American Colonial Life

Researching the
13 American Colonies

Northern Colonies
http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/thumbnail14.html	1768 map of northern colonies
http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/youasked/009.htm	People who lived in northern colonies
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/ch2_p2.htm	General description of the area
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/48states.html	Animation of the growth of the U.S.
http://web.uccs.edu/~history/index/151maps.html#firstams	map
http://www.esd.k12.ca.us/Cadwallader/Room%2020/Colonies/ne.html	Info found by a 5th grade class in Calif.
http://alumni.cc.gettysburg.edu/~s330558/norhtern.html	Schools
http://alumni.cc.gettysburg.edu/~s330558/schooling.html	New England Primer
http://www.ctstateu.edu/noahweb/games.html	Games
http://www.ctstateu.edu/noahweb/amusements.html	Amusements in Colonial New England
http://www.longago.com/colonial.html	Clothing
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/iadcost/iadcost-14910.0.html	Costumes
http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCurrency/index.html	Currency
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1997/10/29/feat/feat.1.html	African Americans in the colonies
http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/ 1978/4/78.04.03.x.html	Architecture
http://www.glasgow-ky.com/fye/ms_fye/colonial_life.htm	Comparing northern and southern colonies
http://www.enslow.com/music.htm	Music
http://www.contemplator.com/america/index.html	Music
http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-2979.html	Food
http://www.usemb.se/usis/history/chapter2.html	Compare the 3 regions
http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/Lion-Dollar.intro.html	Lion dollars
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/colonial_times/colonial_america.htm	Compares clothes in 3 regions
http://members.aol.com/calebj/good_newes7.html	Primary source (See 4th paragraph from bottom. It describes the Indians.)
http://www.winthropsociety.org/smith2.htm	Primary source (John Smith - par. 5, 6, & 7 from bottom tells of problems and trading with the Indians.
http://teach1.cses.vt.edu/ch2.html	Land and crops

Massachusetts Bay
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm	Witchcraft Trials
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/pages/jb_0301_salem_1.html	Salem Witch Trials
http://members.aol.com/calebj/clothing.html	Pilgrim's Clothes
http://www.plimoth.org/library/pilcloth1.htm	Plymouth Colony Clothing
http://www.plimoth.org/library/womens.htm	Clothing (women; children)
http://www.plimoth.org/library/mens.htm	Clothing (men)
http://members.aol.com/calebj/girls.html	Compare boys' and girls' clothes
http://www.plimoth.org/library/costume.htm	Pilgrim clothing
http://www.pilgrimhall.org/living.htm	Living in the New World
http://wsrv.clas.virginia.edu/~rwm3n/davisch1.html	Money
http://www.historybuff.com/library/reffirstten.html	Newspaper in Boston
http://pilgrims.net/plimothplantation/vtour/index.htm	Houses, tools, food, etc.
http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinText/Rix-Dollar.1.html	Rix Dollar
http://www.alcasoft.com/soapfact/history.html	Soapmaking
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/1492-1763	Pilgrims landing (picture)
http://alumni.cc.gettysburg.edu/~s330558/schooling.html	Schooling info plus Town School and Primer picture (Hornbook)

*New Hampshire*
http://www.state.nh.us/nhinfo/history.html	History

Connecticut
http://www.ctstateu.edu/noahweb/lifein1770.html	Way to make a living
http://www.hfmgv.org/education/smartfun/colonial/intro/index.html	Life in colonial times
http://www.ctstateu.edu/noahweb/lifein1770.html	Life in the 1770s

What was the Collegiate School later called? What was the "Turtle"?

*Rhode Island*
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/pages/jb_0205_williams_1.html	Roger Williams
http://www.sec.state.ri.us/rihist/earlyh.htm	History

Middle Colonies
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/ch2_p3.htm	General description
http://web.uccs.edu/~history/index/151maps.html#firstams	map
http://www.esd.k12.ca.us/Cadwallader/Room%2020/Colonies/mc.html	Info found by a 5th grade class in Calif.
http://alumni.cc.gettysburg.edu/~s330558/middle.html	Schools
http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCurrency/index.html	Currency
http://www.usemb.se/usis/history/chapter2.html	Compare the 3 regions
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/colonial_times/colonial_america.htm	Compares clothes in 3 regions
http://teach1.cses.vt.edu/ch2.html	Land and crops

*New York (New Netherland)*
http://www.historybuff.com/library/refcolonial.html	Newspapers
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/laic/episode1/e1_mm.html	Interactive history.
http://www.sunysb.edu/libmap/nymaps.htm	Maps

*Maryland*
http://www.globalclassroom.org/linda.html	Toys and Games
http://www.americasstory.com/pages/jb_0325_maryland_1.html	Maryland history
http://www.sos.state.md.us/sos/kids/html/stmarycity.html	Pictures of colonial life
http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/Lion-Dollar.intro.html	Lion dollar
http://www.mdisfun.org/kids/history.asp	First colonists in Maryland.

*Delaware*
http://www.hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu/arc/projects/fifth/ states/east/delaware.html	History
http://www.state.de.us/gic/facts/history/delhist.htm	History

Who was Sinterklaas? What are olykoecks? What was "Brandywine Superfine"?

*New Jersey*
http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/newark.htm	History of Newark
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~windmill/html/blazing%20star.html	Transportation in New Jersey and New York

Do you know what the "Jersey wagon" was? What was a "barn-raising"?

*Pennsylvania*
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/pages/jb_1014_penn_1.html	William Penn
http://members.aol.com/liv18thc/apparel.html	Clothing
http://www.historybuff.com/library/refcolonial.html	Newspapers
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/clothing.htm	Clothing
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/school.htm? tqskip=1&tqskip1=1&tqtime=0616	School life
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/firsts/cartoon/index.html	Cartoons in the colonies
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/bookmarks/franklin/index.html	"Dear Abby" type advice (1789)
http://www.segetaway.com/Charleston/Histoids.html	Betsy Ross's house and life

Southern Colonies
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/ch2_p4.htm	General description
http://web.uccs.edu/~history/index/151maps.html#firstams	map
http://www.esd.k12.ca.us/Cadwallader/Room%2020/Colonies/sc.html	Info found by a 5th grade class in Calif.
http://alumni.cc.gettysburg.edu/~s330558/southern.html	Schools
http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCurrency/index.html	Currency
http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1978/4/78.04.03.x.html	Architecture
http://www.glasgow-ky.com/fye/ms_fye/colonial_life.htm	Comparison of northern and southern colonies
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/colonial_times/colonial_america.htm	Compares clothes in 3 regions
http://www.usemb.se/usis/history/chapter2.html	Compare the 3 regions
http://teach1.cses.vt.edu/ch2.html	Land and crops

*Virginia*
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/pages/jb_0514_jamestwn_1.html	Jamestown
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/pages/jb_0910_smith_1.html	John Smith
http://www.history.org/	Williamsburg (colonial life)
http://www.stratfordhall.org/ed-boysgirls.htm	Education for children
http://www.stratfordhall.org/ed-games.htm	Leisure time and games
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm#J	Food
http://www.jamestowne.org/Fashion.htm	Clothing
http://www.jamestowne.org/history.htm	History & misc.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/1492-1763	Cash crop of Virginia
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/va	Founding
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/OakViewES/cassella/virginia/history/colonial/	Life in Colonial Virginia
http://www.monticello.org/jefferson/toc.html	A day in the life of Thomas Jefferson
http://www.apva.org/history/index.html	History of Jamestown
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/travilahes/Jamestown.html	Virtual Tour of Jamestown
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/travilahes/Yorktown.html	Virtual Tour of Yorktown
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/travilahes/Williamsburg.html	Virtual Tour of Williamsburg
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/travilahes/ColonialBuild.html	Virtual tour of colonial buildings in Virginia.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/7647/colonial.htm	Interesting information about Virginia Colony

*North Carolina*
http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/history/history.htm #Colonial%20Period	History
http://www.theus50.com/northcarolina/history.shtml	History
http://www.outer-banks.com/lost.cfm	Picture
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/book/chap4_3.html	History
http://www.arch.dcr.state.nc.us/1stcolo.htm	Indians of N.C.

Who was the famous pirate who lived for a while in North Carolina colony? What are "naval stores"?

*South Carolina*
http://www.sciway.net/hist/periods/colonial.html	Map, newspaper, and Indians
http://www.middletonplace.org/	Click on Stableyards
http://www.state.sc.us/schist.html	History
http://www.segetaway.com/Charleston/Histoids.html	History

*Georgia*
http://www.nps.gov/fofr/col_kids.htm#school	Children, school, games, meal time
http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/gabirthday.htm	Julian versus Gregorian calendar
http://oldsaybrook.com/History/	Picture (note that the 2 chimneys are unusual for the time)
http://ngeorgia.com/history/histpre.html	Indian info plus purpose of the colony
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/83savannah/83getting.htm	Settling Savannah
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0798/savannah1.asp	Jewish in Georgia
http://www.dnr.state.ga.us/dnr/histpres/tabby/mmiller.html	Scroll down for a picture of a tabby building.

What is "tabby"? What was a "Trustee's Garden"? What was the first newspaper in Georgia?

*History, Maps, and Information About Colonial Life*
http://www.eduscapes.com/42explore/colonial.htm	What is a colony?
http://home.earthlink.net/~gfeldmeth/colchart.html	Chart to help you get started. Which region is your colony?
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/howto.html	HOW TO READ 200 year old documents
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/oal/lit1.htm	Literature in the Colonies (Explained for each region)
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/OakViewES/harris/97-98/america/colonization/index.html	General information about each Colony Region. Also, schools.
http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources/#16	Primary Sources (17th & 18th centuries)
http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources/#15	Primary Sources (15th & 16th centuries)
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/past/index.html	Primary Sources (newspapers from 1750, 1776, and 1790)
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/obits/index.html	Primary Sources (obituaries - click on Boston Massacre)
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/bookmarks/farmer/index.html	Primary Source (letter from a Pennsylvania farmer to the editor of the Boston Chronicle)
http://www.earlyamerica.com/portraits/index.html	Primary Sources (portraits)
http://www.nd.edu/~rarebook/Exbt/Coin/CoinText/coin.contents.html	Coins
http://www.colonialhall.com/biodoi.asp	Biographies
http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/Colonial.html	Information about the 3 regions. Food, People, music, homes, weapons, children, etc.

Try these when finished with your project
http://www.historyteacher.net/USProjects/USQuizzes/18cAmerSociety1c.htm	Online quiz about the colonies
http://www.quia.com/dir/	Various activities
http://www.earlyamerica.com/crossword/index.html	Crosswords

http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/ushistory/colonial.html Teacher page