| Description |
xxi, 119 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
American voices from-- |
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American voices from--
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| Summary |
Presents the history of the British colonies in North America, beginning with the Jamestown settlement, through excerpts from letters, pamphlets, journal entries, and other documents of the time. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-116) and index. |
| Contents |
John Smith remembers Jamestown -- Mayflower compact: Settlers define their rights -- William Penn conducts a "holy experiment" -- Costs of building a colony: Bill to the king -- All new world: Italian explorer meets the North Carolina Indians -- Hideous and desolate wilderness: Pilgrim's lament -- Best land in the world: Pilgrim's praise -- Life without bread: Pioneer diary -- Native Americans: Indians provide unexpected aid to the pilgrims -- Indian raid: Colonist's recollection of horror -- Call for help from the frontier -- Like snow before the sun: Indian chieftain grieves for his people -- First African Americans: Slave in Virginia writes to the Bishop of London -- Two slaveholders voice fears of rebellion -- Olaudah Equiano tells how he was made a slave -- Nobody to look to but God: Old Elizabeth's story -- Daily life: Doctor in the house: Folk remedies in the colonies -- Everyday business: Buying ribbon in a general store -- Colonial recreation: Dramatic bull bait -- Country life and customs: Minister's journal -- Indentured servant tells her story -- Etiquette for children: School of manners -- Well-dressed colonial boy and girl: Two family accounts -- Connecticut youth's education -- Bad deeds and good deeds: Mary Osgood Sumner's journal -- Boy's letter to his father -- Rei.tg-ion: Trial of Anne Hutchinson -- Miracles and accidents: Letter from Cotton Mather -- After the witch trials: Accuser changes her mind -- Great awakening: Minister warns sinners of their fate -- Learning and culture: America's first woman writer dedicates words of wisdom to her son -- Surest foundation of happiness: Benjamin Franklin on education -- Matter of musical taste: Anonymous letter -- Colonies' leading physician: Benjamin Rush recalls his practice -- Slave finds her voice -- Toward independence: Virginia's leaders scorn the stamp act -- Loyalist's ordeal: Colonists take sides -- Ruin or salvation: John Adams looks ahead -- Sacred cause of liberty: Pennsylvania farmer's letter -- Student speaks out -- End of the colonial era: Thomas Paine's common sense. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.6 5.0 64488. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775 -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
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United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Juvenile literature.
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United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775 -- Juvenile literature.
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United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Sources.
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United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775 -- Sources.
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| ISBN |
0761412050 |
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