Recounts the events leading up to the colonists' defiant act against the British known as the Boston Tea Party, which ultimately climaxed in the American Revolution.
Describes the encampment of the Revolutionary Army at Valley Forge and recounts how the soldiers survived a winter of hardship to continue the war against the British
Recounts the origins of the California gold discovery, describes the difficulties miners found both reaching California and once they got there, and discusses the effect of the gold rush on life in the region