American Colonies (ENHANCED eBook)
Title | American Colonies (ENHANCED eBook) PDF eBook |
Author | Tim McNeese |
Publisher | Lorenz Educational Press |
Total Pages | 116 |
Release | 2002-09-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1429109874 |
"The American Colonies" provides a detailed and richly illustrated overview of the trials of Europeans in the New World. From the earliest primitive encampments on the Atlantic seacoast to the settled societies of the later colonial period, this book vividly describes the disastrous first years, the strained reliance on native peoples, the horrors of the African slave trade, and deteriorating relations with England, which stand in marked contrast to the hope, strength, resilience, and determination with which colonialists carved a nation out of the North American wilderness. Challenging review questions encourage meaningful reflection and historical analysis. Maps, tests, answer key, and extensive bibliography are included.
The American colonies
Title | The American colonies PDF eBook |
Author | R. C. Simmons |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | 1978 |
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American Colonies
Title | American Colonies PDF eBook |
Author | Alan Taylor |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 548 |
Release | 2002-07-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780142002100 |
A multicultural, multinational history of colonial America from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Internal Enemy and American Revolutions In the first volume in the Penguin History of the United States, edited by Eric Foner, Alan Taylor challenges the traditional story of colonial history by examining the many cultures that helped make America, from the native inhabitants from milennia past, through the decades of Western colonization and conquest, and across the entire continent, all the way to the Pacific coast. Transcending the usual Anglocentric version of our colonial past, he recovers the importance of Native American tribes, African slaves, and the rival empires of France, Spain, the Netherlands, and even Russia in the colonization of North America. Moving beyond the Atlantic seaboard to examine the entire continent, American Colonies reveals a pivotal period in the global interaction of peoples, cultures, plants, animals, and microbes. In a vivid narrative, Taylor draws upon cutting-edge scholarship to create a timely picture of the colonial world characterized by an interplay of freedom and slavery, opportunity and loss. "Formidable . . . provokes us to contemplate the ways in which residents of North America have dealt with diversity." -The New York Times Book Review
Declaration of Independence (ENHANCED eBook)
Title | Declaration of Independence (ENHANCED eBook) PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas M. Rife |
Publisher | Lorenz Educational Press |
Total Pages | 36 |
Release | 1997-03-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1429111267 |
Studying the events leading up to the Declaration of Independence, analyzing a political cartoon and testing their knowledge with a variety of discussions and activities, students will discover the impact of this document on our present lives.
Road to Revolution (ENHANCED eBook)
Title | Road to Revolution (ENHANCED eBook) PDF eBook |
Author | Linda Armstrong |
Publisher | Lorenz Educational Press |
Total Pages | 36 |
Release | 2003-09-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1429114975 |
Welcome to the fascinating world of colonial and revolutionary America—a time of strength, courage and ingenuity. The War for Independence established the United States as a sovereign nation. The Constitution, approved a few years after the war, created the balanced system of government that serves us today. The activities in this book provide insight into the history, customs, culture, art, life, and government of the British colonies during the colonial and revolutionary periods. The eight full-color transparencies at the back of the book (print books) or the included PowerPoint slides (eBooks) can be used alone or with specific activities listed in the table of contents. For a print book with the PowerPoint presentation instead of transparencies, please see MP8824.
America's Civil War (ENHANCED eBook)
Title | America's Civil War (ENHANCED eBook) PDF eBook |
Author | Tim McNeese |
Publisher | Lorenz Educational Press |
Total Pages | 136 |
Release | 2003-09-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1429109904 |
America's Civil War provides a detailed overview of the cultural and ideological landscape of post-colonial America that set the stage for war, and vividly describes the course of the conflict that took more American lives than any war in history and altered the course of the nation. Emphasis is placed on the fierce cultural and economic rivalry between the industrial North and the agricultural South and the pivotal rift concerning slavery that led to this irrepressible and bloody fight. The lives of common soldiers, the weapons and methods of warfare, the presidency of Abraham Lincoln, and the role of other significant political and military leaders are among the topics discussed as well as the abolitionist movement, the underground railroad, and dramatic figures such as Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Brown. Challenging review questions encourage meaningful reflection and historical analysis. Maps, tests, answer key, and extensive bibliography are included.
The American Colonies
Title | The American Colonies PDF eBook |
Author | Tim McNeese |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 111 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | North America |
ISBN | 9781773442150 |
"The American Colonies" provides a detailed and richly illustrated overview of the trials of Europeans in the New World. From the earliest primitive encampments on the Atlantic seacoast to the settled societies of the later colonial period, this book vividly describes the disastrous first years, the strained reliance on native peoples, the horrors of the African slave trade, and deteriorating relations with England, which stand in marked contrast to the hope, strength, resilience, and determination with which colonialists carved a nation out of the North American wilderness. Challenging review questions encourage meaningful reflection and historical analysis. Maps, tests, answer key, and extensive bibliography are included.