Directory of Colonial Resources

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This category is intended for sites about the history of what is now the United States of America, prior to its independence from Britain. This period has traditionally started with the 1492 expedition of Christopher Columbus, who initiated the first sustained contact between Europe and the Western Hemisphere; through the Revolutionary War (or War for American Independence), and includes successive exploration and colonization of North America by Spain, England, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and other European nations.

Subcategories

• Currency
• Documents
• Fur Traders
• Jamestown
• Literature
• Religion
• Salem Witch Trials

Resources in This Category

• Colonial America Resources

  http://www.gettysburg.edu/~tshannon/his341/colonialamer.htm
  Electronic copies of Poor Richard's Almanac, and other materials from 1700's.

• Colonial Hall: Biographies of America's Founding Fathers

  http://www.colonialhall.com/
  Learn early American history through excerpts from the 1829 book.

• Colonial USA Archives

  http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=listarticles&secid=39
  Historical text archives and resources links to the Colonial period.

• Colonial Williamsburg Foundation History

  http://www.history.org/
  Includes history and the education resources available to students and Colonial history enthusiasts.

• 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.

• 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.

• Early Colonial Era

  http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-early.htm
  A timeline of significant events to 1700 at The History Place.

• Fourth of July Celebrations Database

  http://gurukul.american.edu/heintze/fourth.htm
  From American University, selected examples of Independence Day celebrations throughout US history.

• Maps of Colonial America

  http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/colamer.html
  Hargrett Library Rare Maps listings of colonial America.

• 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.

• Spanish Colonial Military Artifacts

  http://www.artifacts.org/
  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

  http://www.baccalieu.com/squantum/
  The life story of Squantum (Squanto), a native american who helped the Pilgrim Fathers.

• The First American Theatre

  http://www.theatrehistory.com/american/hornblow01.html
  A history of the earliest theatrical performances in America.

• 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.

• The Mayflower Page

  http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/
  Extensive historical data, including passenger list, crew, documents, crime and punishments on board, and pilgrim writings.

• The People of Colonial Albany Live Here

  http://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/
  Interactive web exhibit of the Colonial Albany Social History Project, a model community history program sponsored by the New York State Museum.

• 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.

• Trade in Colonial America

  http://www.e-connections.org/lesson1/lesson1.htm
  Understanding the colonial economy, presented by ECONnections.

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