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Subject Headings: Think like a database

Every Database organizes their content in a slightly different way. Here are some examples to get you thinking like a database.

Power Library EBSCO Subject Headings

DE "REVOLUTION, 1775-1783"

DE "AMERICAN Revolutionary War, 1775-1783"

DE "TAXATION -- United States"

AMERICAN Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

BRITISH history, 1760-1789

COLONIES -- America

UNITED States -- Politics & government

TAXATION -- United States

Gale: Research in Context

American Revolution, 1775-1783

British colonialism

American loyalists

Boycotts

British colonialism

Declaration of Rights, 1774

First Continental Congress, 1774

Second Continental Congress, 1775-1781

United Kingdom. American Colonies Acts 1774

United Kingdom. Stamp Act 1765

United Kingdom. Sugar Act 1764

United Kingdom. Tea Act 1773

United Kingdom. Townshend Acts 1767

eLibrary

Topics home > History > United States History > History by Period > 1764-1790 American Revolution > Prelude to War

Armed Conflict (1775)

Boston Tea Party (1773)

First Continental Congress (1774)

Second Continental Congress

• Documents  

Sons of Liberty

Sugar Act (1764)

What key words would be helpful for finding more information out about the Stamp Act?                              

Pyle, Howard (1853-1911) (after). The Mob Attempting to Force a Stamp Officer to Resign, from Harper's Magazine, 1882 (litho). 01 Oct. 2004. Bridgeman. eLibrary. Web. 05 Dec. 2017.