Discusses how and why American colonist protested high taxes from Great Britain by dumping tea in the Boston Harbor in 1773. Essential Events explores historic happenings around the globe and how those events have sculpted societies, the sciences, and politics.

Describes the events when a small barn fire ignited into one of the greatest urban disasters in U.S. history. Essential Events explores historic happenings around the globe and how those events have sculpted societies, the sciences, and politics.

Describes the events leading up to and including the exploration and settlement of places which became driving forces in the expansion of America. Essential Events explores historic happenings around the globe and how those events have sculpted societies, the sciences, and politics.

Explores the 1929 Stock Market Crash and how that event has sculpted societies, the sciences, and politics. Essential Events explores historic happenings around the globe and how those events have sculpted societies, the sciences, and politics.

Explores the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and how that event has sculpted societies, the sciences, and politics. Essential Events explores historic happenings around the globe and how those events have sculpted societies, the sciences, and politics.

A look at the famous court case Brown v. the Board of Education.

Explores the Lewis and Clark Expedition and how that event has sculpted societies, the sciences, and politics. Essential Events explores historic happenings around the globe and how those events have sculpted societies, the sciences, and politics.

Photographs and text offer a detailed chronology of the events of September 11, 2001, in which the largest terrorist attack on American soil was carried out, changing the country, and the world, forever.

This title examines an important historic event, the Dust Bowl. Readers will learn the history of the United States leading up to the Dust Bowl, key players and happenings in the Dust Bowl, and the event's effect on society. Color photos, detailed maps, and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Events is...