Internet Resources

Research Links

General Colony Links

http://www.usis.usemb.se/usis/history/chapter2.html
http://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/00_01/CA/13c.htm
http://www.do.esd.k12.ca.us/Cadwallader/Room%2020/Colonies/Main.html
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/OakViewES/harris/97-98/america/colonization/index.html
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm
http://www.coollessons.org/colony.htm
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/coloniz.html

 

13 Colonies - How and when they were founded

 

http://americanhistory.about.com/library/charts/blcolonial13.htm
http://www.wintektx.com/freeman/13colonies.htm

 

Brief history of each original colony and maps

 

http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html

 
Maps

http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/colamer.html
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/maps/index.html

 
Jamestowne

http://www.jamestowne.org/history0.htm
http://www.apva.org/history/index.html

 
Lost Colony of Roanoke

http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3826/intro.html

 
Trial of Anne Hutchinson http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kids/civilrights/features_hutchison.html

 

Extention Activities

Interactive Crossword Puzzles http://www.earlyamerica.com/crossword/index.html
http://www.kidcrosswords.com/puzzles/html/ph8.htm
A Colonial Scavenger Hunt http://www.birdville.k12.tx.us/ele/101/colonies.htm
Virtual Tour through the Plimoth Plantation http://www.plimoth.org/Virtualtour/welcome.htm
Be a history detective and discover clues about colonial life! http://www.hfmgv.org/education/smartfun/colonial/intro/index.html

 

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