TY - GEN AU - Frey, Wendy TI - How the US Government Came to Be SN - 9781410507259 PB - Start to Finish Library KW - Goverment KW - US History KW - Alternate Formats KW - Audio Book KW - CD-ROM KW - Paperback N1 - Start-to-Finish: Core Content (Blue) The Start-to-Finish Core Content collection offers age-appropriate, multi-format informational text to build comprehension skills for content mastery. The Start-to-Finish Blue Core Content books offer 4th-5th grade readability and each set contains a paperback book, a computer CD ROM book, an audio book and a reference guide. NOTE: A portable USB DVD writer is available for loan if your computer system does not have a CD/DVD drive. On July 4, 1776, a small group of American rebels changed history. On that day, American leaders voted in favor of independence from Great Britain. Their vote was the first step toward creating a new country — the United States of America. But Americans still had to decide what kind of country they wanted. What arguments did they have? How did they settle their differences? What kind of government did they create, and why? And what had to be done to bring equal rights to all Americans? In this book, you’ll learn about the U.S. government by discovering how it all began ER -