Introduction
How to Use This Book
1773 Through 1775 at a Glance: Loyal Pride Turned to Kindling
LIBER… TEA: The Boston Tea Party, December 17, 1773
At a Glance
Meet Thomas Moore
Liber… tea
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
A War of Words Becomes a War of Bullets: Confrontation at Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775
At a Glance
Meet Reuben Brown
Meet Lt. James Sutherland
A War of Words Becomes a War of Bullets: Reuben Brown's Story
A War of Words Becomes a War of Bullets: Lt. James Sutherland's Story
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Staring into the Whites of Their Eyes: The Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775
At a Glance
Meet Robert Ballard
Staring into the Whites of Their Eyes
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Cordial George: Washington Becomes America's First Commander-in-Chief, July 2, 1775
At a Glance
Meet George Washington
Cordial George
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Friend to Foe: The Alienation of British Soldiers and Boston Residents, 1770–1775
At a Glance
Meet Lieutenant Montgomery Loftsly
Friend to Foe
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
1776 at a Glance: Drums of Glory; Face of Disaster
Children Choose: Friends Torn Apart by Political Loyalties, 1776
At a Glance
Meet Rebecca Vandermeer
Children Choose
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
"United" States: Passing the Declaration of Independence, July 2, 1776
At a Glance
Meet Andrew McNair
"United" States
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Disaster by Any Other Name…: The Battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776
At a Glance
Meet Colonel Samuel Atlee
Disaster by Any Other Name.
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Revolution or Redcoats?: New Jersey Indecision, 1776
At a Glance
Meet Charity Kosterman
Revolution or Redcoats?
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Victory or Death: Battle of Trenton, December 26, 1776
At a Glance
Meet Marcus Raymond Stanton and Oliver Cromwell
Victory or Death
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
1777 at a Glance: The Best and Worst of Times
You Go, Girl!: Women Take up the War, Groton, Massachusetts, 1777
At a Glance
Meet Virginia Wright
You Go, Girl!
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
I'm an American, Too: Staying Neutral, 1777
At a Glance
Meet Gregory McDowell
I'm an American, Too
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Citizen Soldiers Meet British Regulars: The Battle of Freeman's Farm, September 19, 1777
At a Glance
Meet William Slater
Citizen Soldiers Meet British Regulars
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Kill Them with Kindness: British Occupation of Philadelphia, September 1777 to June 1778
At a Glance
Meet Lydia Darragh
Kill Them with Kindness
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Red Snow, Leather Stew: Winter at Valley Forge, December 1777 to April 1778
At a Glance
Meet Abigail Trenton
Red Snow, Leather Stew
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
1778 at a Glance: The Armies Are Stalemated While the Frontier Burns
Red, White, and Betsy: Women in Business During the War, 1778
At a Glance
Meet Elizabeth Griscom Ross
Red, White, and Betsy
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Home-Fire Heroes: Life Away from the War, Summer 1778
At a Glance
Meet Emily Maitens
Home-Fire Heroes
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Water and Fire!: The Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey, June 28, 1778
At a Glance
Meet Mary Ludwig Hays
Water and Fire!
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
War Paint: Indian Fighting on the Western Frontier, 1778–1779
At a Glance
Meet Red Jacket
Meet Jane Young
War Paint
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
1779 at a Glance: The Land War Stagnates; the Seas Catch Fire
Patriotic Plunder: The American Privateer Navy and the Battle of Penobscot Bay, September 1779
At a Glance
Meet Israel Trask
Patriotic Plunder
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Patriot Son, Tory Traitor: Patriot Versus Tory Battles in Upstate New York, 1779
At a Glance
Meet Hugh McDonald
Patriot Son, Tory Traitor
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
"I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight!": Naval Battle Between the Bonhomme Richard and the Serapis, September 23, 1779
At a Glance
Meet Jeremiah Cottles
"I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight!"
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
1780 at a Glance: Southern Blood Must Flow
Which Road to Freedom?: The Dilemma of Southern Slaves, 1780–1781
At a Glance
Meet Darcy Montclair
Which Road to Freedom?
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Swamp Fox Hunt: Southern Patriot Guerrilla Fighters, 1780–1781
At a Glance
Meet Francis Marion
Swamp Fox Hunt
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Revolutionary Revenge: Brutal Southern Civil War, 1779–1782
At a Glance
Meet Isaiah McPhearson and Jake Dawkins
Revolutionary Revenge
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Pigtail Spy: Southern Spies, 1781
At a Glance
Meet Betsy Drowdy
Pigtail Spy
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
1781 Through 1783 at a Glance: Did We Win?
Free and Equal: Northern Slavery, 1781
At a Glance
Meet Elizabeth Freeman
Free and Equal
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Surrendering to a Woman: Fighting along the Hudson River, 1782
At a Glance
Meet Deborah Sampson
Surrendering to a Woman
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
A Fearful Farewell: Loaylists Flee for Their Lives, 1782
At a Glance
Meet Vivian Vanderslice
A Fearful Farewell
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Alone, Broke, and Forgotten: A Soldier's Farewell to the Army, April 1782
At a Glance
Meet Marcus Raymond Stanton and Oliver Cromwell
Alone, Broke, and Forgotten
Aftermath
Follow-up Questions and Activities
Glossary of Terms and Definitions
References
Index