13 Originals -
Short summaries of the founding and expansion of the colonies. An animation of the boundaries of the contiguous United States from 1650 to the present included.

Colonial History-

A nice listing of sites for a study of colonial history.

Amusements in Colonial New England - 
This site provides background information about toys and games played in colonial times.

Archiving Early America - 
Our main focus is primary source material from 18th Century America-- all displayed digitally. A unique array of original newspapers, maps and writings come to life on your screen just as they appeared to our forebears more than 200 years ago.

Colonial American History Resources - 
Various sites regarding colonial times.

Colonial Williamsburg - 
Come Meet the People and learn about their struggles and triumphs. Experience Colonial Life by exploring the trades, politics, and other aspects of 18th-century living. See the Places and learn about their history as you go along. Browse the Colonial Dateline highlighting events from 1750-1783. Also has a historical glossary and navigational aids for the online Williamsburg site.

Jamestown Colony Timeline - 
Year-by-year chronology of events at the Jamestown Colony, written and illustrated by Fourth Grade students at Gunston Elementary School.

Jamestown Rediscovery - 
Welcome to the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities Jamestown Rediscovery archaeological project. Jamestown Rediscovery is a ten-year interdisciplinary project searching for the remains of 1607 Jamestown on the 22.5 acre APVA property on Jamestown Island, Virginia.

The Lost Colony of Roanoke - 
After hearing the good reports, Sir Walter Raleigh sent his cousin, Sir Richard Grenville, back to Virginia. Grenville left with seven ships of men and the two Indians for the New World. They left Plymouth, England on April 9, 1585. They arrived on Roanoke Island and quickly started to build a settlement which they called Fort Raleigh.

Rare Map Collection - Colonial America - 
Look at historical maps of the colonies, drawn during that period.

Colonial Maps - rare maps from the University of Georgia showing some of the first colonies and divisions.

Immigration in the Americas and the 13 Colonies - get facts about the first explorers to arrive in the Americas and information on the early Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia colonies. Be sure to scroll down the page!

Liberty Perspectives: Daily Life in the Colonies - read some quick facts to learn what life was like in the colonies.

Colonial American Gazette - devoted to studying society and culture in the original thirteen colonies. Lots of great links to other information on the colonies.

 The Mayflower Web - information on the Mayflower, Plymouth, and the people and times.

 Salem Witchcraft Hysteria - information taken from historical sources dealing with the withcraft hysteria in Salem, Massachusetts Bay.

 A Dangerous 1600s Woman - Information about Lady Deborah Moody. Moody was the founder of Gravesend, on Long Island, NY. This was the only permanent settlement in early colonial America planned and directed by a woman. 

 Student Research Sources - a great collection of web links dealing with the colonies and colonial times.

 Outline of American History- colonial period - brief general information on the colonies

 The 1627 Pilgrim Village - a drawing of what the village of Plimoth was like.

 Plymouth Mass. - information on what life was like in colonial Plymouth

 Amusements in Colonial New England -This site provides background information about toys and games played in colonial times.

 Colonial Era -Statistics from colonial times. Includes amount of taxes accumulated per year by individual tax, like the Sugar, Stamp and Townsend Act taxes, land holding patterns, tobacco export to England, slave prices from 1638 to 1775, occupation profiles, fur exports, marriage patterns, criminals, America's largest cities, admissions of states into the union, renowned American artists, population of Ameircan colonies from 1610 TO 1780, basic weekly diets in America and Britian from 1622 to 1790 and more.

 Pilgrim Clothing -Clothing of pilgrims, with illustrations and detailed explanations.

 Colonization- Middle Colonies -The Colonization of the Middle Colonies, the People, Places, Documents, and Events Important to the Colonization of the Middle Colonies

 Colonial America - a page of links dealing with all aspects of the colonies

 Immigration in the Americas and the 13 Colonies - general information on the settlers of some of the colonies.