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The Slackers guide to U.S. history: the bare minimum on discovering America, the Boston Tea Party, the California gold rush, and lots of other stuff dead white guys did

By Don , Pfeiffer , John; Stewart

Book information

Publisher
Adams Media
Year
2009
ISBN
978-1-44050-439-6, 1440504393, 1-60550-346-0, 978-1-60550-346-2
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3064652 bytes)
Pages
258\0
Time added
2019-09-25 00:18:43
United States;History;Humor;United States;HISTORY

Description

Combining current pop culture references and accessible historical information, this satirical book catches readers up on what they slept through in History 101. Abstract: Combining current pop culture references and accessible historical information, this satirical book catches readers up on what they slept through in History 101 Content: Cover Book Title Copyright Acknowledgments Contents Introduction 1492 Columbus Discovers America 1587 The Lost Colony of Roanoke 1619 Slavery Comes to America 1620 The Pilgrims Land on Plymouth Rock 1626 Purchase of Manhattan 1681 Pennsylvania and the Quakers 1692-1693 The Salem Witch Trials 1754-1763 The French and Indian War 1773 The Boston Tea Party 1775 Patrick Henry's Call to Arms 1775 Paul Revere's Midnight Ride 1775-1783 The Revolutionary War 1776 The Declaration of Independence 1787 The Constitution 1787 The Three-Fifths Compromise.

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