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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation History - http://www.history.org
Includes history and the education resources available to students and Colonial history enthusiasts. |
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New Netherland Project - http://www.nnp.org/
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. |
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Cultural Readings: Colonization and Print in the Americas - http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/rbm/kislak/index/cultural.html
An exhibition of books, manuscripts, illustrations, and maps from the Penn Library. |
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Maps of Colonial America - http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/colamer.html
Hargrett Library Rare Maps listings of colonial America. |
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The Mayflower Page - http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/
Extensive historical data, including passenger list, crew, documents, crime and punishments on board, and pilgrim writings. |
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Davistown Museum - http://www.davistownmuseum.org/
History of hand tools and technology in USA, colonial history of the Davistown Plantation (Liberty and Montville, Maine) and coastal Maine Native Americans (Wawenoc Indians). Includes extensive bibliography. |
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Early American Secular Music and Its European Sources, 1589-1839: An Index - http://www.colonialdancing.org/Easmes/
A series of primary source indexes covering the early history of the United States. Entries searchable and sorted by text (titles, first lines, recitatives, chorus and burden), by music incipits (represented in scale degrees, stressed notes and interval sequences), with additional indexes of names and theater works. A project of the Colonial Music Institute. |
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Lewis & Clark: The Maps of Exploration - http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/lewis_clark/
Exhibition of maps and navigational artifacts from Columbus to the Lewis and Clark expedition at the University of Virginia. |
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Classics of American Colonial History - http://www.dinsdoc.com/colonial-1.htm
Collection of pre-1923 articles and books. |
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Thomas Hariot's A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia - http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/hariot/hariot.html
Archive edition at the University of Virginia. |
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History of South West Virginia (to 1800) - http://scott.k12.va.us/history/priorto.html
This is a little known history of America's Frontier from discovery through the colonial period. |
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The Wyoming Valley Massacre of 1757 - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/2822/massacre.html
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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What Did the Colonists Eat? - http://www.apva.org/exhibit/eats.html
A discussion of early foodstuffs at Jamestown by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. |
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Moody, Lady Deborah - http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs304a,0,5912509.story
Biographical information about the only woman to plan and direct a permanent settlement in colonial America, at Long Island. |
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Colonial America Newspapers - http://www.historybuff.com/library/refcolonial.html
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. |
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Squantum (Squanto) and Cupids - http://www.baccalieu.com/squantum
The life story of Squantum (Squanto), a native american who helped the Pilgrim Fathers. |
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Colonial America Scavenger Hunt - http://www.ih.k12.oh.us/es/5/michael/colonial.htm
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. |
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John Smith: Starving Time in Virginia - http://www.nvcc.edu/home/preed/starvingtimesup.htm
A description by John Smith of the dire circumstances of the first years of the Virginia colony's settlement, 1607-1614. |
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Colonial USA Archives - http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=listarticles&secid=39
Historical text archives and resources links to the Colonial period. |
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The Liberty Tree - http://grimmett.freeservers.com/
A broad-based site celebrating the American spirit, especially during the Revolution. There are also personal writings, and movie reviews. |