Colonial America Page
American History Sources for Students:
Colonial History
Early Settlements
Colonial Charter, Grants, and Related Documents - primary sources
Roanoke This is a brief chronicle.
The colony at Roanoke - by Ralph Lane written in 1586
The First English Settlement - comprehensive
Religion and the Founding of the American Republic - from the Library of Congress
Literary and Historical Timeline - covers 1600 -1665
A Brief History of Jamestown - part of the rediscovery project
Virtual Jamestown The Jamestown Experience is revealed through primary documents
Drought Played a Major Role in the Jamestown, Lost colony, Tragedies - research from William and Mary College
Pocahontas, John Rolfe, Jamestown and Virginia - excellent links to much primary source material
Mayflower Web Page - interesting information
The Mayflower Good information and great links.
Pilgrim Clothing - It was not just black and white.
The Plymouth colony Archive Project court record, wills, biographies, inventories and more make history come alive through primary sources
The Real Pocahontas Get to know this much fictionalized person.
Captain John Smith This is different than the history books.
Thanksgiving Learn about it in many ways..
Puritanism Learn what they believed.
Anne Hutchinson Courage ahead of her time
The Plymouth Colony Archive Project court records, Colony laws, biographical profiles, probate inventories, wills, and more
Plimoth Plantation - take a walk back in time
A Walking Tour of Plimouth Plantation - good visual information too
Blueberries Have Roots That Go Way Back - good information and a recipe for Sautauthig
Colonial Resources - comprehensive list of many sources
Early American Review - must see 'zine
Close Encounters of the First Kind - excellent primary sources
Anne Hutchinson Who was she?
Colonial Period K-12 Resources - includes unique sources
Chronology On The History Of Slavery, 1619 To 1789 - some hyperlinked extensions give greater depth
Slavery in the American Colonies - background information
Economics of the African Slave Trade - short overview
The Slave Trade - many accounts available
The First Blacks of Portsmouth - came in 1645
Slave Laws - part pf the Virtual Jamestown Project
Abolition - from the Library of Congress
Third Person, First Person - slave narratives from Duke
Georgia Before Oglethorpe little known history 1521 - 1733
Migrations: 1600-1800 - part of a unit of study
The Middle Passage - excellent information leads to understanding of Amistad revolt
The American Colonist's Library of Primary Source Documents - huge resource of excellent and meaningful sources
Other Settlements
English Colonial Era Time line from 1700-1763
New Netherland Project Documents - primary sources
Colonial America - good resource list for many areas of colonial history
COLONIAL USA - historical text archive of primary sources
US History - Colonial Cycle - a hyper linked text
Williamsburg On line - good information about the past and present at Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg Home Page - this is the home page of the excellent Historical Almanak
Guide to Historic Virginia Take a look back into the past.
Life in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia Find out about this colony and its people.
New Netherlands Very complete information.
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William Penn - 4 pages of good information
Excerpts from Slave Narratives - another and different perspective
Slavery in the American Colonies - background information
Fort Morse: Free African Settlement - 1738 settlement for slaves from Carolina
OLD STURBRIDGE VILLAGE Check into their everyday lives.
Colonial Life Family, holidays, jobs and more
Alexandria Archaeology The stories are particularly interesting.
Virtual Museum of New France You will find a wealth of information about early Canada.
Religion and the Founding of the Republic - from the Library of Congress
Study in Early American Currency - each of the colonies issued their own paper money.
The Manners and Customs of Indians of New England - written in 1637 it gives insight into a prevalent view
Colonial Albany - a brief look back
The Thomas Cole Collection - his paintings from the early to mid 1800's five an unique view
The Backwoods of Canada the letters of Catherine Parr puslished n 1836 describe colonial life and travel
Colonial Currency - many visuals and much information
War
King Philip's War This is the first major Indian war in America.
1755 - The French and Indian War good information on soldier lists, documents, and more
Digital History - comprehensive information
Musique of the French and British Forces - great links are also at the bottom of the page
Pontiac's Rebellion - written as a newspaper article
Roger's Rangers
Newspaper Coverage of the French and Indian War Excellent
Sailing to New Amsterdam Learn on this interactive journey.
Colonial Currency - many good links provided
The Salem Trials
Salem Witch Trial Hysteria - good information from National Geographic
Witchcraft in Salem Village - created by the Danvers Archival Center
Salem Witch Trials Chronology - a time line of events
The Salem Witch Trials - contains many primary sources
Verbatim Transcripts of the Legal Documents of the Salem Witchcraft Outbreak of 1692 - from the Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library
Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases, 1648-1706 - primary sources
The Examination and Confession of Ann Foster at Salem Village (1692) - recounting of the confession
Primary Sources - Sources for the Salem Witch Trials.
Primary Documents
The American Colonist's Library - huge collection of diverse documents
Avalon Project-Pre 18th Century - most complete collection
Close Encounters of the First Kind - excellent primary sources
Royal Proclamation of 1763 - tried to stop expansion
Captivity of Jonathan Alder 1773-1849 - transcribed by his son
Indian Captives - gateway to primary and secondary source material
Primary Sources - unique information
On the Misfortune of Indentured Servants - more than 3/4 of 17th c. immigrants to Virginia were indentured servants
Richard Frethorne, Letter to His Parents (1623) - a letter of an indentured servant
The Fundamental Orders - the first written constitution in America
Images for Teaching History -New England - to 1789
Images for Teaching History - Mid Atlantic - to 1789
Images for Teaching History - the South - to 1789
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