| Introduction | 10 |
| What was life like before the Revolution? | 12 |
| What did colonial people look like? | 14 |
| What were colonial houses like? | 17 |
| What started the Revolution? | 18 |
| Who were the Loyalists? | 23 |
| Who were the Patriots? | 27 |
| Did everyone in the colonies take sides? | 29 |
| How would your life have changed after the Declaration of Independence? | 32 |
| What happened to Loyalist families after the Declaration? | 35 |
| How could you tell who was a Patriot? | 36 |
| How could you tell who was a Loyalist? | 40 |
| If your family sided with the Patriots, how did you support the war? | 41 |
| If your family sided with the Loyalists, how did you support the war? | 42 |
| Would you have seen a battle? | 45 |
| Did any women or children fight in the Continental Army? | 46 |
| Was it hard to get money during the war? | 48 |
| How did people get food and clothes? | 50 |
| How did you go shopping in the city? | 52 |
| Did you go to school if your family supported the Patriots? | 54 |
| Why didn't girls go to school as much as boys? | 57 |
| Did you go to school if your family supported the Loyalists? | 59 |
| How did you get news about the war and what was happening in the other colonies? | 60 |
| Who were the famous Patriots? | 64 |
| Who were the famous Loyalists? | 70 |
| What useful things were invented during the war? | 72 |
| What words and expressions came from life during the American Revolution? | 73 |
| What ended the war? | 74 |
| How did life change for the Loyalists after the war? | 76 |
| How did life change for the Patriots after the war? | 77 |
| Author's Note | 80 |