A U.S. Independence Time Capsule: Artifacts of the Nation's Beginnings

by Natalie Fowler

Overview

If the founding fathers and mothers of the United States had built a time capsule to tell the story of the nation's beginnings, what artifacts would be packed inside? Tea leaves, a lantern, yellowed documents, and more tell a part of the story of the colonists' fight for independence. In this Time Capsule History book, readers can examine primary sources of the Revolutionary Era to explore this exciting moment in history!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496666284
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/08/2020
Series:	Time Capsule History
Pages:	48
Sales rank:	492,715
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	950L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

About the Author

Once an attorney, now Natalie Fowler is an author, freelance editor and paranormal investigator. Natalie is a member of Ghost Stories Ink, a paranormal investigative team that goes on ghost hunts in search of creative inspiration. The team has conducted investigations from Los Angeles to Manhattan. Natalie serves as the group’s historian and researcher. Natalie is a staff editor and regular contributor for FATE Magazine, the longest running paranormal magazine featuring stories of the strange and unknown. Her published works include Monsters of the Midwest, a collection of reported monster sightings based on what was reported in newspapers and primary sources going back to the late 1800s. Her most recent published work, The Money Moll, is a short story which was selected for inclusion for the Twin Cities Sisters in Crime anthology, The Dark Side of the Loon.  All of her creative works are inspired by the dark depths of history. Natalie lives in St. Paul, Minnesota with her husband and three children.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction 4

Chapter 2 The Colonization Of America 6

Chapter 3 Rising Tensions 10

Chapter 4 The Revolutionary War 23

Chapter 5 Creating a New Government 34

More About the Artifacts 44

Glossary 46

Read More 47

Internet Sites 47

Index 48

Interviews

Uses primary and historical sources from the past to study and analyze historical events; Includes 12 or more primary sources, as related to the topic; Focuses on the Historical Sources and Evidence section of the C3 Framework for Social Studies