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Describe the relationship between the American Indians and the new settlers.
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/ch1_p9.htm
Colonial America
First Thanksgiving interactive website
Very good for examining life in New England
http://www.plimoth.org/OLC/index_js2.html#
Middle Colony Life -- interactive website
quick time videos very small
http://www.hfmgv.org/education/smartfun/colonial/intro/index.html
The Founding of the Colonies
Why did Sir Walter Raleigh establish a colony at Roanoke Island?
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h602.html
Who founded Jamestown and why?
http://www.nps.gov/archive/colo/Jthanout/VACompany.html
Why did the Pilgrims come to Plymouth?
http://www.plimoth.org/learn/history/colonists/PilgrimPeople.asp
Why did the Puritans settle at Massachusetts Bay?
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h572.html
Why did William Penn establish the colony of Pennsylvania?
http://www.americasstory.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/colonial/penn_1
Why was the Georgia Colony founded?
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/colonial/georgia/georgia.html
Founding of the 13 Colonies
You can use this site in addition to the ones above to answer the questions.
http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html
Life in the Colonies
Describe the duties of the members of a New England farm family?
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/perspectives_daily.html
Describe farming in the three sections of Colonial America.
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13coloniesfarm.htm
Describe religion in the three sections of Colonial America.
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonieschurch.htm
Describe education in the three sections of Colonial America.
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13coloniesschool.htm
Describe the types of food people ate in the three sections of Colonial America.
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13coloniesfood.htm
Describe the economics of the three colonial regions.
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies2.htm
Some additional information on life in the three regions.
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/colonialamerica/a/colamoverview.htm
The American Revolution
The French and Indian War
Social Studies for Kids
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/frenchandindianwar2.htm
Toward Revolution
Digital History
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/us6.cfm
Timeline of the Revolutionary War
The Hisotry Place
http://historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-prel.htm
The Road to the Revolution
PBS - Liberty
http://www.kyrene.org/staff/agavin/webquest/
People of the Revolutionary War
http://www.historycentral.com/Bio/RevoltBIOS/INDEX.html
People of the Revolutionary War
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/people.htm
Impact of the Revolutionary War
Digital History
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/us7.cfm
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act
PBS - Liberty
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/popup_stampact.html
Stamp Act
Social Studies for Kids
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/stampactdef.htm
The Stamp Act
University of San Francisco
http://www.usfca.edu/fac-staff/conwell/revolution/stamp.htm
Boston Massacre
Boston Masacre
Kidsport
http://www.kidport.com/REFLIB/UsaHistory/AmericanRevolution/BostonMassacre.htm
Boston Masacre
University of San Francisco
http://www.usfca.edu/fac-staff/conwell/revolution/boston.htm
Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party
PBS-Liberty
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle_boston1774.html
The Boston Tea Party
Kidsport
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/AmericanRevolution/TeaParty.htm
Boston Tea Party
University of San Francisco
http://www.usfca.edu/fac-staff/conwell/revolution/tea.htm
First Continental Congress
First Continental Congress
kidsport
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/AmericanRevolution/FirstCongress.htm
Intolerable Acts and the First Continental Congress
University of San Francisco
http://www.usfca.edu/fac-staff/conwell/revolution/congress.htm
Lexington and Concord
Lexington and Concord
kidsport
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/AmericanRevolution/LexingtonBattle.htm#BattleLexingtonConcord
Lexington and Concord
Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/apr19.html
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence
Ben's Guide
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/documents/declaration/index.html
Declaration of Independence
http://www.duke.edu/eng169s2/group1/lex3/firstpge.htm
Declaration of Independence
EyeWitness to History
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/jefferson.htm
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Saratoga
http://darter.ocps.net/classroom/revolution/saratoga.htm
Battle of Saratoga
kidsport
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/AmericanRevolution/Saratoga.htm
Surrender at Yorktown
Surrender at Yorktown
EyeWitness to History
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/yorktown.htm
Surrender at Yorktown
Kidsport
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/AmericanRevolution/YorktownBattle.htm
Treaty of Paris -- 1783
Treaty of Paris 1783
Social Studies for kids
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/treatyofparis1783def.htm
Treaty of Paris 1783
kidsport
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/AmericanRevolution/TreatyParis.htm
United States Constitution
A Road Map of the United States Constitution
http://library.thinkquest.org/11572/index.html
Alexander Hamilton
http://www.alexanderhamiltonexhibition.org/
Ben's Guide to the Articles of Confederation
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/documents/articles/index.html
Ben's Guide to the Constitution
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/documents/constitution/background.html
Constitution -- online interactive
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/details_explanation.php?link=003&const=00_pre_00
Constitution Portaportal
http://guest.portaportal.com/constitution
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/explore/FoundingFathers/index.shtml
Electoral College
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/
Federalist vs Antifederalist Quiz
http://www.quia.com/quiz/251820.html
Federalists vs Antifederalists
http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_faf.html
James Madison
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jm4.html
John Locke
http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/locke.html
National Archives - Founding Documents
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution_founding_fathers.html
Shay's Rebellion
http://www.calliope.org/shays/shays2.html
Shay's Rebellion
http://www.thenagain.info/WebChron/USA/ShaysReb.html
The Constitutional Convention -- TAH
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/
The Preamble -- School House Rock
http://www.school-house-rock.com/Prea.html
Digital History -- Conflict over Ratifying the Constitution
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/us8.cfm
Constitution Quiz
http://www.quia.com/quiz/126674.html
American Indians
Black History
Slave Narratives -- LOC
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html
WW Brown -- slave
http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/brownw/brown.html
African American Women
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/african-american-women.html
What was life like Under Slavery
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm?id=20
Digital History -- African American Voices
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/black_voices.cfm
Digital History -- Indentures Servitude and Slavery
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/learning_history/servitude_slavery/ss_menu.cfm
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