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[|Dutch Colonies] [|Roanoke]
 * [|13 Originals - Founding the American Colonies]
 * [|Colonial America 1600-1775]
 * [|Colonial America Links]
 * [|Experience Colonial Life]
 * [|New England Colonies]
 * [|Original 13 Colonies - Online Resources]

[|**Colonial Era Webquest**]Explore the resources at this site to find out about Colonial America. [|**History of St. Augustine**] Find out about America's oldest continuously occupied city. [|**St Augustine, America's Ancient City**] Find out about the events, the people and look at artifacts from 1565 to 1800.
 * [|Africans in America: The British Colonies.]** Find out about the reasons for slavery in the colonies. Be sure to put your cursor over the colonies to find out about each colony.
 * [|Agriculture and Education in Colonial America.]** Follow the slide show to learn about Jamestown, Plymouth, and Georgia.
 * [|American Centuries...View from New England]** Explore American history using artifacts and documents from a New England museum.
 * [|The American Colonies and Colonial Life.]** Find many facts and a great deal of information about the original 13 Colonies. Includes maps, charts, and links to many other sources.
 * [|Colonial America]** Browse the timeline for links to early colonies, famous leaders and events.
 * [|Colonial America: 1492-1763.]** Jump back in time to Colonial America. Timeline, pictures, and information. Be sure to click on the More button for a list of topics.
 * [|Colonial America 1600-1775.]** Lots of links to information about history, education, medicine, art, architecture and more.
 * [|Colonial Kids.]** Find out about home, school, transportation,chores and Native American friends.
 * [|Colonial Williamsburg: A Day in the Life]**Visit the Day in the Life Online Acitivities. Virtually dress the people of that time period. **[|Colonial Williamsburg Almanack.]** Click History Explorer to find out about people's houses, jobs, food, religion, politics, tools and clothing.
 * [|Jamestown Rediscovery.]** What was life like in 1607? Be sure to click the Our Exhibits link to see online exhibits.
 * [|Jamestowne Society.]** Find out about John Smith, Pocahontas, how the settlers survived. Includes the charter and timeline.
 * [|Lost Colony of Roanoke.]** What happened to the colony of Roanoke.
 * [|New France ABC]**Click on “ABC”, then click on “Start”. Select Level 3. Click on letters B, K,N, P, Q, V and W to learn about life in New France and interactions with the Native Americans.
 * [|New France is ...]** Click on the underlined words to learn more.
 * [|New Netherland Virtual Tour HomePage]** Scroll to the bottom of the page to begin your tour.
 * [|Plimoth Plantation Museum Page.]** Information about the 1627 Pilgrim village, crafts, and homes with links to the Mayflower, Thanksgiving and Wampanoags.
 * [|Rare Map Collection--Colonial America.]** Maps from the University of Georgia Hargrett rare Book & Manuscript Library.
 * [|Really Neat Books.]** Do you know what a hornbook was made of? Or what a battledore was used for?
 * [|13 Originals.]** Information and maps about the colonies.
 * [|Understanding Slavery.]** Explore the remarkable life of Olaudah Equiano through his own words and witness a slave auction. **[|Virtual Tour of Plimoth Plantation.]** Visit Plimoth Plantation to see the daily life of the Pilgrims.
 * [|Welcome to the French Frontier 1700-1800.]** Click on people, objects, timeline and activities for colonial times in Illinois.
 * [|Within These Walls.]** Go back in time and hear the stories of five families who have lived in a house in Ipswich, Massachusetts over the past 200 years ago.
 * [|You Be the Historian.]** See if you can learn what life was like 200 years ago for a family in New Castle, Delaware.

Colonial Life
[|18th Century Schooling] Noah Webster House [|18th Century Clothing] Colonial Williamsburg [|Colonial Family Life]: You be the detective [|A Day in the Life of...]Colonial Williamsburg [|Colonial America] America's Story - The Library of Congress [|Amusements in Colonial New England] Noah Webster House [|Colonial America Links] [|Colonial Children's Literature] [|Colonial Currency][|Connecticut Life in the 1770's] Noah Webster House [|Colonial Occupations] [|Colonial Life] Kidinfo [|Colonial Diseases and Cures] [|Colonial Times] Social Studies for Kids [|Introduction to 18th Century Clothing] Colonial Williamsburg [|Daily Life in the Colonies] PBS [|Exploring Maryland's Roots] Click on "The Colony Begins" and "The Colony Grows" [|Costumes from the Index of American Design] Clothing from 1740-1895 The National Gallery of Art [|Outline of U.S. History: The Colonial Period] United States Department of State [|Overview of Colonial America 1607-1754] About.com American History [|Meet the People of Williamsburg] Colonial Williamsburg [|Virtual Jamestown] A collection of first-hand accounts [|The American Colonist's Library] Links to a huge number of primary source documents [|The Thirteen Colonies] About.com American History [|Who Wants to Be a Colonial History Guru?] Online quiz - About.com American History

Indentured Servants
[|Indentured Servant Contract] [|Indentured Servants' Experiences 1600-1700] Teacher Vision [|A Letter from an Indentured Servant in Virginia - 1623] [|"Our Plantation is Weak"] Another transcription of the letter in the link directly above [|Meet the People of Williamsburg] Colonial Williamsburg [|Indenture Contract of William Buckland] Virtual Jamestown [|New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War]

Mayflower Compact
[|The Mayflower Compact transcript] From Revolution to Reconstruction: Rutgers University [|An Outline of American History] From Revolution to Reconstruction: Rutgers University

Salem Witch Trials
[|Salem Witch Hunt Interactive] National Geographic [|The Salem Witch Trials] Documentary Archive and Transcript Project [|The Salem Witch Trials] The Library of Congress [|Salem Witch Trials Chronology]

The Slave Trade
[|Africans in America] P.B.S. [|Colonial African Americans] Colonial Williamsburg [|To Live Like a Slave] Colonial Williamsburg [|Meet the People of Williamsburg] Colonial Williamsburg [|The First Blacks of Portsmouth] [|The African American Journey] World Book Presents

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