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What is the Declaration of Independence? / by Michael C. Harris ; illustrated by Jerry Hoare.

By: Harris, Michael C, 1978- [author.]Contributor(s): Hoare, Jerry [illustrator.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2016]Description: 108 pages 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780448486925; 044848692X; 9780399542305; 0399542302; 9781518207945; 1518207944Other title: Declaration of IndependenceSubject(s): United States. Declaration of Independence -- Juvenile literature | United States. Declaration of Independence | Declaration of Independence (United States) | 1775-1783 | JUVENILE NONFICTION -- United States -- History -- Colonial & Revolutionary Periods | JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Social Science -- Politics & Government | Politics and government | United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783 -- Juvenile literature | United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783 | United StatesGenre/Form: Juvenile works.
Contents:
What is the Declaration of independence? -- A battle for America -- Taxes and more taxes -- Blood in Boston -- The Boston Tea Party -- The First Continental Congress -- The shot heard round the world -- The king must go -- Declaring freedom -- The United States of America is born -- What happened to the signers? -- The declaration today -- Timelines.
Summary: "Step back in time to the birth of America and meet the real-life rebels who made this country free! On a hot summer day near Philadelphia in 1776, Thomas Jefferson sat at his desk and wrote furiously until early the next morning. He was drafting the Declaration of Independence, a document that would sever this country's ties with Britain and announce a new nation--The United States of America. Colonists were willing to risk their lives for freedom, and the Declaration of Independence made that official. Discover the true story of one of the most radical and uplifting documents in history and follow the action that fueled the Revolutionary War"-- Provided by publisher.
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"Cover illustration by Kevin McVeigh"--Publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (page 108).

What is the Declaration of independence? -- A battle for America -- Taxes and more taxes -- Blood in Boston -- The Boston Tea Party -- The First Continental Congress -- The shot heard round the world -- The king must go -- Declaring freedom -- The United States of America is born -- What happened to the signers? -- The declaration today -- Timelines.

"Step back in time to the birth of America and meet the real-life rebels who made this country free! On a hot summer day near Philadelphia in 1776, Thomas Jefferson sat at his desk and wrote furiously until early the next morning. He was drafting the Declaration of Independence, a document that would sever this country's ties with Britain and announce a new nation--The United States of America. Colonists were willing to risk their lives for freedom, and the Declaration of Independence made that official. Discover the true story of one of the most radical and uplifting documents in history and follow the action that fueled the Revolutionary War"-- Provided by publisher.

Age 8-12.

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