- Archiving Early America - Primary
source material from 18th Century America, including a unique array
of original newspapers, maps, and writings.
- Backdraft: The
Fire Engine in the Colonial Community - This PBS electronic field
trip lets elementary school students explore civic duty, health and
safety issues, and the trades that created the 18th Century fire engine.
- The Bubble Project
- Collaborative project on the South Sea Bubble Crisis (the stock market
crash of 1720), which impacted lives in England, and the American Colonies.
- Colonial
America - Learn about the history of the 13 colonies, colonial currency
and religion, through photographs and manuscripts from the Library of
Congress.
- Colonial
America Discussion Port - This forum is devoted to the light-hearted
discussion of all aspects of life in Colonial America, including live
chat room.
- Colonial
America Newspapers - Information about the beginning of newspapers
in the colonies, beginning with the first one published in 1690 (Benjamin
Harris' Publick Occurrences), which lasted only one issue before being
suppressed.
- Colonial
America Resources - Electronic copies of Poor Richard's Almanac,
and other materials from 1700's.
- Colonial
America Scavenger Hunt - Project has 35 questions about colonial
life, complete with links to a web site with the answer. Designed for
students, with links leading to information about colonial justice,
trades, education, medicine, slavery, government, and food.
- Colonial
America to 1775 - Listings of 18th Century history at About.com.
- Colonial American Gazette
- A site devoted to a holistic study of the culture and society of Colonial
America.
- Colonial Hall: Biographies
of America's Founding Fathers - Learn early American history through
excerpts from the 1829 book.
- Colonial North
America (1492-1763) - A tutorial from the University of Calgary
addressing different periods of early North American history.
- Cultural
Readings: Colonization and Print in the Americas - An exhibition
of books, manuscripts, illustrations, and maps from the Penn Library.
- The Early
America Review - A journal of fact and opinion on the people, issues
and events of 18th Century America.
- Education in
Colonial America - Education, literacy and schools in Colonial America
from Gettysburg College.
- Exploring
the West from Monticello - Exhibition of maps and navigational artifacts
from Columbus to the Lewis and Clark expedition at the University of
Virginia.
- Firefighting
In Colonial America - Historical information about early attempts
at firefighting in America, traced all the way back to Jamestown, Virginia,
the first permanent English settlement in the New World.
- Flowerdew Hundred - One the
earliest colonial land grants in North America, Flowerdew Hundred now
showcases material culture collections, exhibits, and education programs.
- Fourth of
July Celebrations Database - From American University, selected
examples of Independence Day celebrations throughout US history.
- Historic Object and Image - Images
of the material culture of Early America. Through visual presentation
of architecture, decorative arts, and lifestyle, we offer a unique glimpse
into our collective past.
- History
Social Science Schoolhouse - Learn about daily life in colonial
times by researching schools and education during this era.
- The Liberty Tree - A
broad-based site celebrating the American spirit, especially during
the Revolution. There are also personal writings, and movie reviews.
- Maps
of Colonial America - Hargrett Library Rare Maps listings of colonial
America.
- The Mayflower
Page - Extensive historical data, including passenger list, crew,
documents, crime and punishments on board, and pilgrim writings.
- Moody, Lady Deborah
- Biographical information about the only woman to plan and direct a
permanent settlement in colonial America, at Long Island.
- Mourt's Relation
- Describes in detail the first year at Plymouth, from the pilgrims
landing to the arrival of the ship Fortune.
- New Netherland Project - Its primary
objective is to complete the transcription, translation, and publication
of all Dutch documents in New York repositories relating to the seventeenth-century
colony of New Netherland.
- Noah
Webster Discussion Port - Forum for discussing the life and works
of Noah Webster.
- Our
Country Vol 1 - Online version of this text about colonial America,
published in the 1800s.
- The People of Colonial
Albany Live Here - Interactive web exhibit of the Colonial Albany
Social History Project, a model community history program sponsored
by the New York State Museum.
- Politics
and Policy: Architronic - North American city planning by the British
during the Colonial period from 1660-1710.
- Schooling,
Education, and Literacy in Colonial America - Includes a map of
Colonial educational institutions.
- Securing
the Leg Irons: Restriction of Legal Rights for Slaves - Slavery
in early America's colonies (1625-1791). 'Seeds of Servitude Rooted
in The Civil Law of Rome', by Charles P.M. Outwin.
- Slave Movement
During the 18th and 19th Centuries - Information on slave movement
and the slave trade of the 18th and 19th centuries at the DPLS Archive.
- Society of Early
Americanists - Devoted to the exchange of ideas and information
about America prior to 1800. Includes library of texts and images, as
well as information about recent publications.
- Spanish Colonial Military Artifacts
- Exhibition and interpretation of ca. 1650-1821 Spanish colonial military
artifacts from the former Spanish Floridas and Louisiana. Emphasis is
on such uniform-related materials as buttons, buckles, and insignia.
- Squantum (Squanto) and
Cupids - The life story of Squantum (Squanto), a native american
who helped the Pilgrim Fathers.
- Trade in
Colonial America - Understanding the colonial economy, presented
by ECONnections.
- What Did the Colonists
Eat? - A discussion of early foodstuffs at Jamestown by the Association
for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
- The
Wyoming Valley Massacre of 1757 - The story describes a violent
episode during Colonial America, and the history was written by a descendant
of massacre victims, not a historian.
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