Liberty!: How the Revolutionary War Began

by Lucille Recht Penner, David Wenzel (Illustrator)

Overview

How the Revolutionary War Began

The American colonists were fed up with British law. They refused to buy English goods. They formed a militia of tradesmen and farmers ready to fight at a moment’s notice. Most importantly, they joined together. All 13 colonies sent representatives to decide whether they should form a new country. That group wrote the Declaration of Independence, the document that summed up a revolution.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780375822001
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	07/23/2002
Series:	Landmark Books: Picture Landmark Books(TM)
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.19(h) x 0.16(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Lucille Recht Penner is the author of many nonfiction books for kids, including Dinosaur Babies and Monster Bugs in Random House’s Step into Reading program. She lives in Tucson, Arizona.

David Wenzel is an artist and illustrator for books for young readers and is best known for his visualization of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit in graphic-novel format. His other credits include Liberty!: How the Revolutionary War Began and Little David and the Giant. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, and they have two grown sons, both artists.

Table of Contents

	The Liberty Tree	2
	Help!	4
	Sneaky Taxes	6
	The Death-Head Stamp	8
	Tar and Feathers	11
	Lobsterbacks	12
	The Boston Massacre	14
	Rally, Mohawks!	17
	Blows Must Decide!	18
	Country Bumpkins?	20
	Unite or Die	22
	Spies!	24
	One if by Land, Two if by Sea	26
	The Shot Heard 'Round the World	28
	Don't Fire Until You See the Whites of Their Eyes!	30
	Women at War	32
	The Declaration of Independence	35
	Liberty!	36
	Index	39