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1) Jamestown: New World adventure

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Two English children are told the story of their grandfather's experiences as one of the original Jamestown colonists of 1607.

2) Boston Tea Party: rebellion in the colonies

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Knight, James E

Pub. Date

c1982

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A Boston merchant describes the American colonists' act of protest against British taxation and the tea monopoly of the East India Company.

3) The winter at Valley Forge: survival and victory

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Knight, James E

Pub. Date

c1982

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A soldier chronicles the harsh winter colonial soldiers, led by General George Washington, spend at Valley Forge during the American Revolution.

4) The village: life in colonial times

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Knight, James E

Pub. Date

c1982

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Describes the lives and occupations of the inhabitants of an early eighteenth-century New Jersey farming village.

5) Seventh and Walnut: life in colonial Philadelphia

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Knight, James E

Pub. Date

c1982

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A night watchman who is also the town crier in colonial Philadelphia talks about the daily life in the city, its leading citizens, and important landmarks as he shows a visitor to Chestnut Street.

6) Salem Days

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Knight, James E

Pub. Date

1982

7) Journey to Monticello: traveling in colonial times

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Knight, James E

Pub. Date

c1982

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Follows a young man as he uses different modes of transportation to make the long difficult trip from Massachusetts to Virginia in the spring of 1775.