The Jamestown Colony
Sites Specific to the Jamestown Colony

Brief History of Jamestown

Brief History of Jamestown, Virginia

Colonial History of Jamestown: Factual historical information

Historical Background of the Jamestown Colonists and the Disasters that Besieged Them: From PBS

History Channel: Jamestown: The History of Jamestown is presented in chapters that consist of an illustrated narrative, important event nodes, an extensive bibliography with live links to other online resources, and insightful video commentary from some of the most respected Jamestown historians alive today.



History Net: Jamestown: A Jamestown timeline, history, economics and politics, the people, the physical site, and the present

History of Jamestown

How Stuff Works: Jamestown: Brief Summary

Jamestown Online Adventure: An Interactive Adventure: Can you do any better than the real colonists?

Outline of American History: Jamestown Historical Facts

The Role of Jamestown in the History of the United States Historical Facts with links within the document to important places, people and events

Virtual Jamestown



Sites Which Include Information about the Jamestown Colony

13 Originals: The history of the original 13 colonies

Archiving Early America: A wealth of resources about 18th Century America, original newspapers, maps, writings, biographies

Colonial North America 1492-1763:Links to sites important to the growth of Colonial North America.

Colonization: Lots of informational links to facts and information about colonization and the American colonies

Have Fun with History: Colonial America: American colonial life existed just shy of 180 years before the United States of America emerged as a nation independent of British rule. These formative years are reflected with free streaming videos from Have Fun with History; included in collection: Early settlers of New England; Puritan Family of Early New England; The Town Crier (Massachusetts). The Mayflower II (building a replica), The Scarlet Letter

Historical Text Archive Archive: Collection of Essays about important events in history

Thirteen Colonies: Historical facts and information


Jamestown Rediscovery Project Today Jamestown Rediscovered
Archaeologists Dig at Jamestown Jamestown Rediscovery

Jamestown Timeline Timeline History the History of Jamestown
A Timeline Leading up to, and including the History of Jamestown Virtual Jamestown Timeline

Native Americans and the Jamestown Colony  
Indian Massacre of 1622 Pocahontas
Smith Attempts to Suppress the Indians Around Jamestown Four Faces of Pocahontas
Powhatan Indian Village and Jamestown The Story of Pocohantas
Virginia's Early Relations with the Native Americans The Real Pocahontas
Virtual Jamestown: Powhatan Pocahontas Myth


People Important to the Jamestown Colony  
Robert Hunt John Rolfe Biography
Reverend Robert Hunt - First Chaplain Captain John Smith
Robert Hunt Biography Captain John Smith
John Rolfe Captain John Smith Biography
John Rolfe and Jamestown Captain John Smith

Slavery in the Jamestown Colony  
African Americans and the Virginia Colony Slavery at the Jamestown Colony - a video
   

Colonial Charters

Colonial Charters, Grants, and Related Documents: From Yale Law School - A list of documents and their texts for every colony in early America - dates supplied as well


Maps of Early America Rare Map Collection - Colonial America


Other Colonial Pages  
The Jamestown Colony The Plymouth Colony
The Lost Colony of Roanoke The New England Colonies
The Middle Colonies The Southern Colonies



American History Calendar

American History Calendar: A calendar site showing American history in a unique way: through a user-friendly web calendar. Birthdays of important people in American history and important events in American history can be viewed; interactive - browse through it and display details on a specific person or event. A printer friendly version of the calendar is also available.


American History Museum

Smithsonian National Museum of American History Search Engine: Discover history through objects, photographs, interactive timelines: Complete archived collections - excellent!


The History Channel

The History Channel: Each month the History Channel takes new explorations into the past and puts them on display for you, utilizing state-of-the-art interactive technology; listen to speeches drawn from the most famous broadcasts and recordings of the Twentieth Century. The History Channel Time Machine brings you to a different speech every day; trivia quiz; fact of the day; games


U.S. History Images

U.S. History Images: What better way to learn about and appreciate the history of the United States than through viewing the illustrations of artists from the last century and a half! The images are all in the public domain and are free for anyone to use in any way after viewing the Terms of Use. This website is a work in progress and new images are always being added. Present topics for images include: Life in the Colonies, Colonial Patriots, Native Americans, Native American Culture, The Age of Exploration, and Explorers



Educational American History Powerpoints
Educational American History Videos


Reference Sites to Help in Your Research

American Memory Learning Page of the Library of Congress: Historical collections of photographs, documents, motion pictures, and sound recordings about American culture and history - SEARCHABLE by keyword

Biographies of Famous People Both Past and Present: - SEARCHABLE by keyword

The Biographic Dictionary: Covers more than 33,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day- SEARCHABLE by keyword

Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Encyclopedia Smithsonian features answers to frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian and links to Smithsonian resources from A to Z

Information Please: On-Line Dictionary; Encyclopedia; Almanac, and MORE

Who2: Find famous people biographies fast! This site also lists links to more information about each person. - SEARCHABLE by keyword



Links to Other History Sites that Might also Contain Information about the Jamestown Colony

Archiving Early America: A wealth of resources about 18th Century America, original newspapers, maps, writings, biographies

History of the United States Complete Historical Archive: Directory listed in alphabetical order by events

History Place: American Revolution, Civil War, featured articles, history of the U.S.A.

Liberty Online: Historical People and their words, historical documents, historical geography, battle maps, links to other map sites


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