Colonial America

America’s Story From America’s Library
This site from the Library of Congress features part of the Jump Back in Time series - the portion about Colonial America, 1492-1763.

Archiving Early America
This site provides primary source material from 18th century America – newspapers, maps, writings – displayed in their original formats.

Colonial America 1600-1772, K-12 Resources  
From the Internet Library School Media Center at James Madison University, this site provides a very long list of links to military history, maps, Colonial Williamsburg, cooking, everyday life, plantations, American literature, holidays, Indians of North America, Jamestown, music and dance, art, Jewish history, African American history and much more.

Jamestown Rediscovery  
The history of Jamestown as well as what has been found at the Jamestown excavation site from the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.

Virtual Tour of Plimoth (Plymouth) Plantation
This site provides a tour of the first permanent European settlement in New England.

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Last Updated: September 9, 2008