The American Revolution

The American Revolution
ISBN-10
1420503006
ISBN-13
9781420503005
Series
The American Revolution
Category
Young Adult Nonfiction
Pages
104
Language
English
Published
2007-05-07
Publisher
Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Author
John Davenport

Description

Author John Davenport has compiled a fascinating, compelling, and colorful narrative about the American Revolution. After a thorough chronology, readers are introduced to the events leading up to the revolution. Readers will see how the world was turned upside down by the fact that a need for change, and the need for basic freedoms, could not be ignored.

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