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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