Surf these sites: 13 Originials: Founding the American Colonies -- History of America''s original 13 colonies with links to other historical sources. 1755 - The French and Indian War Homepage -- Site dedicated to French soldiers who fought in the French and Indian War between 1755 and 1760. A Colonial Family and Community -- Learn about colonial life in a Connecticut community at the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village''s interactive educational site. American Architecture - Eighteenth Century - 1700 to 1799 -- American architecture at Great Buildings Online. American Plantations and Colonies - Ship Index -- An index to the ships landing at American colonies with passenger lists 1538-1825. Amusements in Colonial New England -- Games and pastimes in Colonial New England at the Noah Webster House Museum. An Ordinance And Constitution Of The Virginia Company -- Establishment of a self-governing assembly in Virginia, 1621. Backdraft: The Fire Engine in the Colonial Community homepage -- 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. California Missions -- An internet field trip to California''s 21 Spanish Colonial Missions and their rich heritage. Coin and Currency Collections at Notre Dame -- Currently features ''Coins of Colonial and Early America'' and ''Colonial Currency'' as well as ''Washington Tokens''. Colonial Albany project -- Web exhibit by the Colonial Albany Social History Project of the New York State Museum. Colonial America Discussion Port -- Forum for discussing all aspects of Colonial America. Colonial American Gazette -- A site devoted to a holistic study of the culture and society of Colonial America. Colonial Christmas Customs -- Christmas traditions in Colonial Virginia. Colonial Era Statistics -- Miscellaneous data about the Colonial period, including British tax revenues, population figures, weekly diets in Britain and North America, values of exports to and from England, slave prices from 1632-1778, and much more. Colonial Hall: Biographies of America''s Founding Fathers -- Learn early American history with the biographies of America''s founding fathers excerpted from the 1829 book, Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence. Colonial North America (1492-1763) -- A tutorial from the University of Calgary addressing different periods of early North American history. Early Colonial Era -- A timeline of significant events to 1700 at The History Place. 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. Flowerdew Hundred -- One the earliest colonial land grants in North America, Flowerdew Hundred is now showcases material culture collections, exhibits and education programs. Fourth of July Celebrations Database -- From American Univerisity, selected examples of Independence Day celebrations throughout US history. Freedom Fighter -- The history of Major John Mason''s Indian battles with the Pequots in the New England Colonies. Georgia Before Oglethorpe -- Resource guide to Georgia''s early colonial period. Henry Hudson, 17th century explorer -- Henry Hudson: the biography and chronology of this 17th century explorer and adventurer. History of Ipswich, Essex and Hamilton -- The history of Ipswich, MA by Joseph B. Felt, 1834. History of the American Founding Fleet -- Forums and live chats devoted to colonial America. Jamestown Rediscovery -- Operated by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. John Smith: Starving Time in Virginia -- A description by John Smith of the dire circumstances of the first years of the Virginia colony''s settlement, 1607-1614. Laws Concerning Religion, Virginia 1619 -- Virginia General Assembly - Religious laws mandated by the first representative assembly of Virginia, including "excess apparel" and a reformation of swearing. Life in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia -- Experience Colonial Life at Colonial Williamsburg''s Historical Almanack site which includes information on details of everyday life in the colonies. Mayflower Web Pages -- The complete site for Mayflower history and genealogy. Mourt''s Relation -- Describes in detail the first year at Plymouth, from the pilgrims landing to the arrival of the ship Fortune. New England Articles of Confederation, 1643 -- First attempt to unite the colonies of New England. 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. Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture -- The study and research of the history and culture of America prior to 1815. The Institute publishes the William and Mary Quarterly. Politics and Policy: Architronic -- North American city planning by the British during the Colonial period from 1660-1710. Religion and the Founding of the American Republic -- Library of Congress exhibition. Schooling, Education, and Literacy in Colonial America -- Includes a map of Colonial educational institutions. Slave Movement During the 18th and 19th Centuries -- Information on slave movement and the slave trade of the 18th and 19th centuries a the DPLS Archive. Slave Narratives -- Excerpts from Slave Narratives 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 - History, Archaeology, Relics -- 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. 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. The Charter of New England : 1620 -- The British charter for the settlement of New England. The Church at Jamestown -- Description of the church constructed within the palisades at Jamestown, written by William Strachey in 1610. The Early America Review -- Journal of issues and events of 18th century American life. The First Virginia Charter -- British charter for the colonization of Virginia, 1606. The Leslie Brock Center for the Study of Colonial Currency -- Specializing in information about the paper moneyof the American colonies. The Rumskulls Chesapeake Colonial Loyalist Naval Privateers -- Colonial Tory privateer nautical reenactors, historians, educators, buckskinners, and sailors of the Chesapeake and Delaware Tidal Basins. The Wyoming Valley Massacre of 1757 -- Events surrounding 1757 Pennsylvania massacre. Thomas Hariot''s A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia -- Archive edition at the University of Virginia Virtual Jamestown -- Includes the Jamestown Experience, primary source documents; Jamestown Remembered, historians views of Jamestown; and, Jamestown in Time, an on-going project to place a time-line of Jamestown against a global one. What did the colonists eat? -- A discussion of early foodstuffs at Jamestown by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. White Oak Society -- White Oak Learning Centre & White Oak Fur Post. The year is 1798. Enter and join a hearty group of gentlemen and voyageurs. They are talking about the rendezvous. Later they may talk about the fur trade, sing some songs, perhaps talk about the winter to come.
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