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13 Originals - http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html Short summaries of the founding and expansion of the original thirteen colonies. An animation of the boundaries of the contiguous United States from 1650 to the present is included.
1755 -- The French and Indian War - http://web.syr.edu/~laroux/ This site is dedicated to the French Soldiers who came to New France between 1755 and 1760 to fight in the French and Indian War. This conflict was fought, in the most part, in the Lake George, Lake Champlain region of New York, at Quebec City, and Montreal. This sites lists the French soldiers by name, has a biography for further reading, and links to other sites.
About Ethan Allen - http://www.ethanallen.together.com/earlyvt/aboutethan.html Biography of this Vermont folk hero and statesman from the Ethan Allen Homestead site.
Amusements in Colonial New England - http://www.ctstateu.edu/noahweb/amusements.html This site provides background information about toys and games played in colonial times.
Anne Hutchinson - http://cpcug.org/user/billb/hutch.html Although Anne Hutchinson is historically documented to have been banished as a religious dissenter, the real motive for her persecution was that she challenged the traditional subordinate role of women in Puritan society by expressing her own religious convictions.
Archiving Early America - http://earlyamerica.com/ Our main focus is primary source material from 18th Century America-- all displayed digitally. A unique array of original newspapers, maps and writings come to life on your screen just as they appeared to our forebears more than 200 years ago.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - http://earlyamerica.com/lives/franklin/index.html In 1791, a year after Franklin's death, his autobiography "Memoires De La Vie Privee" was published in Paris. The first English translation, "The Private Life of the Late Benjamin Franklin....Originally Written By Himself, And Now Translated From The French," was published in London in 1793. Originally written for Franklin's son William, then the Governor of New Jersey, it is considered the greatest autobiography of Colonial America.
Bacon's Rebellion - http://www.nps.gov/colo/Jthanout/BacRebel.html Bacon's Rebellion was probably one of the most confusing yet intriguing chapters in Jamestown's history. In the past few decades, based on findings from a more distant viewpoint, historians have come to understand Bacon's Rebellion as a power struggle between two stubborn, selfish leaders rather than a glorious fight against tyranny.
Benjamin Franklin : A Documentary History - http://www.english.udel.edu/lemay/franklin/ "I began compiling Benjamin Franklin: A Documentary History as a source for a biography of Franklin." This site offers detailed descriptions of Franklin's personal and public life presented in a straight chronology, year-by-year.
Benjamin Franklin : Glimpses of the Man - http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/rotten.html This quick glimpse at the long life (1706 - 1790) of a complex man is meant to help you learn about Ben Franklin and also to let you see how Ben's ideas are still alive in our world today. He became famous for being a scientist, an inventor, a statesman, a printer, a philosopher, a musician, and an economist.
Benjamin Franklin: Founding Father - http://www.archives.upenn.edu/men/bf.html "The good Education of Youth has been esteemed by wise Men in all Ages, as the surest Foundation of the Happiness both of private Families and of Commonwealths." Ben Franklin's 1749 "Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania" led to the founding of the University of Pennsylvania. In return, the University presents this brief biography with links to several of Franklin's writings. Do not miss Franklin's "Thirteen Virtues" which are as relevant today as when they were written.
Boston Tea Party - http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/MilSci/BTSI/abs_bostea.html On May 10, 1773, parliament authorized the East India Tea Co to export a half a million pounds of tea to the American colonies for the purpose of selling it without imposing upon the company the usual duties and tariffs.
Boston Tea Party - http://www.stjohnsprep.org/htdocs/sjp_tec/projects/internet/tea.htm In 1773, English Parliament passed their most controversial act thus far. The Tea Act gave the colonists the best target they have yet received. They rebelled against it in an event known as the Boston Tea Party.
Boston Tea Party - http://people.ne.mediaone.net/franklopes/tea.htm Popular name for the action taken on December 16, 1773, by a group of Boston citizens to protest the British tax on tea imported to the colonies.
Colonial American History Resources - http://www.bham.wednet.edu/colonial.htm Various sites regarding colonial times.
Colonial Kids : A Celebration of Life in the 1700s - http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/ Hi! We're Colonial Kids! We live here in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Like many others, we are starting a new life in a new country . We have lots of interesting details to share with you about how we live. To learn more about the different areas of our lives just click on the pictures at the top of the pages.
Colonial North America - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook07.html The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use. Includes: Colonial North America; Early Conquest and Exploitation; Political Forms; and American Society.
Colonial Spanish America - http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/colony7.htm Hispanic role in colonial America.
Colonial Williamsburg - http://www.history.org/ Come Meet the People and learn about their struggles and triumphs. Experience Colonial Life by exploring the trades, politics, and other aspects of 18th-century living. See the Places and learn about their history as you go along. Browse the Colonial Dateline highlighting events from 1750-1783. Also has a historical glossary and navigational aids for the online Williamsburg site.
Jamestown Colony Timeline - http://look.net/gunstonelem/GunstonElemF/Jamestown.html Year-by-year chronology of events at the Jamestown Colony, written and illustrated by Fourth Grade students at Gunston Elementary School.
Jamestown Rediscovery - http://www.apva.org/ Welcome to the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities Jamestown Rediscovery archaeological project. Jamestown Rediscovery is a ten-year interdisciplinary project searching for the remains of 1607 Jamestown on the 22.5 acre APVA property on Jamestown Island, Virginia.
The Lost Colony of Roanoke - http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3826/intro.html After hearing the good reports, Sir Walter Raleigh sent his cousin, Sir Richard Grenville, back to Virginia. Grenville left with seven ships of men and the two Indians for the New World. They left Plymouth, England on April 9, 1585. They arrived on Roanoke Island and quickly started to build a settlement which they called Fort Raleigh.
Oglethorpe, James - http://www.comptons.com/encyclopedia/ARTICLES/0125/01353984_A.html Read about the British general who founded the Georgia colony, from Compton's Encyclopedia.
Rare Map Collection - Colonial America - http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/colamer.html Look at historical maps of the colonies, drawn during that period.
A Summary of the 1765 Stamp Act - http://63.111.53.150/History/teaching/tchcrsta.htm Presents a summary of the Stamp Act of 1765, as well as the opposition presented by Patrick Henry in the Stamp Act Resolves.
The Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, and Coercive Acts - http://www.wfu.edu/~macicw01/1773-1774tea.htm On April 27, 1773, the British Parliament passed the Tea Act. Its purpose was to save the East India Company from bankruptcy by removing all duties on tea shipped, making the price of British tea much lower than the colonial tea price.
Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions - http://63.111.53.150/History/teaching/tchcrvar.htm Patrick Henry, at a meeting of the Virginia House of Burgesses, proposed seven resolutions against the Stamp Act. Although five of the resolutions were accepted initially, only four were adopted. This site contains the four resolves which were adopted.
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