Reviews for History of U.s. From Colonies to Country

The average rating for History of U.s. From Colonies to Country based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-01-09 00:00:00 Kenneth Duncan An excellent overview of US history at the time & she does a great job discussing what made our Declaration of Independence, Constitution, & Bill of Rights so unique at the time. She also discusses the compromises & personalities. Why did we keep slavery when so many of the Founders opposes it? Compromise. Some knew it would come back to bite us, too. Why didn't women get rights then? Such things are well put into the context of the times & the amount of change that was going on. I think she could have been a little more clear on just how divided the country was on the revolution. She does say that it tore some families apart, but she never mentions the third faction, those who just avoided the issue. That might have been because she was talking up the Revolution & the need for an educated, involved citizenry. Smells a bit like propaganda. Well, this is a book for 10 year olds & mid teens & some idealizing is needed. She didn't do a lot of that & showed off many warts. It's a pretty fantastic bit of history writing. As she said, a lot of important details were left out, but she gives great overviews & usually just enough detail to nail it down. At the end, there's a timeline & a reading of the important documents, although she covered them pretty well in the main text. Highly recommended for ages 10 & up. That includes adults. I was never bored & she hit some points I hadn't thought of for a long time. Very well narrated.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-05-09 00:00:00 Reginald Hershey Read this US history series to your kids- middle schoolers and teens! Read it for yourself! If there's a better book series for learning US History, I haven't seen it yet!