American Colonies

Try our Google custom search of webpages selected by your librarian

The 13 Originals
http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html

Includes links for each of the colonies

Colonial Hall: Biographies of America's Founding Fathers
http://www.colonialhall.com/index.php

Colonial Hall now has the biographies of 103 founding fathers

Colonial America 1600-1775
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm

Explore the Colonial Period of our history through the Internet. You'll find maps, lesson plans, bibliographies and curriculum content materials here.

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

Take a virtual tour of Colonial Williamsburg and explore the student and teacher resources provided by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Archiving Early America
http://www.earlyamerica.com/
Here at Archiving Early America, you will discover a wealth of resources-- a unique array of primary source material from 18th Century America. Scenes and portraits from original newspapers, maps and writings come to life on your screen just as they appeared to this country's forebears more than two centuries ago
NOTE: This site contains useful information - but MANY pop-up ads.

kidinfo.com - American Colonies
http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_Colonial_Life.html

Linda Guturba has been a classroom teacher for thirty-seven years, and has recently retired (July 2007). During those thirty-seven years, Linda taught at the elementary, middle, and high school level.


Information on Some of the Individual Colonies

Massachusetts Historical Society
http://masshist.org/

Plymouth Colony History
http://www.plimoth.org/

MayflowerHistory.com
http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/

Terman Library Jordan Library JLS Library Terman Library Jordan Library JLS Library

updated 12-08-08