Introduction

The Internet Resources

General Colony Information

• Introduction to Colonization - This general website, made by students, will tell you about all the colonies and much more besides. Scroll down and click on your topic.

• Colonial America - You can find information about all three areas of colonial America here. Scroll down and learn more.

• Early American Painting - Click on the paintings from the 1600's and early 1700's. You can check out clothing styles among other things. Look carefully so you don't miss something!

• Rare Maps - Click on 'Colonial America' and you'll get to see real maps from that time period!

• Thirteen Originals - Click on the colony's name to find links. Be careful, some are not so useful!

• Bill of Rights - Read this document that started the government of the United States of America.

• Chronicle of the Revolution - Click on the links to learn about different battles and reasons for the American Revolution.

• Colonial Currency - Click on the names of the colonies to see what their money looked like.

• American Colonies - Go here to learn a lot about the various colonies in early America.

• Colonial Games and Toys - What kinds of games and toys did colonial children have? Were they the same as yours? Find out!

• Colonial Kids - This website will tell you a lot of information about life as a child in colonial America.

• Costumes from Colonial Times - Clothes, shoes, and pockets? What did colonists wear?

• Colonial Furniture - Not all people of colonial times had furniture like this. But, check out how the wealthy people lived!

• Hornbooks and Education - What and how did colonial children learn? Find out here. There are some other links you can check out, but be careful, some are NOT from colonial times!

• Liberty: Road to Revolution - Once you know a lot about colonies and the revolution, try this game. But, if you don't know a lot, you'll have a hard time.

• History of Money in North America - How has money changed throughout history? What kind of money was used from early colonial times through the Revolutionary War? Read here to find out.

• Perspectives on Liberty - Click on Daily Life, Military Life, or Global Villages to learn about colonial life.

• Schooling and Education in Colonial America - Who went to school? Who taught the children? What did they learn? Find out here.

• The Constitution - Why was the revolution fought? What was the outcome? Find out here.

• The Hornbook Exercise - Find out more about children's first textbooks!

New England Colonies

• The Daggett Family of Connecticut - Check out colonial New England with the Daggett family!

• The Mayflower - Read the passenger list, learn what people took with them. Everything you always wanted to know about the Mayflower.

• Plimoth Plantation - The first settlement of the New England colonies, check out what Plimoth Plantation looked like. And, the next time you travel to Massachusetts, you can go there.

• Amusements in Colonial America - On this website, you'll learn about what Noah Webster did as a boy, the games he played and the toys he had.

• Boston Tea Party - Read and learn about one of the pivotal events that led to the Revolutionary War.

• Child's Play on the Mayflower - What did children do on the Mayflower? What did they play with after they arrived in the New World? Check this website out to learn.

• Colonial Lexington - Scroll down the page and click on a link to learn about life in Lexington, Massachusetts.

• Life in Connecticut in the 1770's - Read about life in Noah Webster's community!

• Costumes from Connecticut - Look here to see what they wore in Connecticut!

• Freedom Trail - The Freedom Trail, in Boston, Massachusetts, will introduce you to places and people of Revolutionary times in Boston.

• John Hancock - Why was John Hancock important to revolutionary times? What can you learn from his life that is important to other colonial people?

• Midnight Rider Museum - Who was the midnight rider? Why was he or she important? Find out here!

• New England Colonies - Tons and tons of information about the New England colonies are on this website.

• Colonies of New England - There is a lot of information about New England here. You can even click on individual colony names to learn about them.

• North Boston - An interactive map of Paul Revere's home town. Follow the directions to take a virtual ride.

• Pilgrim Clothing - What did the pilgrims wear? Find out here.

• Plimoth Plantation - Visit the home of Remember Patience Whipple and the other Pilgrims. Click on 'visit' to get to the virtual tour.

• Plymouth Massachusetts - Click here to find out historical information about Plymouth. Be careful, though, as some links are to modern places (such as restaurants) which didn't exist in colonial times.

• Salem Witches - a tour - Were there witches in New England? Some people thought so. Use this link to find out where the important spots were.

• Salem Witch Trials - So, what happened when men and women were denounced as witches? Read here to find out!

• Salem Witch Trial - chronology - Which events happened when during the Salem Witch trials? What was important? What was not?

• More about the Salem witch trials - Read here, about the trials. Even some excerpts from diaries of people who experienced this event.

• Travel the Freedom Trail - Since you can't get on a plane and fly to Boston to walk the trail, take a virtual tour here.

• The Pilgrim Society - What does the Pilgrim Museum have to say about the Pilgrims? Click on the 'Pilgrim Story' or another related link to learn more.

• Wampanoag - Want to learn about the Native Americans that lived on Cape Cod when the Pilgrims arrived? Check here for that information.

Middle Colonies

• Battle of Princeton - Learn about the Battle of Princeton, which happened during the Revolutionary War. Also, learn about life in New Jersey.

• Colonial New Jersey - Learn about life in the colony of New Jersey in the 1600's.

• Colonial New York - Read all about life in New York before the Revolutionary War.

• Colonial Pennsylvania - Wonder who lived in Pennsylvania in colonial times? Read here to find out.

• East Pocantico New York - Read what life was like in this village in New York.

• Historic Hudson Valley - What was life like in upper New York state? Find out here!

• Historic Philadelphia - Take a virtual tour of historic buildings in Philadelphia. Why was the Liberty Bell important?

• Liberty Bell - Read the history of the bell and how it became important to the people of Pennsylvania.

• Maryland Day - How did Maryland get its name? Why is Baltimore named Baltimore? Find this out and more about the colony of Maryland.

• New Netherlands - What was New York called before it was New York? What about Pennsylvania? How did people live here? Find out here by taking a virtual tour.

• Money in New Netherlands - Money was important in all of the colonies. There is information here about how the middle colonists bargained, bought, and sold items.

• Pocantico New York and the Revolution - Learn how this upper New York town made it through revolutionary times. Was it easy? Find out!

• The Colonial Period of Long Island, New York - Tons and tons of information about the lives of early settlers on Long Island.

• The Middle Colonies - Read what another class learned about the middle colonies.

• Hope Lodge - Who lived in Hope Lodge? What did it look like? Where was it? Find out the answers to these questions and much more!

• Virtual tour - Monmouth, NJ, battlefield - You can even click on 'Live Reenactment' to see video of people acting as though they were in the revolutionary war.

Southern Colonies

• Activities with Jamestown - Look for interesting information about the Jamestown settlement on this website made by kids.

• Colonial Williamsburg - If you were near Virginia, you could visit Colonial Williamsburg, but since you live in California, take a virtual tour.

• Jamestown Virtual Colony - Can't go to Jamestown, Virginia? Weren't born yet in 1619? Check out this site to facinating information about early Virginia.

• African Americans at Jamestown - You know there were slaves in the U.S. but do you know when slavery here started? Were there slaves in the Southern colonies? Check here to find out.

• Children in Colonial Maryland - Learn about what a child's life was like in Colonial Maryland. This website was written by students in Maryland.

• Colonial Hardships in Maryland - What was it really like to live in Maryland in the 1700's? Find out here.

• Colonial South Carolina - What's the difference between North and South Carolina? Were they ever the same colony? Read here to find out.

• Colonial Delaware - Delaware was the first state, but was it also the first colony? Find out here!

• A Day in the Life of Thomas Jefferson - Read an entry from Thomas Jefferson's journal. He lived in Virginia.

• Jamestown Quest - Check out colonial Jamestown, Virginia, and learn about life for people in the south (even the slaves).

• Establishment of Jamestown - Read about Jamestown, the buildings and the history.

• Mount Vernon - Mount Vernon was George Washington's home. What can you learn about southern colonial life from the information in this website?

• The Southern Colonies - Read another class' information on what they learned about people from the southern colonies!