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Format:
Book
Title:
--if you lived at the time of the American Revolution
ISBN:
9780590674447
Publication Information:
New York : Scholastic, ©1997.
Physical Description:
80 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 19 cm
Contents:
What was life like before the Revolution? -- What did colonial people look like? -- What were colonial houses like? -- What started the Revolution? -- Who were the Loyalists? -- Who were the Patriots? -- Did everyone in the colonies take sides? -- How would your life have changed after the Declaration of Independence? -- What happened to Loyalist families after the Declaration? -- How could you tell who was a Patriot? -- How could you tell who was a Loyalist? -- If your family sided with the Patriots, how did you support the war? -- If your family sided with the Loyalists, how did you support the war? -- Would you have seen a battle? -- Did any women or children fight in the Continental Army? -- Was it hard to get money during the war? -- How did people get food and clothes? -- How did you go shopping in the city? -- Did you go to school if your family supported the Patriots? -- Why didn't girls go to school as much as boys? -- Did you go to school if your family supported the Loyalists? -- How did you get news about the war and what was happening in the other colonies? -- Who were the famous Patriots? -- Who were the famous Loyalists? -- What useful things were invented during the war? -- What words and expressions came from life during the American Revolution? -- What ended the war? -- How did life change for the Loyalists after the war? -- How did life change for the Patriots after the war?
Summary:
Describes conditions for the civilians in the colonies during and immediately after the war.
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