Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Free African Americans in the Colonial Era
Read about the ways some slaves gained their freedom and where they often lived once free.
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Read Works: West Africa: Introduction to West Africa [Pdf]
An informational text about the history of West Africa. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Illinois State Museum: Native American Food
Experiences during the colonial years certainly were not the same for different cultural groups. This site compares and contrasts the housing, clothing, food, religion and family life of Native Americans, French settlers, and African...
Open Door Team
Open Door Web Site: Britain and the Scramble for Africa
Briefly describes Britain's motivations for imperializing African regions. Includes the text of a speech given by Lord Cruzon entitled, "The True Imperialism."
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Lucy Terry
Learn about the life of Lucy Terry, poet, storyteller, and activist of colonial and postcolonial America.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Spaniard and Indian Produce a Mestizo Attributed to Juan Rodriguez
The Mestizo belongs to a larger series of works that seek to document the inter-ethnic mixing occurring in New Spain among Europeans, indigenous peoples, Africans, and the existing mixed-race population. This genre of painting is known...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Mestre Valentim, Passeio Publico, Rio De Janeiro
The Passeio Publico in Brazil represented several groundbreaking achievements in art. This park was designed by an artist of African descent-Mestre Valentim. View pictures and read the history of this public park, including the unique...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: The First Great Awakening
In the middle of the 18th century, a series of evangelical religious revival movements swept across colonial America. Known as the First Great Awakening, the movements were characterized by emotional religious conversions from a state of...
Black Past
Black Past: Stono Rebellion
This encyclopedia article gives information about the Stono Rebellion by South Carolina slaves, and the outcome of the revolt.
Black Past
Black Past: Haitian Revolution (1791 1804)
This encyclopedia article is a good overview of the slave revolt that resulted in Haiti's independence.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Ghana Celebrates 50 Years as Independent Nation
In this article and the accompanying radio broadcasts, Ghana reflects back on its accomplishments in the fifty years since it became independent of colonial rule. It was the first African nation south of the Sahara to do so. [March 7, 2007]
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Pokot
During the colonial period, the Pokot were called "Suk" by Europeans. To some Pokot, the older designation is a reminder of an era in which Africans lacked the power to name themselves; to others, it represents the clever ruse of a...
PBS
Pbs: Commanding Heights: Nigeria, an Overview
Brief timeline of Nigerian history in the twentieth century, from the PBS series "Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy." Includes timeline entries related to independence, which was achieved in 1960.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: European Imperialism: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Access university-level course materials compiled for course on European imperialism.
Other
World Statesman: Nigeria
Major dates and people involved in the history of the various regions of Nigeria.
Other
West Chester University: The British in West Africa
The author examines the various areas in West Africa that were colonized by the British during the 19th century. He also examines British reasons for their imperialistic activities.
Open Door Team
Open Door Web Site: The Scramble for Africa: Germany
Briefly describes the limited role Germany had in the scramble for African territories. A link to a map of colonial holdings during this period of New Imperialism is included.
Curated OER
Unesco: Saint Kitts and Nevis: Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park
Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park is an outstanding, well-preserved example of 17th- and 18th-century military architecture in a Caribbean context. Designed by the British and built by African slave labour, the fortress is testimony...
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Paul Cuffe Farm
This site was the home and farm of Paul Cuffee (1759-1817), a wealthy colonial-era African-American merchant. Cuffee was a leading advocate for minority rights in Massachusetts, and a promoter and funder of the resettlement of...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Africa, 1897
Map of Africa in 1897 showing European colonial possessions and spheres of influence, and the independent territories at the time. The map is color-coded to show the areas controlled by the British, French, German, Turkish, Italian,...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Post Wwi Africa, 1920
A map of Africa in 1920 showing colonial possessions of the British, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Belgians, including the former German colonies, lost after WWI, per the Treaty of Versailles. This map shows major cities and...
Curated OER
Maps Etc: The Colonization of Africa, 1870 1910
A map showing the European colonization of the African continent before and after the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Physical and Political Map of Africa, 1879
Map of pre-colonial Africa, showing the predominately native countries and territories of the African continent in 1879. The counties include the Barbary States of Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, Tripoli and Fezzan, the Egyptian territories of...
Open Door Team
Open Door Web Site: France in Western Africa
A brief explanation of French imperialist desires and holdings in Western Africa.