You Be the Historian
http://www.si.edu/organiza/museums/nmah/notkid/ubh/00intro.htm
See if you can figure out what life was like 200 years ago for Thomas
and Elizabeth Springer's family in New Castle, Delaware.
Dale House Exhibit
http://www.apva.org/exhibit/dalehs.html
This is an on-line version of the exhibit that is currently on display
in the Dale House on Jamestown Island, Virginia. The items exhibited
are some of our most recent finds.
They raise several important questions being explored by the
archaeologists.
Armor at Jamestown?
How do we date the site?
Fair Trade?
What did the colonists eat?
The American Colonies
http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~jonnaro/colonies/index2.htm
Information on the 13 American Colonies with a map of the New England,
Middle and Southern Colonies.
American Colonies
http://www.millcomm.com/~dover/colony.htm
A straight-forward chart listing colony, founder and date founded,
and the colony's purpose.
The Thirteen Colonies
http://141.104.22.210/Anthology/Div/Albemarle/Schools/Yancey/Colonies/COLONIES.HTML
A project created by Ms. Louden's Fifth Grade Class, Yancey Elementary
School.
History of Jamestowne
http://www.jamestowne.org/history0.htm
A Brief History of Jamestown
http://www.apva.org/history/index.html
Virtual Tour of Plimoth Plantation
http://pilgrims.net/plimothplantation/vtour/index.htm#1627
Amusements in Colonial New England
http://www.ctstateu.edu/%7Enoahweb/amusements.html
Connecticut Life in the 1770s
http://www.ctstateu.edu/%7Enoahweb/lifein1770.html
Colonial Lexington
http://hastings.ci.lexington.ma.us/WebPages/Colonial/Colonial.html
Aspects of life in Colonial Lexington, MA, are explored, including:
Native Americans, British Soldiers, Paul Revere's Ride, The Battle, The
Graveyard, Colonial Life and Crafts, Historic Homes, Historic People and
their Familes, and the History of Lexington. Assembled by students at the
Maria Hastings School.
Life in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
http://www.history.org/life/life.htm
Meet the People: Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
http://www.history.org/people/people.htm
Gallery of Early American Portraits
http://www.earlyamerica.com./portraits/index.html
Oil paintings of famous early Americans with brief information about
each one.
The World of Benjamin Franklin
http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/rotten.html
This is a multi-page biography of Benjamin Franklin from the Franklin
Institute Science Museum.
Betsy Ross Homepage
http://www.libertynet.org/iha/betsy/index.html
Biographies of people from American History
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/index.htm
A Journey Towards Freedom: Historical Figures
http://library.advanced.org/10966/bios.shtml
Biography.com
http://www.biography.com/find/find.html
Type in the name of a famous person or other key words to find biographical
information.
LIBERTY: High Tea in Boston Harbor
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle/episode1.html