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Jamestown Rediscovery: Virginia Company of Jamestown
The Virginia Company was given the responsibility for developing a settlement in the new world. This site introduces and details the work of the Virginia Company.
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Comission
Explore Pa History: Pennsylvania and the New Nation
Discover the events and people that led to Pennsylvania becoming part of a new nation in this detailed, historical account. Included are links to video, maps, and pictorial images of the era.
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Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission: William Penn
This resource presents a biographical essay about William Penn that highlights his role in the establishment of Pennsylvania.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Fiji: History
Read this history of Fiji to find out about its early history, colonization by Britain, and its many governmental problems since the 1990s. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
Curated OER
Etc: Boundary Dispute Between Md and Pa, 1681 1767
A map showing the boundary dispute between the British colonies of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware between 1681 and 1767. The map shows the lands in dispute, as English King Charles II paid his debt to William Penn by issuing him a...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Georgia Projected, 1732
A map of the coastal Carolinas, and part of the newly formed Georgia Colony, or Province of Georgia, in 1732. The map shows the earlier settlements of the Albemarle Sound (1653), Port Royal (1670), Charleston (1680), and the settlement...