Tony J. Williams

America's Beginnings

The Dramatic Events that Shaped a Nation's Character

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Produktbeschreibung

At a time when surveys reveal that Americans know less and less about our past, Tony Williams provides entertaining and informative descriptions of 50 of the most important and dramatic events from the colonial and Revolutionary period-some known and some forgotten-from the Mayflower Compact to the Annapolis Convention.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 303g
• ISBN-13: 9781442204881
• ISBN-10: 1442204885
• Artikelnr.: 45606049

Autorenporträt

By Tony J. Williams

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Chapter 1: Lost Colony Chapter 2: Jamestown Chapter 3: Starving
Time Chapter 4:First Representative Legislature in Britain's New World
Chapter 5: First Africans Chapter 6:Mayflower Compact Chapter 7:City Upon a
Hill Chapter 8:Indian Uprising of 1622 Chapter 9: Dissents of Anne
Hutchinson and Roger Williams Chapter 10: Pequot War Chapter 11: King
Philip's War Chapter 12: Bacon's Rebellion Chapter 13:Glorious Revolution
in America Chapter 14:Salem Witch Trials Chapter 15: Boston Smallpox
Epidemic of 1721 Chapter 16: Great Awakening Chapter 17: Benjamin Franklin
and the Lightning Rod Chapter 18: Albany Plan of Union Chapter 19: Great
Meadows Chapter 20: Braddock's March Chapter 21: Royal Proclamation of 1763
Chapter 22: Stamp Act Chapter 23: Townshend Acts Chapter 24: Boston
Massacre Chapter 25: Boston Tea Party Chapter 26: Continental Congress
Chapter 27: Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death Chapter 28: Lexington and
Concord Chapter 29: Bunker Hill Chapter 30: Fort Ticonderoga Chapter 31:
Common Sense Chapter 32: Declaration of Rights Chapter 33: Declaration of
Independence Chapter 34: Crossing the Delaware Chapter 35: Saratoga Chapter
36: French Alliance Chapter 37: Valley Forge Chapter 38: Guilford
Courthouse Chapter 39: Yorktown Chapter 40: Newburgh Conspiracy Chapter 41:
Peace Treaty of 1783 Chapter 42: Washington Surrenders His Commission
Chapter 43: Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom Chapter 44: Annapolis
Convention Chapter 45: Shays' Rebellion Chapter 46: Constitutional
Convention Chapter 47: Ratifying Conventions Chapter 48: The Federalist
Chapter 49: Inauguration of George Washington Chapter 50: Bill of Rights
Bibliography Index