02176cam a2200361 4500
605749426
TxAuBib
20110627120000.0
||||||s2000||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u
99-57513
9780823414482
0823414485
9780823417537
0823417530
(OCoLC)42934512
TxAuBib
Freedman, Russell.
Give me liberty!.
Give Me Liberty :
The Story of the Declaration of Independence /
Russell Freedman.
1st ed.
New York :
Holiday House,
2000.
90 p :
ill. (some col.), maps ;
27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 84-85) and index.
The night the Revolution began : The Boston Tea Party, December 16, 1773 -- A new world -- "If this be treason" -- Intolerable acts -- The shot heard 'round the world : April 19, 1775 -- "The whites of their eyes" : June 17, 1775 -- Common sense -- Declaring independence : July 4, 1776 -- Your rights and mine -- The Declaration of Independence -- Visiting the Declaration of Independence -- Chronology of events.
Describes the events leading up to the Declaration of Independence as well as the personalities and politics behind its framing. Beginning with the Boston Tea Party, this stirring account introduces characters including Patrick Henry & Paul Revere, events such as the battles at Lexington & Concord, & ends with the Continental Congress & the drawing up of the Declaration of Independence. The events leading up to it plus the personalities and politics behind its framing.
20130805.
United States
Declaration of Independence
Juvenile literature.
United States
Declaration of Independence.
AR 8.5 3pt.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
United States. Declaration of Independence.
United States
Politics and government
1775-1783
Juvenile literature.
United States
Politics and government
1775-1783.