18th century

When fourteen-year-old pickpocket John Jacob Turnstile is offered a life at sea as a captain's personal valet instead of prison, he embarks on a voyage to Tahiti aboard the "Bounty, " and when the crew falls in love with the island woman, they stage a mutiny.

Text and cartoon illustrations introduce the Enlightenment, discussing the writings of Diderot, Voltaire, Rousseau, and other Western thinkers of the eighteenth century.

Cultural history of the period of the French Revolution discussing a vast array of cultural activities such as painting, music, fiction, and theater.

Provides accounts of the winters of 1776-77 and 1777-78, telling of the difficult conditions endured by the soldiers of the Continental Army, and how their courage, coupled with the leadership of General George Washington, helped them stay the course toward independence.

At the dawn of the eighteenth century, Nancy Kington and Minerva Sharpe, set sail from Jamaica on a pirate vessel, hoping to escape from an arranged marriage and slavery.

An overview of everyday life from 1639-1760 in New France, an area which included parts of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Quebec, as well as parts of several states in what is now the United States.

An overview of everyday life in the busy port city of Boston between 1760 and 1773, including the changes that came as colonists began to resent the trade restrictions and taxes imposed upon them by England.