line, and other resources.
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The American Revolution

An introduction to the history of the American Revolution and its impact on American history.
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America's tea parties

not one but four! : Boston, Charleston, New York, Philadelphia
Explores the causes of the American Revolutionary War, focusing on the Boston Tea Party which had inspired other towns to dump their tea from the ships in the ports in order to fight the unfair tax on it.
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What would the founders do?

our questions, their answers
Historian Richard Brookhiser uses his knowledge of the Founding Fathers to apply their views to the political and social issues that face modern society, including weapons of mass destruction, unwed mothers, minorities in the military, and other topics.
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Cannons at dawn

the second diary of Abigail Jane Stewart
Twelve-year-old Abigail, along with her mother and siblings, faces many hardships after her father joins General Washington's Continental Army and they become camp followers.
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Forge

Curzon, having matured from boy to man over the course of the winter with the army at Valley Forge, worries that someone will learn he is a runaway slave passing for free, and tries to figure out the meaning of his friendship with Isabel.
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Ashes

"As the Revolutionary War rages on, Isabel and Curzon are reported as runaways, and the awful Bellingham is determined to track them down. With purpose and faith, Isabel and Curzon march on, fiercely determined to find Isabel's little sister Ruth, who is enslaved in a Southern state"--Provided by publisher.
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Captain Hannah Pritchard

the hunt for pirate gold
Captain Hannah Pritchard, now officially a part of the new Continental navy, must keep an eye out for British ships and evil pirate Captain Samuel Cutter, while at the same time racing to find a buried treasure.
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