Book excerpt: Build literacy skills and social studies content-area knowledge with this nonfiction title! This 6-Pack offers an integrated English language arts approach that specifically addresses California content standards for history-social science, as well as reading, writing, and English language development standards. Students will explore the rising tensions between the colonies and Great Britain. This title examines the ways England tried to control the colonists, including imposing taxes and sending British troops and how the colonies pushed back. This nonfiction book features primary source material throughout, connecting students to past events as they think about historical events more critically. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan that aligns to California's History-Social Science Content Standards.