| Description |
1 videodisc (24 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Credits |
Camera, Andrew Gernhard, Thomas Mazzarella ; editors, Andrew Gernhard, Tony Mazzarella, Mike Pleckaitis. |
| Note |
Originally released in 2000. |
| Summary |
Students discover how events in Boston set the colonies on the road to revolution and independence. Archival material, re-enactment footage and commentary from 'Paul Revere, ' bring the events leading to the Revolutionary War to life. |
| Contents |
The French and Indian War 1754-1763 -- The Stamp Act 1765 -- The Townshend Acts 1767 -- The Boston Massacre 1770 -- Committees of Correspondence 1772 -- The Tea Act 1773 -- The Boston Tea Party 1773 -- The First Continental Congress 1774 -- The minutemen -- The road to Concord, April 18, 1775 -- "One, if by land, and two, if by sea" -- Paul Revere's ride -- Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775 -- The Continental Army, May 1775 -- The battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775 -- Independence, July 4, 1776. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763.
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Stamp duties.
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Boston Massacre, 1770.
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Tea tax (American colonies)
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Boston Tea Party, Boston, Mass., 1773.
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United States. Continental Congress.
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Minutemen (Militia)
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Concord (Mass.)
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Lexington (Mass.)
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United States. Continental Army.
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Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775.
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Fourth of July.
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Proclamations.
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Soldiers -- Billeting.
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Great Britain -- Armed Forces.
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American loyalists.
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| Genre/Form |
Children's -- Short.
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| Added Author |
Mazzarella, Mark.
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Gernhard, Andrew.
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Mazzarella, Thomas.
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Thinkeroo, LLC.
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| Added Title |
Historic Boston |
| ISBN |
1929944578 |
| Standard No. |
9781929944576 |
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