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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 pers on or event. A printer friendly version of the calendar is also available.

History Search Engine

HistoryBuff: Search for resources and information about historical events, people, and places


How Stuff Works

How Stuff Works: Colonial America: Informational Sites about the Colonial America, many of which include videos


The American Colonies

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

America's First Families: 1600s Colonial Ancestors: Information on notable settlers in the 1600's; Biographies available by clicking on a name

Comparison of Colonial Life to Today's Life: Information about the Plymouth Plantation; The Pilgrims; Education; Vocabulary Words For Colonial 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Colonial Charters, Grants and Related Documents: Primary historical documents; information about the founding of each particular colony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

Timeline of Historical Events of the Original Colonies to 1700

Outline of American History: THE COLONIAL PERIOD


Colonial Williamsburg Page for Kids

Colonial Williamsburg Page for Kids: Explore and learn about the people, places, and experiences of Colonial Life.


Black History in the Colonies
Exploring the Amistad
The African American in Colonial Times
First Blacks of Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Part 1
Africans in America
First Blacks of Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Part 2

Colonial Clothing

Introduction to 18th century clothing

Colonial Clothing Dictionary
Colonial Clothing
18th Century Clothing
Pilgrim Clothing

Colonial Currency

Colonial Currency: Examples of currency; Colonies/ States are listed in alphabetical order followed by Continental Currency.

Colonial and Continental Currency: The complete story, important facts and information

Currency and Banking in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: The complete story; important facts and information


Colonial Education
Education in the 13 American Colonies
Education for Boys and Girls
Education in the Colonies
Schooling, Education, and Literacy in the Colonies

Colonial Family
The Colonial Family
Colonial Kids
Family Life

Colonial Farming
Farming in the 13 American Colonies

Colonial Foods

Food in the 13 American Colonies
Selected Recipes from Colonial Williamsburg
What Did the Colonists Eat?
Some Notes on Food of the Early Colonists

Colonial Gardening
Colonial Gardening

Colonial Government
Colonial Government
Emergence of a Colonial Government

Colonial Justice
How Did Colonists Deal with Criminals?

Colonial Manners

George Washington's Rules of Civility: Written as they were in Colonial times



Colonial Medicine
Colonial Doctor
Colonial Diseases
Colonial Medicine

Colonial Music
Colonial Music

Colonial Newspapers
Colonial America Newspapers
Producing a Newspaper 1692 - 1792

Colonial Parks
Parks in the 13 American Colonies

Colonial Religion
Religion in Colonial America

Colonial Soap Making
Colonial Soap Making. Its History and Techniques

Colonial Tools
Colonial Tools

Colonial Occupations
Colonial Occupations and Customs

Apothecary

Apothecary in Colonial times
Colonial Apothecary

Blacksmith

Other Occupations
Gunsmith
The Silversmith
Basketmaker
Cooper
Miller
Silversmith
Brickmaker
The Cooper
Milliner
The Tanner
The Brickmaker
Founder
Printer / Binder
Wheelwright
 

Trades in Colonial America


Daily Life
A Colonial Family and Community
Daily Life in the Colonies
Everyday Life

Firefighting in Colonial Times
Firefighting

Holiday Customs
Colonial Christmas Customs

Schooling and Education
Pages from an 1805 New England Primer
Schooling, Education, and Literacy in Colonial America
Education in the 13 American Colonies

Traveling, Mail and Newspapers
Travel, Mail, and Newspapers in 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

Maps of Early America
Rare Map Collection - Colonial America


Educational American History Powerpoints

Educational American History Videos

Reference Sites to Help in Your Research

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! This site also lists links to more information about each person. - SEARCHABLEby keyword


Links to Sites that Contain Information about Colonial Life

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


Links to Other History Sites That Might Also Contain Information about Colonial Life

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

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


Link to 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

...colonial life was much more difficult than life today?
...after dark, American colonists used candles to light their homes?
...candles, soap, cloth, medicine, butter, and other necessities had to be homemade?
...colonists mixed animal fat with wood ash to make soap?
...in the 1600s a child was expected to act like an adult at the age of 6 or 7; dress like an adult; and work alongside parents?
...by the age of 6 or 7 young girls learned to cook, spin yarn for material,make clothing and soap, plant gardens, pluck feathers off geese to get goose down for featherbeds, and care for younger children?
...by the age of 6 or 7 young boys did farming chores such as caring for and feeding the livestock, planting crops, chopping wood, and mending fences?
...very early in life, young boys often left home to become an apprentice and spend several months or even years learning a skill from an experienced laborer?
...some of the apprenticeship skills the young men learned were cabinet making, silversmithing, printer skills, and barrel making?
...young boys who became apprentices signed a contract with a master who would feed, clothe, and train them in exchange for their hard work?
...most colonial children learned to read and write at home?
...a hornbook, a piece of wood with the letters of the alphabet written on it, was used to teach children the alphabet?
...colonists who became ill were treated with herbal medicines?...the best hope for surviving in the colonies was to stay healthy because there wasn't a treatment for many of the diseases: small pox, yellow fever, and malaria?


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