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General Information
Colonial Families Colonial Leaders Early Colonies Colonial Regions Colonial Trades Religious Groups
American Memory - Library of Congress resource
Archiving Early America
Colonial America (KidInfo) - Links to many sites on Colonial America
Colonial America - A great gateway site for Colonial America studies
Colonial America - This site contains maps, bibliographies, gateways, primary sources, biographies, journals, societies and organizations, etc.
Colonial Ancestors
Colonial Life in the 1700s
Digital History - Colonial Times (challenging reading level, but good information)
Early America - Cybrary links to life in early America.
Life in Colonial times - Many links to Colonial sites, including clothing
White Oak Living History Farm (scroll to bottom of page for great links to early America)
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Colonial Families
Colonial Children (Games & Toys)
Colonial Food - What did the colonists in Williamsburg enjoy for a tasty snack?
Colonial Food (Assoc. for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities)
Colonial Food Recipes
Colonial Food: What's for Dinner? Meals at the Plimoth Plantation
Colonial Games (Stratford Hall - Robert E. Lee birthplace)
Colonial Life - Learn about daily life in Colonial America
Colonial Life - A student-authored website with general information on daily life
Colonial Medicine and Health (Stratford Hall - Robert E. Lee birthplace)
Colonial Music and Dance (Stratford Hall - Robert E. Lee birthplace)
Colonial School - (Noah Webster.org)
Colonial Schools - What was it like to go to school in Colonial America? (Stratford Hall - Robert E. Lee birthplace)
Colonial Williamsburg - Experience life in the 17th and 18th centuries as lived by re-enactors at Colonial Williamsburg
Colonial Women (daily life)
Colonial Women (Portland State University)
Colonial Women (student report)
Colonial Women - Interview from Colonial Williamsburg
Colonial Women Inventors
Indentured Servants
Colonial Leaders
Colonial Hall - Biographies of America's Founding Fathers
William Bradford - includes journal excerpts
Cecilius Calvert
Anne Hutchinson
James Oglethorpe
William Penn
Sir Walter Raleigh
John Smith
Establishing Jamestown - Excerpts from John Smith's writings (primary sources)
Peter Stuyvesant; Peter Stuyvesant #2
Roger Williams
Religious Groups
Pilgrims
Puritans
Quakers
Early Colonies
History is Fun - includes information about the Jamestown Settlement
History of Jamestown
Jamestown - Many links to Jamestown websites
Jamestown Online Adventure (Historyglobe.com)- Interactive educational adventure about choice settlers made at Jamestown.
On the Trail of Captain John Smith (interactive adventure - National Geographic)
Virtual Jamestown - Learn about the settlement at Jamestown and take a virtual tour of the village.
The Lost Colony of Roanoke - This website has many links to information about the Lost Colony.
Mayflower
You are the Historian (Plimoth Plantation) Re-live the first Thanksgiving as a historian.
Colonial Regions
Chart of 13 original colonies
TimePage - Brief history of the 13 original colonies
New England Colonies - Many links to the New England Colonies
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Middle Colonies - Many links to Middle Colony web sites
Delaware
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Southern Colonies - Many links to the Southern Colonies
Georgia
Maryland
North Carolina; North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia; Virgina's Early Relations with Native Americans
Plantations & Slavery
Plantation Life (Stratford Hall - Robert E. Lee birthplace)
Stratford Hall (Robert E. Lee birthplace)
Africans in America (PBS)
Slavery in Colonial Times
Spanish Settlements
Spanish Missions summary of missions settlements
Five Spanish Missions of San Antonio
Spanish Mission Communities (Southwest)
Mission San Luis (Florida)
Spanish Florida
Spanish Missions (Georgia)
Colonial Trades
Colonial Crafts & Trades - Excellent descriptions of tools and crafts of Colonial America
Colonial Occupations - Definitions of many different kinds of colonial jobs
Colonial Trades - Examples of student projects
Colonial Williamsburg Trades - Excellent source of information on a variety of colonial trades
Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesmen - dictionary of trades
Apothecary (Pharmacist)
Basketmaker
Blacksmith; History of Blacksmithing; History of Blacksmithing 2 (Appalachian Blacksmith's Assn.)
Brickmaker
Broomaker
Cabinetmaker
Carpenter
Cooper
Doctor; Colonial Diseases & Cures
Fur trader/trapper; Fur Trade #2
Glassmaker
Gunsmith
Innkeeper/Tavern Owner; Leominster Taverns; Wetherburn's Tavern (Colonial Williamsburg)
Limner colonial artist/painter
Miller
Milliner/Hatter
Papermaker
Printer
Saddler
Schools
Shipbuilder; Shipbuilder #2
Shoemaker
Silversmith
Tailor/Dressmaker - clothing worn at Plimoth Plantation
Tanner
Weaver - Gallery tour of colonial textiles
Wheelwright
Wigmaker; Wigmaker #2
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