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This book provides an overview of economic, educational, and cultural differences between the North and South in the middle 1800s with emphasis on the critical issue of slavery.

Presents a short history of the American Revolution, and examines key events and battles, patriots such as Sam Adams and Patrick Henry, loyalists, British and French soldiers, and George Washington.

A Boston merchant describes the American colonists' act of protest against British taxation and the tea monopoly of the East India Company.

Explores the beginning of the Revolutionary War, discussing the causes and leaders of the rebellion, and how the first shots fired at Lexington and Concord began America's long road to independence.

Describes what life was like during the Revolutionary War, focusing on the experiences of wives, children, families, and friends left behind when the men went off to fight, discussing conditions on plantations, small farms, and in the cities, and the roles played by slaves and Native Americans in the conflict.

Discusses the events leading up to the American Civil War, particularly the strongly held beliefs about the institution of slavery.

Examines how the once strong colony-mother-country relationship between America and Britain began to sour through the 1760s and 1770s, planting the roots for the once unthinkable idea of revolution.

A brief presentation of the causes, events, and aftermath of the four-year war that divided the nation.

Describes philosophical, political, and economic shifts around the world that led to what John Adams called the "real revolution" in America--changes in the American mindset--and explains how these changes brought about the explosive events that set off the Revolutionary War.

Color illustrations fill this history of the events leading to the Revolutionary War, which describes such aspects as the Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre, and the "shot heard 'round the world.".