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CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE The United States Is Born 4 CHAPTER TWO Home Sweet Home 12 CHAPTER THREE School Days 20 CHAPTER FOUR A Day’s Work 28 CHAPTER FIVE Time for Fun 36 A Day in the Life 42 Stop and Think 44 Glossary 46 Learn More 47 Index 48 About the Author 48
5 It’s April 18 1775 in Charlestown Massachusetts A rattling outside your bedroom window wakes you up You tiptoe to the window The moon is bright and you can see two men across the street A brown horse dances between the men its hooves striking the cobblestones on the street British troops entered Boston Massachusetts in the 1770s to enforce taxes and laws put in place by Great Britain THE UNITED STATES IS BORN CHAPTER ONE
