1776: journals of American independence
By: [compiled by] George Sanderlin.
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: 1968
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.; United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Other titles: Journals of American independence.
Description: Quotations from and interpretations of selected eighteenth-century personal and public documents which illustrate the causes and forecast the coming of the American Revolution. Includes such source material as provisions of the Stamp Act, a report of the Boston Tea Party from a contemporary newspaper, and letters describing war battles from colonial and British points of view.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 245-247.