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  • The Thirteen Colonies - South Carolina

    Christina M. Girod

    Hardcover (Lucent Books, Dec. 14, 2001)
    South Carolina, established to contribute economic wealth to the British empire, enjoyed immense prosperity through its rice and indigo trade during the colonial period. Deep convictions regarding personal property and individual freedoms that developed out of the drive for economic security led South Carolinians to support American independence, but divisions between poorer backcountry farmers and lowland planters led to civil unrest and political disagreements during Revolutionary times.
    U

  • Delaware

    Stuart A. Kallen

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Nov. 1, 2001)
    Discusses the colonization of Delaware and its development before and after the American Revolution.
    Q

  • The Scoop on School and Work in Colonial America

    Bonnie Jean Hinman, Samuel B. Hoff PhD

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2012)
    Travel back to a time when: Navigation was a common elementary school course. Doctors didn’t need a college education. Step into the lives of the colonists, and get the scoop on school and work in colonial America.
    U

  • The Thirteen Colonies - New York

    Adam Woog

    Hardcover (Lucent Books, Sept. 27, 2001)
    The colony of New York, with its vital waterways, vast forests, and strategic location, was one of the most important of all the Thirteen Colonies. It was the site of About one-third of the Revolutionary War's battles, and its chief city served as our nation's first capital.
    U

  • Rhode Island

    Andrew A. Kling

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Nov. 1, 2001)
    Discusses how Rhode Island became part of the thirteen colonies, highlights the experiences of the settlers of the area, and summarizes details about the colonial lifestyle during the Revolution.
    Q

  • The Maryland Colony

    Jean Kinney Williams, Eric Gilg

    Library Binding (The Childs World Inc, Aug. 1, 2003)
    Relates the history of the Colony of Maryland from its founding by Cecil Calvert in 1634 to its statehood in 1788 and donation of land and money for the new nation's capital in 1791.
    M

  • The Maryland Colony

    Dennis Brindell Fradin

    Library Binding (Children's Press (CT), Sept. 15, 1990)
    Examines the history of Maryland, from its colonization by England to the early years of its statehood. Includes brief biographical sketches of key figures.
    X

  • The Massachusetts Colony

    Barbara A. Somervill, Marla Miller

    Library Binding (The Childs World Inc, Dec. 1, 2003)
    Traces the history of Massachusetts from 8000 B.C. when hunter-gatherer clans traveled there, through more than 150 years as a European colony, to 1788 when it became the sixth state in the Union.
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  • The Thirteen Colonies

    Dennis B. Fradin

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 2000)
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  • The New York Colony

    Barbara A. Somervill

    Library Binding (The Childs World Inc, Oct. 1, 2003)
    Traces the history of New York State from the hunting of woolly mammoths 11,000 years ago to the explorations of Hudson, Verrazano, and Champlain, to its ratification as the eleventh state in 1788.
    Q

  • The Georgia Colony

    Marc Davis, Eric Gilg

    Library Binding (The Childs World Inc, Oct. 1, 2003)
    Discusses the history of the Georgia colony, from its original Native American inhabitants to its statehood,
    Q

  • Massachusetts

    Lydia D. Bjornlund

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Aug. 1, 2001)
    Discusses the founding and history of Massachusetts, daily life and the people, its role in the American Revolution, and the establishment of the new nation.
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