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HistoryBuff: Search for resources and information about the American Revolution
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 A New Insight into the Early Settlement of Plymouth Plantation: Facts and information Plymouth Archaeological Rediscovery Project (PARP): PARP, while currently in its infancy, has the goal of compiling all known archaeological data regarding Plymouth and the entire mainland of the former Plymouth Colony. Plimoth-on-the-Web.com: Facts,
information, and links to other resources
The American Colonist's Library: A Treasury of Primary Source Documents: A massive collection of the literature and documents which were most relevant to the colonists' lives in America Colonial Charters, Grants and Related Documents: Primary historical documents; information about the founding of each particular colony Colonial North America 1492-1763: Links to sites important to the growth of Colonial North America.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 Jump
Back in Time: Colonial America: Facts
and information about colonization and the American colonies
1upinfo.com: A free enclyclopedia to use for researching topics - SEARCHABLE by keyword American Memory Learning Page of the Library of Congress: Historical collections of photographs, documents, motiion 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!
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Eyewitness - History Through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It: A Fascinating interactive site to get detailed, first-hand accounts of what it was like in the Ancient World, Medieval times, the Civil War, the Old West, and many other historical time periods. See the Destruction of Pompeii in 79 AD brought vividly to life through eyewitness accounts, maps, diagrams, images of other volcanic disasters, and pictures of uncovered ruins. Witness the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 from the view of its survivors. Get first-hand accounts of the death of Thomas a Becket, Frederick Douglass' escape from slavery, the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Capt. Robert Scott's doomed expedition to the South Pole, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid's great Union-Pacific train robbery, and MORE Colonial America: Historical facts and information, links to other important sites Cycles of History: The Colonial Cycle: A tremendous site: Timelines, historical information, maps. Links to numerous sites on colonial history and topics Outline of American History: The Colonial Period: Historical facts and information Outline of American History: THE COLONIAL PERIOD Rare Map Collection - Colonial America USA
History Page: Topics
classified by: Native American history, Colonial Period, American Revolution,
Early Republic, 19th Century, 20th Century
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 American Historical Atlas: Territorial expansion of the United States Archiving Early America: A wealth of resources about 18th Century America, original newspapers, maps, writings, biographies Historical Text Archive Archive: Collection of Essays about important events in history History Buff: Resources about America's history - SEARCHABLE by keyword History of the United States Complete Historical Archive: Directory listed in alphbetica 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 Smithsonian National Museum of American History: Complete archived collections
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
...these passengers were called Pilgrims? ...the Pilgrims decided to start a colony in North America with the hopes of finding religious freedom? ...it took 66 days for the Mayflower to arrive in North America? ...the Pilgrims were supposed to settle in Virginia and not New England, but because their ship was of course they landed in Cape Cod? ...before the Pilgrims set foot on land they wrote the Mayflower Compact, an agreement that would serve as a form of government for their new colony? ...the Mayflower Compact is important because it set the stage for a government formed and run by the people? ...before the Pilgrims arrived, many Native Americans lived in New England: the Wampanoag, the Narragansett, the Pequot, and the Mohegan? ...each of the Native American people had a leader? ...Massasoit was the leader of the Wampanoag peoples? ...the Pilgrim's first winter was cold and harsh and many often went hungry and died from disease? ...by spring of the first year, about half of the original Pilgrims had died? ...in the spring, Samoset, Massasoit, and Squanto worked with the Pilgrims to create a peace agreement? ...Squanto decided to live and work with the Pilgrims, and he shared his knowledge of planting, fishing, and hunting with them? ...William Bradford wrote a book about the Plymouth colony and called Squanto, "a special instrument sent of God for their good"? ...after the Pilgrims learned how to harvest crops, they invited Massasoit to a great feast in Plymouth in 1621 to celebrate and thank God? ...this day of celebration became known as the First Thanksgiving? Index/School Subjects/Search Engines /Dear Kid Info, |
