Life in colonial Boston
By: Jennifer Blizin Gillis.
Series: Picture the past
Publisher: Heinemann Library
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Juvenile literature.; Boston (Mass.) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Juvenile literature.; Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Boston (Mass.) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: An overview of everyday life in the busy port city of Boston between 1760 and 1773, including the changes that came as colonists began to resent the trade restrictions and taxes imposed upon them by England.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.
Table of contents: title: Boston begins; title: Busy port; title: Rich town; title: Jobs; title: Children; title: Schools; title: Homes; title: Free time; title: Clothes; title: Food and drink; title: Changes in Boston; title: Spreading the news; title: The Boston Tea Party; title: Boston today.