1776 The Legacy of Freedom (5th ed.)

1776: Gifts from the American Revolution is an illuminating yet condensed history of The United States of America starting with the Puritan's arrival in 1620 at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts. As well as covering our Revolution and the creation of the Constitution the book also devotes separate chapters to Blacks and slavery, and to Native Americans and their Trail of Tears across the continent. As well, Hispanics, who also have not had it easy, were here in the Southwest before 1620 and are cov