Vivid full-color illustrations and a question-and-answer text
bring to life traditional life, customs, and everyday worlds in
this series covering a rich range of historical events, eras,
and peoples. Meticulous research, accuracy of detail, and facts
told from a child's perspective convey what it was like to live
in another time. Basic concepts of history are made meaningful
through details of daily life, putting young readers into the
middle of the action. This book depicts a slice of life during
the early 1770s, before the famous American Revolution, when the
United States only existed as 13 colonies. They were all in the
Eastern part of the country and all of them were still ruled by
England. The colony of Williamsburg, Virginia became one of the
most prosperous of these colonies due to it's mild southern
weather and rich soil. Customer Questions & Answers: