Discovery, Exploration, Colonies, & Revolution

Updated July 3, 2005

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TIMELINES & MAPS / PRIMARY DOCUMENTS 

 DISCOVERY & EXPLORATION 

 NATIVE AMERICANS & COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE 

 EARLY COLONISTS, SETTLEMENTS , DAILY LIFE & 13 COLONIES 

 THE PURITANS, & RELIGION IN EARLY AMERICA 

 FRENCH & INDIAN WAR / SALEM WITCH TRIALS 

 LABOR, ECONOMY, & SLAVERY IN EARLY AMERICA 

 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 

 AMERICAN REVOLUTION 

 FRANKLIN, WASHINGTON, ADAMS, & JEFFERSON 

 ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, THE CONSTITUTION, & FEDERALISM 

 THE EARLY REPUBLIC & MISC. SITES

TIMELINES FROM BEGINNINGS TO 1800
TIMELINE: European Explorations of America
  TIMELINE: Voyages of Exploration, 1486-1522 
AGE OF EXPLORATION TIME LINE
Explorers' Timeline 
  TIMELINE: Voyages of Exploration: 1405-1650 
Spanish Exploration and Colonization 1492-1542, 1565-1628 
Timeline of U.S. History from 1492-1750
The Colonial Period: 1497-1763 
Early Colonial Era Timeline(Beginnings to 1700)
English Colonial Era 1700 - 1763 Timeline
  American Discovery and Colonization Timeline 
  Timeline for the American Revolution 
  Timeline for the Making of the Constitution 
Prelude to Revolution(1763 - 1775) Timeline
Time Line -- America during the Age of Revolution, 1764-1775 
Conflict and Revolution 1775-1776 Timeline
  An Unlikely Victory 1777-1783 Timeline
Time Line -- America during the Age of Revolution, 1776-1789
  TIMELINE: American Revolution 
A New Nation 1784 - 1790 Timeline
Native American Chronology 1776-1830
1619 - 1861: Expansion, Slavery, and Civil War Timeline
Colonization/Colonial Timeline
Pocahontas/John Smith Timeline
Colonial and Revolutionary Periods Timeline
American Revolution Timeline
Confederation to Constitution Timeline
The Constitution and the Emergence of Political Parties Timeline
1788-1824: Early Republic Timeline
Salem Witch Trials Chronology
Chronology on the History of Slavery 1619 to 1789
American Music Timeline | Colonial Music
Jamestown: Timeline of Events and References
George Washington Papers: Time Line: Colonial Period
Colonial Williamsburg: Dateline
Colonial Latin America Chronology 
   Chronology: Colonial Life (1607-1750s) 
   Chronology: Prologue to Revolution & Revolutionary War(1754-1783) 
  Chronology: Articles Period & Federalist Era (1781-1800) 
  Eighteenth-Century Chronology   


MAPS
***** Historical Maps of the United States 
  Reisenett: Historical Maps of the United States 
  ANIMATED MAP: American History: "Growth of a Nation"
  Zoom Into Maps 
  OUTLINE (BLANK) MAPS: HISTORICAL U.S. 
  MAPS: Regions of the United States 
   Links to North American Indian Map Pages by Phil Konstantin 
MAP: Early Indian Tribes, Culture Areas, & Linguistic Stocks - East U.S., West U.S.
  MAPS: Exploration and Discovery
  MAP: Route of Samuel de Champlain, 1607 
  European Voyages of Exploration - Great maps here!  
Map of the 13 Colonies
World Atlas, Thirteen Original USA Colonies 
  MAP: 13 Colonies 
  MAP: 13 Colonies (unlabeled)
Map: American Exploration - Before 1675
Map: American Colonies 1689 -1783
Map: French and Indian War
   MAP: European Land in the Americas 
Map: Colonial Settlement to 1750
   Map Showing the Siege Of Quebec in 1759
Map prior to Revolution
U.S. Territorial Growth - Colonies - 1775
U.S. Territorial Maps 1775
Map of Colonial America - 1763-1776 
Colonial Expansion through 1758
Rare Map Collection - Colonial America 
  Colonial Wars MAPS
American Revolution MAPS
The American Revolution and Its Era: Maps and Charts
U.S. Territorial Maps 1775-1920 
  MAP: Triangle Trade Routes 
  Timemap - US Borders
  More available under specific topic headings. 

PRIMARY DOCUMENTS
The Americas: Primary Documents, Images, and Maps
  EyeWitness To The 17th Century - EyeWitness To The Eighteenth Century
Medieval Sourcebook: Exploration and Expansion 
  The Avalon Project: Chronology of American History 
  Papers of the War Department: 1784-1800
  The Library of Congress: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
  Chronological List of Primary Documents at the Library of Congress 
  NARA | Exhibit Hall | The Charters of Freedom 
The Avalon Project: Colonial Charters, Grants and Related Documents
The Avalon Project : Pre 18th Century Documents
The Avalon Project : 18th Century Documents
    The Avalon Project : British-American Diplomacy 
   The Hypertext Declaration of Independence
The Articles of Confederation (1781)
  The Avalon Project: The Federalist Papers 
USA: Jay Treaty 1794
The Avalon Project: The Jay Treaty; November 19, 1794 
Cultural Readings: Colonization and Print in the Americas 
  Cultural Readings: Spanish Representations of the New World 
Ogram's 17th Century New England Links: Primary Sources
  Spy Letters of the American Revolution
Governor William Berkely on Bacon's Rebellion
Historical Text Archive: United States 
  Image Gallery: American Revolution 
  Fact, Fiction & the New World: The Role of Books in the Making of America 
More documents can be found under specific topic headings below. Also, find more documents on my General U.S.A. History page.

 EXPLORATION & DISCOVERY
**** Discoverers Web Homepage - Jump straight to Discoverers Web: Alphabetical list
Explorers - A - EnchantedLearning.com
  Biographies of Explorers and Associated People 
Europeans weren't the ONLY explorers!  Check out Ibn Batuta (1307-1377 CE): Arab equivalent of Marco Polo and Chinese Mariner Cheng Ho (Zheng He) 
   Clockworks: Astrolabe
Origins of the Compass Rose Symbology 
  Latitude: The Art and Science of Fifteenth-Century Navigation 
Dead Reckoning (DR) navigation
Celestial Navigation
  The Evolution of Steering Ships 
Distance: How long was a league?
  The Age of Exploration 
  The Age of Discovery
  PRINCE HENRY, THE NAVIGATOR 
  EARLY NAVIGATION METHODS 
   AGE OF EXPLORATION TIME LINE 
  Ships of Exploration : Santa Maria and Spaceship America 
  THE SHIPS: 1480 to 1750: The Age of Exploration and Exploitation 
  THE EXPLORATIONS OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS 
    Medieval Sourcebook: Exploration and Expansion 
Explorer Webquest - Wanted: Explorers Webquest
   TIMELINE: Voyages of Exploration, 1486-1522 
TIMELINE: Voyages of Exploration: 1405-1650
Timeline: European Explorations of America - For more, check out TIMELINE section above. 
  Vikings In The New World - V I K I N G S : T H E   N O R T H   A T L A N T I C   S A G A 
The Discovery of America. 
  Discovery and Reformation
  The History of the Spice Trade 
    ***** European Voyages of Exploration - Geography/Cartography - Winds and Routes - Shipbuilding - European Maritime Superiority - Way of War - The Sugar & Slave Trades - Religion - Communication - Iberian Pioneers - Prince Henry the Navigator - The Portuguese Empire - Imperial Spain - Christopher Columbus - Atlantic Islands - The Caribbean - Latin America - Aztec Empire - The Inca Empire - Brazil - Asia 
  THE INFLUENCE OF SPICE TRADE ON THE AGE OF DISCOVERY 
  THE IMPACT OF DISCOVERY ON EUROPE 
  Introduction to Exploration of the Northwest Passage 
    Amerigo Vespucci - How the Americas was named 
European Voyages of Exploration: Iberian Pioneers 
Discovery: The Beginnings
Discovery: The Portugese 
    Discovery: The "New World"
Discovery: The Spanish Empire
  P B S : C o n q u i s t a d o r s
  Hispanic, Exploration and Conquest of North America (1492-1541)
Spanish Colonial America 
   New Spain: The Frontiers of Faith 
   Spanish Conquest of Native America
New Spain-Index - Much more on NEW SPAIN below in the section on EARLY COLONISTS and on my Texas History page. 
   New Netherlands and New Sweden in North America - For more on NEW NETHERLANDS and NEW SWEDEN, check out the EARLY COLONISTS section below.  
   New France: The Explorers - Encyclopedia: New France: Much more on NEW FRANCE (and the Fur Trade) in the EARLY COLONISTS section below.
  Humanities-Interactive The New World Exhibitions
Conquest of America by Hernando de Soto and Cabeza de Vaca
Native American Conquest for Teens: Hernando de Soto
    Exploration and Discovery Home Page
The Mariners' Museum - Age of Exploration educational curriculum
   Cultural Readings - Colonial Fictions, Colonial Histories
Cultural Readings: Colonization and Print in the Americas 
  Writing & Re-writings of the Discovery and Conquest of America 
Prints of World Explorations
  John Cabot's Voyage of Discovery
Cabot's Voyage of 1497: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage 
Map: The Coronado Expedition 1540-1542
Sir Francis Drake's Lost Harbor Found at Whale Cove, Oregon
Ian Chadwick's Biography of Henry Hudson, 17th century explorer
Henry Hudson: an Englishman in Dutch service
  Ferdinand Magellan 
    The Illustrating Traveler: ADVENTURE AND ILLUSTRATION IN NORTH AMERICA
QUIZZES & GAMES: Quia - Early Explorers - Quia - HISTORY: Age of Exploration Vocabulary - LOADS of US History games and quizzes on my US General History page!  

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
Columbus in American History
Introduction to 1492: An Ongoing Voyage 
  CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS THE GENOESE 
  THE EXPLORATIONS OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS 
The Columbus Navigation Homepage
Christopher Columbus
The Columbus Landfall Homepage
    Christopher Columbus
  Columbus and the Age of Discovery
1492 -- Christopher Columbus - The Man and the Myth
Teachnet.Com: The Two Sides of Columbus
The Crimes of Christopher Columbus 
  Researching Columbus: Encounters and Exchanges 
Columbus Monuments 
The Columbus Doors 
The Columbus Santa Maria Home Page - Take a ride on a modern day reconstruction. 

...BUT, LEIF WAS FIRST!
The Norse Discovery of America Index  
Vikings in America
More Vikings in America
  Modern History Sourcebook: The Discovery of North America by Leif Ericsson  
Lief Ericson
More Leif Ericsson 
NORSE ENCAMPMENT - Introduction
  V I K I N G S : T H E   N O R T H   A T L A N T I C   S A G A
  Full Circle First Contact 
More on the Vikings on my Western Civilization page.

LAS CASAS CONDEMNS EUROPEAN EXPLORATION ON THE AMERICAS
Bartolomé de Las Casas and the Black Legends

NATIVE AMERICANS
First Nations Histories - New and ambitious site with history and links to tribal histories.
United States History: America Before the Europeans
Native American Chronology 1776-1830
MAP: Early Indian Tribes, Culture Areas, & Linguistic Stocks - East U.S.
Links to North American Indian Map Pages by Phil Konstantin 
  Tribal Name Meanings
  A New World of Words: Amerindian Languages in the Colonial World
Native American Religion in Early America
Spanish Conquest of Native America
The Illustrating Traveler: Customs of the Country
The Illustrating Traveler: Encountering Native Americans
  The First Nations of the New-France era
  FUR TRADE: The Indian an indispensable partner
  The Canoe: portraits of the great fur trade canoes
Pequot War - 1637 / Pequot War / From the London Plantation to The Pequot War
Iroquois War: 1642-1653/ The Iroquois Creation/ The Iroquois League/ The Iroquois Constitution
   King Philip'sWar: 1675-1676 / King Philip's War (1675-6) / King Philip's War
King William's War (War of the League of Augsburg): 1689-1697
Queen Anne's War (War of the Spanish Succession): 1702-1713 / Queen Anne's War
    Tuscarora Indian War: 1711-1713
King George's War (War ofthe Austrian Succession): 1744-1748
Fallen Timbers (1791) Battlefield Archaeological Project Home Page
  The Blackhawk War, 1831-1832
Missionaries and Indians
  Narragansett Indians' Teepee
New World Cultures
   The Illustrating Traveler: ADVENTURE AND ILLUSTRATION IN NORTH AMERICA
  Native Americans and the Land, Nature Transformed 
  "Wordsand Deeds: Natives, Europeans, and Writing in Eastern American, 1500 -1800" 
Info on Pocahontas can be found below in the section on Jamestown.
For much more, visit my Native Americans & 19th Century America (Section on the West) pages!


THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
Chart: The Columbian Biological Exchange
    CHANGES BROUGHT ABOUT BY ENCOUNTER BETWEEN 'OLD' AND 'NEW' WORLDS
  Columbian Exchange
  Columbian Exchanges
    The Columbian Exchange, Native Americans and the Land, Nature Transformed
The Columbian Exchange 
  The Columbian Exchange
  Columbian Exchange. The Historians Perspective
History of Medicine - Plagues and Peoples: the Columbian Exchange
Columbian Exchange - Essay Related Links
  Travel and the Emergence of Infectious Diseases
  Smallpox and the American Indians
  Modern History Sourcebook: Smallpox, Indians, and Blankets
  Jeffrey Amherst and Smallpox Blankets
HISTORY: Where Food Crops Originated
Views of an Expanding World - Columbian Exchange
Columbian Exchange 
Silent Killers of the New World 
  Columbian Exchange DBQ  

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
French and Indian War Chronology 
The Seven Year War Website 
  Background of the French and Indian War 
  Web Index of The French and Indian War 
  1755 - The French and Indian War Homepage 
   French Marine Homepage 
      Fort Necessity
   Glossary of Eighteenth-Century Military Terms
    British Music of the French and Indian War 
    THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR ... Mohican History Links 
  SCALPING DURING THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR 
  French Crown Forces of Louis XV 
  USA: French and Indian War -Index 
  USA:(2)British and French clash 
  The French and Indian War 
  HOW NEWSPAPERS COVERED THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR 
  Treaty of the French & Indian War 
  USA: Paristreaty 1763 
  French and Indian War's Impact on America
  French and Indian War - Uniforms Chart for British Regiments (Army) 
  How did the French and Indian War sow the seeds of discontent? 
  WarMuseum.ca - Wars on Canadian Soil, earliest times to 1885 - The Seven Years' War 

THE EARLY COLONISTS AND THE SHIPS IN WHICH THEY TRAVELED
Guide to Immigration Records and Ship's Passenger Lists-Table of Contents
Ship's Passenger Lists and Indexes
Genealogy.com: Finding a ship name with passenger lists
Genealogy Resources on the Internet - WWW/Passenger lists; Ships

MIGRATIONS
***** History of International Migration Site - We all had to come from somewhere!

THE EARLY COLONISTS, SETTLEMENTS, COLONIAL DAILY LIFE, & THE 13 COLONIES
GENERAL SITES
TIMELINE: Early Colonial Era to 1700,  Colonization/Colonial Timeline, and Colonial Dateline - For more, check out the TIMELINE section above.
  Map of the 13 Colonies and Colonial America, 1776 (.pdf file) - For more maps, check out the MAP section above.
  Colonial economy 17-18th centuries and Colonial Period - Economy - For more on colonial economy, money, indentured servants, & racial slavery - check out the section on COLONIAL LABOR & ECONOMY.
  WELCOME TO ARCHIVING EARLY AMERICA
  Explore the World of Early America through the Media of the Day  
  Archiving Early America - Short On-Line Movies
  Early American History Interactive Crossword Puzzles 
Colonial Life
  Colonial America 
  13 Originals 
  Colonial Era 1500 - 1754 
   The French and English Colonial Empires 
  17th Century New England 
  Colonial History 1607-1783 
      PROVINCIAL AMERICA AND THE STRUGGLE FOR A CONTINENT 
  AMERICAN VALUES IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT: THE HERITAGE OF THINKING TO 1789
  Historical Glossary 
  Making of America 
  Colonial Geography 
  Common-place: The Interactive Journal of Early American Life 
  American History before 1865 
  Colonists in the New World 
  Creating A Colony In The New Land 
  Cultural Readings: Colonization and Print in the Americas 
  The Charters 
  "A PRACTICAL EXPERIMENT IN COLONIZATION" 
   Colonial Guide - the colonial resource 
  History of International Migration Site  
  Welcome to Colonial Williamsburg
  Colonial Williamsburg: History Almanack 
  Life in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia 
     Colonial Williamsburg Foundation History 
  Colonial Life
  An Outline of American History - The Colonial Period 
   MILESTONE EVENTS - Archiving Early America 
   Gallery of Early American Portraits - great pictures for reports, etc.
  Notable Women of Early America - Archiving Early America
Colonial Hall: Biographies of America's Founding Fathers 
  Colonial Williamsburg: Meet the People 
***** Religion and the Founding of the American Republic & The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries - Divining America - For more on colonial religion, check out the section on the PURITANS & RELIGION IN EARLY AMERICA.
  The Early America Review 
  US History - Colonial Cycle 
  COLONIAL ERA PHOTOS ... Glimpses Into The Life & Times
  THE FIRST OFFICIAL FRONTIER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY 
  The Frontier In American History: THE OLD WEST WAS THE ATLANTIC COAST 
   Early America 
   The Colonial Period 
Colonial Settlement Index
  USA: Outline of American History 
  The Illustrating Traveler: Customs of the Country
  The Illustrating Traveler: Encountering Native Americans
    Colonial America 1600-1775, K12 Resources
      Early American History and Culture, 1500s-1865
  John Bull and Uncle Sam: Four Centuries of British-American Relations
  AMERICA IN THE EUROPEAN IMAGINATION TO 1760s: US TO 1789 
  Features - Chronicling Black Lives in Colonial New England - For more on the transition from indentured servitude to racial slavery, check out the section on COLONIAL LABOR & ECONOMY.
You Be the Historian and You Be the Historian: For Teachers are great sites! Investigate life in Delaware 200 years ago.
  Quia - Java Games - Original Colony Founders and Quia - Rags to Riches - US History - Colonial Challenge! - FANTASTIC INTERACTIVE GAMES AND QUIZZES!!! 
MORE BELOW IN THE SECTIONS "Colonial Daily Life" & "The Original 13 Colonies."

EARLY SETTLEMENTS: New France - New Spain - New Netherlands - New Sweden - ROANOKE, JAMESTOWN, MAYFLOWER/PILGRIMS, ETC.
ROANOKE
The Colony of Roanoke 
    Colony at Roanoke - 1586 
   First English Settlement - Roanoke
  ROANOKE: LIFE IN THE COLONY 
  Roanoke: Theories of What Happened
  The Roanoke Colony of "Virginia" from De Bry's Grand Voyages.
  Roanoke Theories
  The Search for the Lost Colony - Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
Virginia Dare / The first European child born in America  

JAMESTOWN - CHESAPEAKE - POCAHONTAS
TIMELINE: Events Leading up to and through the founding of Jamestown 
  OUTLINE: Jamestown and Indian Women 
  Jamestown Virtual Colony 
  English Society in the New World
  Colonization of Jamestown
  A Brief History of Jamestown, Virginia
History of Jamestown
  Welcome to the APVA and Jamestown Rediscovery
  Jamestown Rediscovery Findings
  Lists of Jamestown Settlers by Occupation 
  Lecture Notes on Plymouth and Jamestown 
  Teaching About Jamestown | Organization of Society 
  Teaching About Jamestown | Broader Themes 
  The Women of Jamestown and Native Villages 
  Plymouth and Jamestown: A Comparison 
  Virginia Visions: The Powhatan Confederacy 
Pocahontas 
  The Pocahontas Myth - Powhatan Renape Nation 
  The Real Pocahontas 
  Native Opinions on Pocahontas 
  Pocahontas/John Smith Timeline 
  Colonial Encounters in the Chesapeake 
  Pocahontas, Indians, Chesapeake 
  Pocahontas, from Fiction to Fact: Using Disney s Film to Teach the True Story 
  On the Trail of Captain John Smith: A Jamestown Adventure 

MAYFLOWER - PILGRIMS - PLYMOUTH - THANKSGIVING
Field Trip: Before the Pilgrims
Plimoth Plantation - Online Learning Center
  Plimoth Plantation Historical Background 
  The Mayflower Web Pages 
  A Complete Mayflower Passenger List
  Common Mayflower Myths 
  Pilgrim Myths and Realities 
  PlYMOUTH MA - ITS HISTORY AND PEOPLE 
  AMERICA'S HOMEPAGE!! PLYMOUTH, MASS
Colonization of Plymouth Colony 
     Informed ReSource: Mayflower Compact
  The Avalon Project: Charter of the Colony of New Plymouth Granted to William Bradford 
  Mayflower And Early Families
  Women on the Mayflower and more Women on the Mayflower  
  Girls on the Mayflower and more Girls on the Mayflower
  Pilgrim Clothing 
  The Plymouth Colony Archive Project 
    THE FIRST THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION - JUNE 20, 1676 
  Thanksgiving 
  THE FIRST THANKSGIVING
  Thanksgiving Information
  Top 10 Myths About Thanksgiving 
Thanksgiving Coloring Pages
  Not Just for Kids! An American Thanksgiving for Kids and Families
  Not Just for Kids! Thanksgiving Color Sheets
  Not Just for Kids! Thanksgiving Fun
  Thanksgiving Mazes 

NEW SPAIN
Discovery: The Spanish Empire
  P B S : C o n q u i s t a d o r s
  Hispanic, Exploration and Conquest of North America (1492-1541)
Spanish Colonial America 
   New Spain: The Frontiers of Faith
  New Spain-Index 
  Spanish Conquest of Native America 
    Cultural Readings: Spanish Representations of the New World  
For much more, check out the section above on DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION and please visit my Texas History page.

THE SPANISH MISSIONS
Index to California Missions Information
California Missions Interactive Home Page
California Missions
The Spanish Missions of California
The Spanish Missions of California: History, architecture and art
   Mission Churches of the Sonoran Desert
Mission History 
Missionaries and Indians 
  Bartolomé de Las Casas and the Black Legends 
For info on the Spanish Missions of Texas, visit my Texas History page.

THE OLDEST STONE FORT IN AMERICA
Castillo de San Marcos Online
The Castillo de San Marcos: Virtual Tour
The Castillo de San Marcos: Visual Glossary - Super site with definitions and pictures of fort terms.

NEW FRANCE AND THE FUR TRADE
Virtual Museum of New France
French Colonies in America 
French Presence in North America 
  Historic Figures of New France 
  Glossary - Vocabulary of New France 
  Glossary - Places and institutions in New France 
  New France: The Explorers 
   The Fur Trade in New France 
  The Beaver Fur Hat
  The Fur Trade in New France: Les Coureurs des Bois 
  The Fur Trade in New France: Voyageurs and Hired Men 
  The Indian an indispensable partner 
  The Canoe: portraits of the great fur trade canoes 
  New France: The Seigneurs 
  The First Nations of the New-France Era 
  QUEBEC, NEW FRANCE CULTURE 
    Explorers of Canada - Index 
  The Virtual Museum of New-France: Samuel de Champlain 
    MAP: Route of Samuel de Champlain, 1607  

NEW NETHERLANDS (The Dutch)
Dutch Colonization 
  New Netherland Project 
  The United States of America and the Netherlands 
The Dutch in the Americas
New Netherlands and New Sweden in North America history
  NY, NY 1630-1639 
  About Peter Minuit 
The Atlantic World: America and the Netherlands Home 

NEW SWEDEN
New Sweden 
  More New Sweden 
  Brief History of New Sweden in America  
  New Netherlands and New Sweden in North America history 

COLONIAL DAILY LIFE
GOVERNMENT - PUNISHMENT - POLITICS
Politics in Colonial Virginia 
  Emergence of Colonial Government 
  CHART: How democratic was colonial America? 
  Justice in the Colonies: How did Colonists deal with Criminals? 
  Curious Punishments of Bygone Days 
  Virtual Law Office: Royal Proclamation of 1763  

SCHOOLING & EDUCATION
The Education of John Quincy Adams 
  Education for Boys and Girls 
  Education in Colonial America 
  Colonial Period of American Education 
  Schooling and Culture flourish 
  Schooling, Education, and Literacy in Colonial America 
  Society, Schools and Culture 
  Colonial Schools
  Hornbook (circa 1750) - Colonial Hornbooks - Hornbooks come in different forms 
  EXAMPLES OF SLATES - School Slates 
  Battledores - Early Reading Books
  The New England Primer 
  1805 New England Primer Contents 
  Higher Education in the Colonial Era? 

WORK - OCCUPATIONS
Colonial Occupations 
  More Colonial Occupations 
  Colonial Work 
  Trades 
Tools
  Occupations and Trades of the Eighteenth Century 
  TRADES and CRAFTSMEN 
The Colonial Period - Women in Industry
  Colonial Williamsburg Lesson Plan: Signs of the Times 
  Samples of Signs from Colonial Williamsburg 
  List of Occupations and the names from which they derived 
  Indentured Servitude in Colonial America 
For info on the transition from indentured servitude to racial slavery, check out the section on COLONIAL LABOR & ECONOMY.

NEWSPAPERS
THE FIRST NEWSPAPER - Archiving Early America 
  Explore the World of Early America through the Media of the Day 
  History Buff, Colonial American Newspapers 
  Newspaper Production 1692-1792 
  Colonial Newspapers: The press asserts its freedom 
  John Peter Zenger - Freedom of Speech 
  History Buff - The Acquittal of John Peter Zenger 
  Early American BookMarks - Peter Zenger and Freedom of the Press 
  PAGES FROM THE PAST - Archiving Early America 

WOMEN - CHILDREN - FAMILY
LIBERTY! . Perspectives . Daily Life in the Colonies | PBS 
  Courtship in Early America 
  Childbirth in Early America 
  Women During Colonial Times: 1700 - 1800 
  Women in Colonial America 
     Images of the Colonial Family and Beyond 
  Colonial Families 
  Colonial Children 
  Naming Children in Early New England 
  Children in Colonial Times 
More Children in Colonial America 
  Colonial Kids: A Celebration of Life  in the 1700's 
  Children Info-Daily Life 
  Colonial America and Children's Literature 
  Changing Images of Childhood in America: Colonial, Federal and Modern New England 

FOOD
Recipes from Colonial Williamsburg 
  New England Style Recipes 
  Colonial History, Kitchens, and Books 
  Kitchen Trivia 
    Colonial Taverns 
  Historic Spanish Colonial & Mexican Recipes
  The History of the Spice Trade 
  America Enters the Spice Trade 
  Popcorn Exhibit - NAL Special Collections 
For info on Thanksgiving, check out the PILGRIM section above.
Also, check out my FOOD IN HISTORY & AROUND THE WORLD page.

HEALTH
A Physick's Guide to Common Diseases And Cures 
  Colonial Diseases
MEDICINE AND HEALTH 
  Were They All Shorter Back Then?
  Dead at Forty?  
  Death in Early America 
   COLONIAL DISEASES & CURES 
  Liberty: Medicine
  The English Physitian Nicholas Culpeper 1616-1654
  Apothecary 

CLOTHING
Sewing in Plymouth Colony 
  18th Century Clothing at Colonial Williamsburg - Anatomy of a Gown 
  Colonial House . Interactive History . Dress Up | PBS 
  Men's Fashion of the 18th Century - Intro
  Women's Fashion of the 18th Century - Intro
  Fashion In The 18th Century - Clothing Central
  The Costumer's Manifesto: 18th Century Costume Resources Online 
   More Colonial Clothing 
For more, check out my FASHION: PAST AND PRESENT page.

PASTIMES - FUN - MUSIC - ART - GAMES - HOLIDAYS - ETC.
Toys and Games for Kids in Colonial Maryland
  LEISURE TIME AND GAMES 
  MUSIC AND DANCE 
  Colonial Games and Toys 
    American Music Timeline | Colonial Music 
  Colonial Music Institute 
  About Early American Music 
  Amusements in Colonial New England
  Christmas in Colonial Virginia
  America's First Great Portrait Artist - John Singleton Copley 
  NGA - American Portraits of the Late 1700s and Early 1800s 
  Early American History and Culture, 1500s-1865 
For more on the history of American Art, check out my Art & Galleries page.

MISC. COLONIAL DAILY LIFE
Religion in Early Virginia - For more on colonial religion, check out the section on the PURITANS & RELIGION IN EARLY AMERICA.
  Religion in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries 
  LIBERTY! . Perspectives . Daily Life in the Colonies | PBS 
  Colonial House | PBS 
  Colonial House . Interactive History | PBS 
  Myth and Reality in Plimoth 
  The 18th Century Town
  Gardening 
  What Is It? - U.S. Everyday Items from 1777-1820
    George Washington's Rules of Civility 
  Animals in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia 
  Meet the People 
  Colonial Homes
  Historic Exhibition Buildings at Colonial Williamsburg 
  COLONIAL ERA PHOTOS ... Glimpses Into The Life & Times
  Colonial Living: A Look at the Arts, Crafts, History, and Literature of Early Americans 
  The Architecture of New England and the Southern Colonies as it Reflects the Change in Colonial Life  
  JEWS IN THE LANDS OF THE COLONIAL POWERS OF AMERICA 
  The African and the Pequot in Colonial America 
  Connecticut Life in the 1770s 
  Explore the World of Early America through the Media of the Day 
Colonial African Americans - For more on the transition from indentured servitude to racial slavery, check out the section on COLONIAL LABOR & ECONOMY.

THE ORIGINAL 13 COLONIES
For more on the 13 colonies, past and present, please visit my 50 states page.
TIMELINE: English Colonial Era 1700 - 1763 - For more, check out the TIMELINE section above. 
  Map of the 13 Colonies and Colonial America, 1776 - For more maps, check out the MAP section above.
CHART: American Colonies
   OUTLINE: Colonial Beginnings
  OUTLINE: 18th Century American Colonies 
  Remembering The Original Thirteen Colonies In Order
  13 Originals 

NEW ENGLAND
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut
The New England Colonies
  New England Colonies
  Puritan New England 
  Puritanism in New England
More on Puritanism in New England 
MASSACHUSET TRIBE HISTORY 
  Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1640-1700 
  Massachusetts history
The Cartographic Creation of New England: Index 
  Comparison Between New England & the South
   Ogram's 17th Century New England Links: Primary Sources
  Colonial America and more Colonial America 
  Colonial House | PBS 
  Colonial America 1600-1775, K12 Resources 
  Chronology: Colonial Life (1607-1750s) 
  Colonial Era 1500 - 1754 
  The Puritan Origins of the American Wilderness Movement 
  New England Style Recipes  
NEW ENGLAND TO 1789: REGIONAL HISTORY & CULTURAL LIFE
  Find specific state history on my 50 states page. 

MIDDLE COLONIES
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
The Middle Colonies
  Middle Colonies 
   Colonial Encounters in the Chesapeake
Horseneck Founders of Newark, New Jersey
     THE MID-ATLANTIC TO 1789: REGIONAL HISTORY AND CULTURAL LIFE
  The Middle Colonies as the Birthplace of American Religious Pluralism 
Find specific state history on my 50 states page. 

SOUTHERN COLONIES
Virginia, Maryland, Carolina (North & South), Georgia
The Southern Colonies 
  Southern Colonies
  Comparison Between New England & the South
Politics in Colonial Virginia 
   THE SOUTH TO 1789: REGIONAL HISTORY AND CULTURAL LIFE 
Find specific state history on my 50 states page. 

QUIZZES ON THE 13 COLONIES
Quia - Java Games - Original Colony Founders 
   "Check What You May Already Know" About the 13 Colonies 
  13 Colony Map - Guess and Learn 
  Early American History Interactive Crossword Puzzles 

THE PURITANS - RELIGION IN EARLY AMERICA - THE FIRST GREAT AWAKENING
THE PURITANS
What is a Puritan? 
American Puritanism 
  What's the difference between the Pilgrims and the Puritans? 
     Pilgrims and Puritans: Background 
  Puritan New England 
  The Origins of Puritanism 
  Those Misunderstood Puritans 
  The Puritan Tradition and American Memory 
  Puritanism in New England 
Puritanism and Predestination
Cotton Mather Home Page
Anne Hutchinson: American Jezebel or Woman of Courage?
The Trial of Anne Hutchinson 
Hall of Church History - The Puritans
     Puritanism & Colonial Period: to 1700
   Puritans in Colonial America
  John Winthrop's City upon a Hill, 1630 
  The Puritan Origins of the American Wilderness Movement 

RELIGION IN EARLY AMERICA & THE GREAT AWAKENING
Religion and the Founding of the American Republic (Library of Congress) 
  The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries - Divining America: Religion 
     Native American Religion in Early America 
  European Voyages of Exploration: Religion
  America as a Religious Refuge: the 17th Century 
  Religion in 18th-Century America 
  Religion and the American Revolution 
  Religion and the Congress of the Confederation, 1774-89 
   Religion, Women, and the Family in Early America
  The search for Religious and Political Freedom 
  Colonial Religion 
  Religion in Early Virginia 
    Strict Religion rules New England 
  USA: The Maryland Toleration Act 
  The Religious Society of Friends: Quaker History 
  Introduction to "Quakers in Brief" 
  Quaker Introductory Booklet 
Quaker Pages
     William Penn, America's First Great Champion for Liberty and Peace 
  William Penn in Pennsylvania 
  More on William Penn 
History and Origin of the Shakers
  The Middle Colonies as the Birthplace of American Religious Pluralism 
  The Church of England in Early America 
  John Winthrop's City upon a Hill, 1630 
    TIMELINE: The "Great Awakening" - 1738-1784
OUTLINE: The First Great Awakening 
  The First Great Awakening
Spiritual leaders during Great Awakening 
  The Joseph Bellamy House: The Great Awakening in Puritan New England 
For info on the Second Great Awakening and Religion in the 19th century, check out the RELIGION section on my 19th Century America webpage.