02506cam a2200397 i 4500 502645817 TxAuBib 20210521120000.0 160309s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016011713 9780448486925 paperback 044848692X paperback (OCoLC)918994971 TxAuBib rda Harris, Michael C., 1978- What is the Declaration of Independence? : What Was Series / Michael C. Harris ; illustrated by Jerry Hoare. Declaration of Independence. New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2016] 108 pages : illustrations, maps, paperback ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier What was What was--? no2013062058 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2013062058 Includes bibliographical references (page 108). What is the Declaration of independence? -- A battle for America -- Taxes and more taxes -- Blood in Boston -- The Boston Tea Party -- The First Continental Congress -- The shot heard round the world -- The king must go -- Declaring freedom -- The United States of America is born -- What happened to the signers? -- The declaration today. "On a hot summer day near Philadelphia in 1776, Thomas Jefferson sat at his desk and wrote furiously until early the next morning. He was drafting the Declaration of Independence, a document that would sever this country's ties with Britain and announce a new nation--The United States of America. Colonists were willing to risk their lives for freedom, and the Declaration of Independence made that official. Discover the true story of one of the most radical and uplifting documents in history and follow the action that fueled the Revolutionary War"-- Provided by publisher. Accelerated Reader 6.2 1.0 182534. 20210521. United States Declaration of Independence Juvenile literature. United States Declaration of Independence. United States Politics and government 1775-1783 Juvenile literature. Hoare, Jerry, illustrator. What was. What was--? no2013062058 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2013062058.