If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution

In April of 1775 the first shots were fired in a war that became known as the American Revolution. During the war a new country was born—the United States of America.

• What started the American Revolution?
  
• Did everyone take sides?
  
• Would you have seen a battle?

Before 1775, thirteen colonies in America belonged to England. This book tells about the fight to be free and independent. It tells what it was like to be a Patriot, who supported the war, or a Loyalist, who did not want to break away from England.