Road to Revolution: Historic Boston
Social Studies Collection
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24m
In "Historic Boston" students discover how events in that city set the colonies on the road to revolution and independence. Paul Revere never really did proclaim "The British are coming, the British are coming!" Students find out what he really said, and so much more, in this engaging, information-packed video. Archival material, reenactment footage, and commentary from "Paul Revere," bring the events leading up to the Revolutionary War to life.
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