![]() Much of the story is slightly irreverent, which naturally appeals to children. Thompson uses a jocular storytelling format to convey information, and I found myself enjoying listening to this book as much as the kids. This book is a wonderful introduction to the foundations of American history. I picked up the Audible edition of this book (as well as the others in the series) during a sale, and my girls and I listened to it while we were driving around during all of our after-school activities. Guts & Glory: The American Revolution was written by Ben Thompson. ![]() Originally posted on You Have Your Hands Full Know Your Founding Fathers ( and Mothers!) The Noble Turkey // Monroe Is The Guy Holding The Flag // Von Steuben Day - Ferris Bueller's Day Off // Guts & Glory History MET ALONG THE WAY // Founding Fathers & Mothers and The Colonists ![]() This made Sam Adams pretty righteously angry, and he was going to make sure every single person in Boston realized that this stamp Act & Sugar Act nonsense was the most horrible thing that had ever happened in the history of the civilized world. There he wrote his thesis paper about why it should be totally ok if the colonies didn't want to listen to every dumb thing that King George III of England said. Not Plymouth Rock.Īnd home field advantage can make all the difference. The first English settlement in the New World was actually Jamestown, Virginia in 1607. Okay, yeah, I will write a letter to the dang king of England telling him to suck lemons. Three may keep a Secret, if two of them are dead. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, “that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States. Yesterday, the greatest question was decided, which ever was debated in America, and a greater, perhaps, never was nor will be decided among men. We have too many high sounding words and too few actions that correspond with them.Īrnold's expedition has been marked with such scenes of misery that it requires a stretch of faith to believe that human nature was equal to them. Powder is scarce and must not be wasted.Do not fire until you seethe whites of their eyes. And fired the shot heard round the world. We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.Īs our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men.Īmong the natural rights of the Colonists are these: First, a right to life Secondly, to liberty Thirdly, to property together with the right to support and defend them in the best manner they can.īy the rude bridge that arched the flood. It is not in the still calm of life, or in the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed. ![]() The Tree Of Liberty Must Be Refreshed From Time To Time With The Blood Of Patriots And Tyrants. I'm sure he joins me in hoping that some kids actually do this, and learn even more. In some instances he phonetically spells out certain words kids may be unfamiliar with in other places, he encourages them to go look up a pronunciation or a meaning. The author explains a lot of things by using current pop culture references, which may not wear well, but if, for a few years at least, it helps kids relate to long-ago events, I'm all for it. I also learned about British bad guy Banastre Tarleton, who I'd never heard of before. It turns out that Spain was also one of America's allies in the Revolutionary War (I did not know that!), and the town of Galveston, Texas is named after Spanish Admiral Bernardo de Galvez who captured British Forts in Alabama and Florida. Still, I learned some things I didn't know, which is one of the main reasons I read books in the first place. I find the American Revolution fascinating, and I read this book to see how it worked as basically an introduction to the subject for elementary age kids.īecause it covers so many battles and so many personalities, it doesn't go into a lot of depth. Although initially I didn't much care for the "Hey, dude, that humongous battle was totally awesome" verbiage used throughout this book, in the end I was won over by the author's knowledge of and enthusiasm for his subject.
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