Learn about colonial life in a Connecticut community at the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village's interactive educational site.

Collection of pre-1923 articles and books.

Information about the beginning of newspapers in the colonies, beginning with the first one published in 1690 (Benjamin Harris' Publick Occurrences), which lasted only one issue before being suppressed.

Electronic copies of Poor Richard's Almanac, and other materials from 1700's.

Project has 35 questions about colonial life, complete with links to a web site with the answer. Designed for students, with links leading to information about colonial justice, trades, education, medicine, slavery, government, and food.

Listings of 18th Century history at About.com.

Learn early American history through excerpts from the 1829 book.

Historical text archives and resources links to the Colonial period.

Includes history and the education resources available to students and Colonial history enthusiasts.

An exhibition of books, manuscripts, illustrations, and maps from the Penn Library.

A series of primary source indexes covering the early history of the United States. Entries searchable and sorted by text (titles, first lines, recitatives, chorus and burden), by music incipits (represented in scale degrees, stressed notes and interval sequences), with additional indexes of names and theater works. A project of the Colonial Music Institute.

A timeline of significant events to 1700 at The History Place.

One the earliest colonial land grants in North America, Flowerdew Hundred now showcases material culture collections, exhibits, and education programs.

Test you knowledge of the founding fathers with this quiz.

From American University, selected examples of Independence Day celebrations throughout US history.

This site covers different conditions and aspects of each of the thirteen colonies.

This is a little known history of America's Frontier from discovery through the colonial period.

A description by John Smith of the dire circumstances of the first years of the Virginia colony's settlement, 1607-1614.

Fact sheet of life in the New England and southern colonies.

Hargrett Library Rare Maps listings of colonial America.

Biographical information about the only woman to plan and direct a permanent settlement in colonial America, at Long Island.

Describes in detail the first year at Plymouth, from the pilgrims landing to the arrival of the ship Fortune.

Its primary objective is to complete the transcription, translation, and publication of all Dutch documents in New York repositories relating to the seventeenth-century colony of New Netherland.

Information on slave movement and the slave trade of the 18th and 19th centuries at the DPLS Archive.

Devoted to the exchange of ideas and information about America prior to 1800. Includes library of texts and images, as well as information about recent publications.

This site is dedicated to the exhibition and interpretation of ca. 1539-1821 Spanish colonial military artifacts from the former Spanish Floridas and Louisiana. Emphasis is on such uniform-related materials as buttons, buckles, and insignia.

The life story of Squantum (Squanto), a native american who helped the Pilgrim Fathers.

Collaborative project on the South Sea Bubble Crisis (the stock market crash of 1720), which impacted lives in England, and the American Colonies.

Provides history of area from 16th - 20th century; includes tool manufacturing, early Native Americans, and bibliographies.

A history of the earliest theatrical performances in America.

A broad-based site celebrating the American spirit, especially during the Revolution. There are also personal writings, and movie reviews.

The complete site for Mayflower history and genealogy, including an account of the first Thanksgiving in 1621.

Interactive web exhibit of the Colonial Albany Social History Project, a model community history program sponsored by the New York State Museum.

The story describes a violent episode during Colonial America, and the history was written by a descendant of massacre victims, not a historian.

Archive edition at the University of Virginia.

Understanding the colonial economy, presented by ECONnections.

Period maps and atlases from 1507 to 1805 focusing on the exploration of the central and western US.

A discussion of early foodstuffs at Jamestown by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.