Discover facts about the raid at Deerfield, Massachusetts. This feature describes the attach of the colony, as well as the ally relationship between the French and Native Americans. Provides three pages of information, as well as an...

This page goes directly to the homepage of Colonial Williamsburg, which historically reenacts the life of early English settlement in Virginia.

Site provides instructional activity that examines the role of dance and music in Colonial Williamsburg. Interactive group activities highlight this instructional activity.

Beginning with a discussion on how people adapt to or relocate to environments, this lesson encourages students to explore why the Colonists settled in specific regions. In groups, students examine primary documents, analyzing Colonists'...

Site offers a glimpse of Christmas Celebrations in Colonial Virginia.

This lesson plan on daily life in Colonial Williamsburg challenges students to compare and contrast the lives of the African and European populations.

Use this site to learn the many different ways that Colonial children entertained themselves. Find out about the games they played, toys they had, and how they even made some chores into games.

European settlement patterns were influenced by geographic conditions such as access to water, harbors, natural protection, arable land, natural resources and adequate growing season and rainfall. Examine a variety of primary sources to...

This site from the Colonial Williamsburg Museum explores the different "families" of colonial Williamsburg. Content includes a focus on each cultural group: white, Native American, and black.

Detailed description of a typical Colonial Virginian Christmas celebration and how it differs from the modern Christmas.

This is a group activity that allows students to use predictions to learn about the lifestyle of American colonists.

European settlement patterns were influenced by geographic conditions such as access to water, harbors, natural protection, arable land, natural resources and adequate growing season and rainfall. Examine a variety of primary sources to...

Article from the National Postal Museum on letter writing in America and how it became important as a tie between people exploring or settling in the new world and the sponsors or loved ones they left behind. With primary source material.

Brief discussion of early immigration and its effect on the population of Colonial America between 1680 and 1775.

Presents key ideas for a discussion of what led to the Great Awakening religious movement.

Information on music from Colonial America. Includes information on the types of instruments used and the functions of the songs that were written.

This site from The History Place provides a timeline of important events that occurred in the United States during the early- and mid-18th century. The information provided is in-depth and worth checking out.

Compares life in the three regions of the thirteen British colonies - the New England colonies (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut), the Middle Colonies (New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey), and the...

This site provides the types of trades and merchants found in 18th Century Williamsburg. Such trades include: apothecary, blacksmith, founder, harness maker, milliner, printer and bookbinder, shoemaker, silversmith, and wigmaker.

A self-evaluation using primary sources assesses labor, slavery, and caste in the Spanish colonial system.

Examines the establishment of Spanish settlements in America, the differences between them, and the conflicts the Spanish had with other European interests and with the native peoples.

Introductory article on American Colonial History in which the author takes a look at the first European settlers who made the voyage to America and addresses the essential question of who they were as people and hence, why they made...

After reading a section of a chapter on "Colonial Societies," students will be able to compare and contrast the development and character of the French and Dutch colonies in North America and discuss their economies.

Article illustrating colonial life in North America. The author discusses religion and religious movements, women and the colonial family, and work, including slavery, during the 17th and 18th Century. Photographs and links to primary...