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BL
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| Record Number
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971026
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b725396
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| Main Entry
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Conklin, Wendy.
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| Title & Author
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Early congresses /\ Wendy Conklin.
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| Publication Statement
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Huntington Beach, CA :: Teacher Created Materials,, [©2005]
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| Series Statement
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Primary source readers
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (24 pages) :: illustrations (some color), color map
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| ISBN
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1433390108
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: 1433395894
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: 9781433390104
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: 9781433395895
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| Contents
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Cover; Shell Education; Title Page; Table of Contents; Paving the Way; A Taste of Freedom; Taxation Without Representation; Bringing the Colonies Together; The First Continental Congress; One Last Chance; Independence or Not?; The Declaration of Independence; Congress Chooses a Commander in Chief; Articles of Confederation; Constitutional Convention; Glossary.
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As Great Britain taxed the colonists without representation, the colonists became angry. Groups of men in the colonies began writing to each other about this unfair treatment. These spirited men became the first congress and led the colonies to declare their independence.
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United States., (1787)
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Constitutional Convention (United States : 1787)
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Constitutional history-- United States, Juvenile literature.
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Constitutional law-- United States, Juvenile literature.
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Constitutional history.
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Constitutional law.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION-- Social Science-- General.
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United States, History, Constitutional period, 1789-1809, Juvenile literature.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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342.7302/9
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| LC Classification
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E303.C66 2005eb
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