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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. From the first slaves arriving in Jamestown in 1619, the cotton fields in the Southern States and shipbuilding in New England, to the slaves who laid down their lives in war so that Americans could be free, American Slavery in an Hour covers the breadth of the subject without sacrificing important historical and cultural details. An important and dark time in Black – and American – history,...
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Let's go back in time and look at the big events and changes in culture that made this year so important. This interesting book takes you on a trip through history as it talks about the Civil Rights Movement and its important achievements, like getting the Civil Rights Act passed. Watch the British Invasion and the rise of bands like The Who, The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones. They changed popular music forever. Take a deep dive into the exciting...
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In Complexion of Empire in Natchez, Christian Pinnen examines slavery in the colonial South, using a variety of legal records and archival documents to investigate how bound labor contributed to the establishment and subsequent control of imperial outposts in colonial North America. He examines the dynamic and multifaceted development of slavery in the colonial South and reconstructs the relationships among aspiring enslavers, natives, struggling...
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History Encounters unearths the greatest stories with the major events from Boston Tea Party to expand reader horizons for readers to be best informed. The Boston Tea Party took place at Griffin's Wharf on December 16, 1773. Furious with Britain for "taxation without representation," the Americans dropped 342 British East India Company tea boxes into the bay. It was the first great colony rebellion against British control. It proved to Great Britain...
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A comprehensive history of the Volunteer State's formation, from the prehistoric era to the closing of the frontier in 1840.
This chronicle of the formation of Tennessee from indigenous settlements to the closing of the frontier in 1840 begins with an account of the prehistoric frontiers and a millennia-long habitation by Native Americans. The rest of the book deals with Tennessee's historic period beginning with the incursion of Hernando de Soto's...
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