Connecticut1614-1776
- 作者
- 出版社 NationalGeographicSocietyChildren's
- 出版时间 2007年8月
- ISBN 9781426300684
- 定价 173.30
内容简介
TheConstitutionState.LandofSteadyHabits.TheProvisionState.Connecticuthasmanynames,eachacolorfulinsightintothehistoryofthisstubborn,gutsyNewEnglandstate.Eyewitnessaccounts,livelynarrative,andarchivalimagestakereadersbacktoConnecticut'sformativeyears.LearnhowtheÞrstwitchcrafttrialandexecutioninNorthAmericatookplacetherein1647;howaquestfornewopportunitiesandmorereligiousfreedomleadMassachusettssettlerstofoundConnecticutColonyinthefertilevalleyalongtheQuinnehtukqutRiver;whyThomasHooker'sFundamentalOrders,America'sfirstwrittenconstitution,wasadapted;andhowhardworkand"Yankeeingenuity"producedthebountifulharvestsandthegrowthofmanufacturingthathelpedwintheRevolutionaryWar..
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