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The Fight for a New Nation

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Book meta-data
  • Reading Box: Bronze (Levels 31)
  • Year: Five
  • Fiction/Nonfiction: Non-fiction
  • Theme/Topic: American history, Conflict, Different lands, Discovery, Exploration, Geography, History
  • Genre: Report, Recount
  • Strategy/Skills: Finding Main Ideas, Making Connections, Sequencing, Recognising Bias and Prejudice, Recognising Cause and Effect
  • Page Count: 32
  • Reading Level: 31
  • Item Code: 220049
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  • Curriculum Codes: ACELA1504, ACELA1505, ACELA1797, ACELA1512, ACELA, 1829, ACELT1795, ACELT1610, ACELY1698, ACELY1701, ACELY1702, ACELY1703
Reader Description

On April 18, 1775, the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired in Massachusetts. What led the colonists to stand up to their British rulers and fight for independence?

After you have completed the Reader

Find out how a group named in the text influenced the growing nation. These include the patriots in Massachusetts, the Daughters of Liberty, slaves, the Federal Government of 1789, Native Americans, and African Americans.

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