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Colonial America

Use these sites to help you learn about Colonial America.

Plimoth Colony | Colonial Life | Historic Events| General Sites|

Clothing in Colonial Times
http://www.history.org/history/clothing/intro/index.cfm

Interview Ben Franklin at Scholastic.com
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/games_quizzes/interview/index.asp

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plimoth Colony

Images of Plimoth Colony
http://etext.lib.Virginia.EDU/users/deetz/Plymouth/addisonimg.html

The First Thanksgiving-Daily Life
http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/daily_life/index.htm

Visit Plimoth Plantation
http://www.plimoth.org/

Life in Plimoth
http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/History/plymoth1.php

All about the Mayflower
http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/History/mflower1.php

Mayflower Families
http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/

The Pilgrims Explore Cape Cod http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/History/explore1.php


Pilgrim Hall Museum
http://www.pilgrimhall.org.


Colonial Life
Farm Animals
http://www.1771.org/animals.htm

Farm Crops
http://www.1771.org/crops.htm

Colonial House at PBS
look at the photos in the Meda Gallery and visit an early home
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/media/photos.html

Samples of Early American Furniture
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/iadfurn/iadfurn-main1.html

Pottery
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/iadpot/iadpot-main2.html

Samplers
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/iadtxtl/iadtxtl-12241.0.html


Amusements in Colonial America
http://noahwebsterhouse.org/amusements.html

Colonial America
http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/Colonial.html

Colonial Gardens
http://noahwebsterhouse.org/g_gardenintro.html

Going to School in Colonial America
http://alumni.cc.gettysburg.edu/~s330558/schooling.html

Hornbooks
http://www.cedu.niu.edu/blackwell/books.html

Early American Paintings from the Worcester Art Museum
http://www.worcesterart.org/Collection/Early_American/

Colonial Clothing
http://www.history.org/history/clothing/index.cfm
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/clothing.htm#wheel

Meet the Daggetts
http://www.hfmgv.org/education/smartfun/colonial/intro/

Historic Events
Liberty-The American Revolution
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/

1704 Raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts
http://www.1704.deerfield.history.museum/

General Sites
Virtual Tour of Historic Jamestown
http://www.virtualjamestown.org/quicktime/jamestown_fort.html

Jamestown Rediscovery
http://www.apva.org/jr.html

Colonial Williamsburg
http://www.history.org/history/

America's Story-- Library of Congress sources
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/1492-1763"
http://www.americasstory.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/colonial



Deerfield's Memorial Hall Digital Exhibit of American Life
http://www.americancenturies.mass.edu/collection/index.html

Colonial America Resources
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm

Archiving Early America
http://www.earlyamerica.com/

 

   
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