Product Description: The Boston Tea Party affected so many American minds, hearts, and souls that it helped spawn a new, independent nation whose citizens would govern themselves for the first time in history. On Thursday, December 16, 1773, an estimated seven dozen men, many amateurishly disguised as Indians--then a symbol of freedom--dumped about £10,000 worth of tea in the harbor...read more

The Boston Tea Party affected so many American minds, hearts, and souls that it helped spawn a new, independent nation whose citizens would govern themselves for the first time in history. On Thursday, December 16, 1773, an estimated seven dozen men, many amateurishly disguised as Indians--then a symbol of freedom--dumped about £10,000 worth of tea in the harbor. Whatever their motives at the time, they unleashed a social, political, and economic firestorm that would culminate in the Declaration of Independence two and a half years later. The Boston Tea Party provoked a reign of terror in Boston and other American cities, with Americans inflicting unimaginable barbarities on each other. Tea parties erupted in American cities up and down the colonies. The turmoil stripped tens of thousands of Americans of their dignity, their homes, their properties, and their birthrights--in the name of liberty and independence. Nearly 100,000 Americans left the land of their forefathers forever in what was history's largest exodus of Americans from America. Nonetheless, John Adams called the Boston Tea Party nothing short of ''magnificent.'' And he went on to say that the ''destruction of tea is so bold, so daring, so firm. . . it must have important consequences.'' Ironically, few if any Americans today--even those who call themselves Tea Party Patriots--would be able to name even one of the estimated eighty participants in the original Boston Tea Party. Nor are many Americans aware of the ''important consequences'' of the Tea Party. The acute shortage of tea that followed the Tea Party, of course, helped transform Americans into coffee drinkers, but its effects went far beyond culinary tastes.

Product Description: Known to generations of Americans for his stirring call to arms, ''Give me liberty or give me death,'' Patrick Henry is all but forgotten today as the first of the Founding Fathers to call for independence, the first to call for revolution, and the first to call for a bill of rights...read more

Product Description: Every American Interested in understanding the American character and the American past should read this book. There are vivid history lessons on almost every page. The constitution becomes not merely a brilliant blueprint for governance...read more

Brief entries cover important people, institutions, events, concepts, and teaching methods in American education.

Through personal letters, diaries, and other primary sources, describes the life of America's first president.

Provides concrete, step-by-step information for students who wish to pursue career avenues or educational opportunities other than a four-year college after high school graduation. Original.

Profiles the figure behind the famous signature on the Declaration of Independence, discussing how belief in personal liberty transformed the aristocratic British loyalist into a revolutionary patriot and philanthropist.

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Noah Webster was a truly remarkable man, shrewd, passionate, learned and energetic, God-fearing and patriotic. Mr. Unger has done a fine job reintroducing him to a new generation of Americans. --Washington Times Noah Webster The Life and Times of an American Patriot ""More than a lexicographer, Webster was a teacher, philosopher, author, essayist, orator, political leader, public official, and crusading editor. Webster's life thrust him into every major event of the early history of our nation, from the Revolutionary War to the War of 1812. He touched the lives of the most renowned Americans --and the most obscure. He earned the love and friendship of many, the hatred of some, but the respect of all. Noah Webster helped create far more than an American dictionary; he helped create an American nation."" --from the Prologue In the first major biography of Noah Webster in over sixty years, author Harlow Unger creates an intriguing portrait of the United States as an energetic and confident young country, even when independence was fragile and the future unclear. Harlow Unger brilliantly restores Webster's monumental legacy as a teacher,legislator, philosopher, lawyer, editor, and one of history's most profoundly influential lexicographers. Breathtaking adventure--from the American Revolution to the War of 1812--and masterful scholarship converge in this riveting chronicle of a singularly American intellect. (view table of contents)

Describes a wide variety of careers that can be entered into without a four-year degree and discusses alternative and vocational education and where to get it

Provides a program to help families assess schools and their children's education covering topics such as school vouchers, accreditation, and the academic curriculum

Discusses the advantages of independent private schools, the various types of schools, and what to look for when judging a school, with a list of member schools of the National Association of Independent Schools

Explores the differences between normal learning differences and learning disabilities and offers advice on evaluation and programs (view table of contents)

Gives practical advice on college selection, applications, campus visits, and preparation for interviews (view table of contents)

Chronicles the lives and careers of prominent American educators, including Emma Willard, Horace Mann, Catherine Beecher, Henry Barnard, Mary Lyon, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, and John Dewey

Surveys state education systems, tells how to evaluate local schools, and covers accreditation, facilities, administrative services, and curriculum