Life in Colonial Boston

by Jennifer Blizin Gillis

Book Overview

This book tells about life in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1760 to 1773. Boston was one of the largest cities in the thirteen colonies of Great Britain. At first, the people who live in Boston copied the way things were done in Britain. But as time passed, they grew unhappy with the fact that they did not make their own laws. By the 1760s, Bostonians felt they were paying too many taxes to Britain. They felt they had no say in how their colony was...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403437955
• ISBN13: 9781403437952
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.0" x 10.6"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4