The Plymouth Colony
Sites Specific to Plymouth Colony

Academic Kids' Encyclopedia :Plymouth: Complete historical facts

The NEW ENGLAND Colonies (including the Plymouth colony): Historical Facts

A New Insight into the Early Settlement of Plymouth Plantation:Facts and information

The Plymouth Colony:From Wikipedia -a complete history

The Plymouth Colony Archive Project:A collection of searchable texts, including court records, colony laws, seminar analysis of various topics, biographical profiles of selected colonists,, women in Plymouth, images of the material culture, maps, building reconstructions, and many illustrations and photographs from The Romantic Story of the Mayflower Pilgrims by Albert Christopher Addison

Plymouth Colony History:Historical facts and summary

Plimoth-on-the-Web.com:Facts, information, and links to other resources


Sites Which Include Information about the Plymouth 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

Colonization: New England: Historical facts from Wikipedia



Colonization: The New England Colonies: Lots of informational links to facts and information about colonization and the American colonies

Facts about the Thirteen 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

How Stuff Works: Plymouth Colony: Informational sites about the Plymouth Colony, some of which include videos

Outline of American History - The New England Colonies: Historical

Thirteen Colonies: Historical facts and information

The New England Colonies: From Wikipedia


Crime and Punishment in the Plymouth Colony  
Crime and Punishment in Plymouth Crime and Punishment in Colonial America

Documents Important to the Plymouth Colony  
The Mayflower Compact Charter of Massachusetts Bay

The Mayflower  
The Mayflower Voyage Voyage of the Mayflower
The Mayflower from Wikipedia Things the Pilgrims Brought on the Mayflower
Mayflower Passenger's Genealogy Common Mayflower Myths
Girls on the Mayflower Mayflower Myths
Mayflower Crew Members The Mayflower Passenger List
Mayflower Dimensions and Images Sep. 1620: Mayflower Voyage
Women on the Mayflower The Mayflower Web Pages

Native Nations Important to the Plymouth Colony Massasoit - chief of the Wampanoag
Wampanoag History Massasoit and the Pilgrims
The Wampanoag and the Pilgrims Tsquantum (Squanto), Massasoit, and Hobbamock
Samoset - the First Native American to Make Contact with the Pilgrims Biography of Tsquantum (Squanto)
Massasoit - Friend to the Pilgrims Squanto--God's Special Indian - a Thanksgiving Story


People Important to the Plymouth Colony Anne Hutchinson
John Alden Anne Hutchinson Biography
John Alden - Assistant in Colony Government Anne Hutchinson : Making a Difference
John Alden Biography Anne Hutchinson
William Bradford Miles Standish
William Bradford Miles Standish - Colonial Leader
Governor William Bradford Miles Standish Biography
William Bradford: History of Plymouth Plantation Roger Williams
Honoring the Life of William Bradford Roger Williams Biography
William Brewster Roger Williams, Founder of Rhode Island
William Brewster - Religious Leader Roger Establishes the Colony of Rhode Island
William Brewster Biography John Winthrop
John Carver John Winthrop, First Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony
John Carver - Governor John Winthrop
John Carver Biography John Winthrop Biography

The Pilgrims  
Interesting Pilgrim Trivia Brief History of the Pilgrims
The Pilgrims - from Wikipedia Who Were the Pilgrims?
Difference between a Pilgrim and Puritan Pilgrim History
Pilgrim Hall Museum The Pilgrims
Pilgrims: America's First Families Who Were the Pilgrims?

Pilgrim Clothing  
Daily Life: Pilgrim Clothes  Clothing of the Pilgrims
Pilgrim Clothing Plymouth Colony Clothing

Pilgrim Families Pilgrim Families
Pilgrim Daily LIfe: Housing Pilgrim Daily LIfe: Food
Pilgrim Daily LIfe: Clothes Pilgrim Daily LIfe: School

Religion in Colonial New England Colonies Religion in New England
Strict Religion Rules in New England Puritanism in New England
Religion and Church in New England What's the Difference Between a Puritan and a Pilgrim?

The First Thanksgiving  
1621 - First Thanksgiving First Thanksgiving History and Menu
The First Thanksgiving Thanksgiving History
What Happened at the First Thanksgiving? (interactive site) Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Proclamation of Thanksgiving

Writings of the Pilgrims  
Books and Journals Written by Pilgrims Letters Written by Pilgrims
Pastor John Robinson's Farewell Letter to the Pilgrims (1620) Who Left for Plymouth A Written History of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford

Also see New England Colonies for additional Plymouth Colony Information



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 Plymouth 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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