This series presents the important events and people that shaped United States history through interesting text and historically accurate photos and drawings. Each book includes a supplemental section on important dates and people, and suggestions for finding more information.

Describes the Boston Massacre, the event when the American colonists believed that they had been treated and taxed unfairly for years by Great Britain, leading to a clashing with British troops. Written in graphic-novel format.

This work shows how Buddhism has been as deeply affected by America as America has been affected by it. Buddhism is one of the world's oldest and most widely-practiced faiths, but in America it has a relatively short history. This work explores how Asian immigrants have brought Buddhism to America.

The influence of the Roman Empire has been widespread and profound, perhaps more so than any other empire or civilization. This volume covers the growth of Rome as a republic, the political and social forces that drove the transition to a dictatorship of Caesars, the reasons for Rome's decline, and what happened to the remnants of the empire.

The United States is truly a nation of immigrants. Spanning the time from when the Europeans first came to the New World, this book conveys the excitement of these stories to young people. It highlights the themes, people, places, and events that were important to each immigrant group.

In order to fully understand American history, it is essential to know that for nearly two centuries, Americans bought imported Africans and kept them and their descendants in bondage in the 13 colonies and the United States. Slavery lasted so long and controlled so many lives that its sad legacy is still felt today. It is extremely difficult to grasp many aspects of today's United States without learning about slavery's role in people's lives and its development through the years. The new six-volume

With Christopher Columbus's voyages to the New World, Spain became a major power in South and Central America, then tried to expand into what is now the United States. The Spanish Conquest of America: Prehistory to 1775 follows early explorations in the Western Hemisphere, the founding of the first European colony in the U.S., Spain's expansion, conflicts with Great Britain and France, and the founding of the missions of California.

The influence of the Roman Empire has been widespread and profound, perhaps more so than that of any other empire or civilization. This title opens with a brief summary of the Roman Empire and provides an account of the world and geographic area in the years leading up to the empire.

Under the leadership of Chinggis Khan and his descendants in the 13th century, the Mongols quickly built an empire that stretched from Korea to eastern Europe. This title details how the Mongols were able to sweep so swiftly and so effectively across the Asian steppes and establish a great empire - and why, it was an empire they could not control.

In the 1930s, Americans faced one of the biggest crises ever to hit the country. During the Great Depression, the stock market crash caused banks to close and many companies to go out of business. Millions of people lost their jobs and homes during a time when the government wasn't equipped to pick up the pieces. Will you: March on Washington, D.C., as a veteran member of the Bonus Army? Leave your home to find a better life by riding the rails? Help rebuild the country as a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps?