You can search Grolier Online for information on your Pre-revolutionary war topic. Grolier articles have citations at the end that are in MLA format. Therefore, you can use the Quick Citation feature of NoodleTools which allows you to copy and paste the citation. Remember to view the web links that accompany your article for more information. If you use the information from the web link, you will create a NoodleTools citation for it. Citation type will be webpage.
Use the web sites below that Mr. Cooper found to gather more information about some of the events that led to the American revolution.
Below are the subscription databases that will have information for your Pre-revolutionary war research. You may search the individual "Acts" of the Brtish parliament. If you are accessing these databases from home you will need the passwords. The articles in US History in Context have citations at the end that are already in MLA format. Therefore you may simply copy and paste them into NoodleTools using the Quick Citation feature. Go to the library and ask for the "At Home" sheet.
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Here's the widget for Follett Destiny, the Manheim Township Middle School library OPAC. Login using your school username and password. When you are searching, remember that you can search by the name of the person, battle or topic. The easiest way to search is by subject. If nothing appears, check your spelling. If the spelling is correct, then try a keyword search. Remember that you only want non-fiction books. You can create a Resource List by adding titles that you want by clicking the "Add to this list" button. Once you have added all of those titles, click on Resource List on the left hand side of the screen to see your titles. You can then print the list or it is saved automatically in your Destiny account.
You may use these links to reach some very useful resources.