Early congresses
By: Wendy Conklin
Series: Primary source readers; Primary source readers
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Huntington Beach, CA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9781433390104
Subjects: Constitutional history; United States; JUVENILE NONFICTION; Constitutional law; Social Science; United States. Constitutional Convention (1787); History; Juvenile literature; General
Description: As Great Britain taxed the colonists without representation, the colonists became angry. Groups of men in the colonies began writing to each other about this unfair treatment. These spirited men became the first congress and led the colonies to declare their independence.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Shell Education; Title Page; Table of Contents; Paving the Way; A Taste of Freedom; Taxation Without Representation; Bringing the Colonies Together; The First Continental Congress; One Last Chance; Independence or Not?; The Declaration of Independence; Congress Chooses a Commander in Chief; Articles of Confederation; Constitutional Convention; Glossary.