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University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Immigration Syllabus: Weeks 1 2

For Students 11th - 12th
Week 1: Why study immigration? What does the study of immigration reveal about U.S. history and which stories we tell about ourselves as a people? Week 2: Settlers, Servants, and Slaves in British, French, and Spanish Colonial America:...
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CZBrats

The Lost Laughter of Darien

For Students 9th - 10th
This page is an article entitled "The Lost Laughter of Darien", taken from the book "Ravelings From A Panama Tapestry", by Sue Core. For information about the Colonial period of history, scroll down the page to the heading "Historical...
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CZBrats

Capture of Portobello

For Students 9th - 10th
This page presents a fascinating article about the Capture of Porto Bello by Capt. Morgan (during the Colonial Period of the history of Panama). There are also photos.
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Other

Asia Tours: History: The British Colonial Period

For Students 9th - 10th
This article, provided for by AsiaTour, gives a very detailed discussion of the history of Burma.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Colonial Society and Culture 1607 1754

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Using primary sources, a self-assessment of Colonial Society and Culture (1607-1754).
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Colonial Society and Culture the Consumer Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the development of the eighteenth century Atlantic economy allowing American colonists access to British goods leading to a consumer revolution and made printed materials available (novels, magazines, pamphlets).
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Becoming American: The British Atlantic Colonies, 1690 1730

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary resource material on the ideas, scientific and religious, of the colonial period from 1690 to 1730.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Archiving Early America: Newspaper Coverage of French and Indian War

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource contains an article written by David A. Copeland on how five American newspapers covered the French and Indian War in the colonial period. See copies of three old newspaper issues.
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Washington State University

Washington State University: Timeline of American Literature 1750 1799

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Timeline of the social, political, and literary history of Colonial America and the United States, from 1750 to 1799. Contains information about writers of the period, along with portraits and links to related websites.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Press Asserts Its Freedom

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The role of the free press in Colonial American literary and political history. Includes links to Alexander Hamilton and charters involving free press.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: French Colonial Empire

For Students 9th - 10th
A history of the French colonial empire from their efforts in Africa to those in southeast Asia. The article discusses the First French Empire in the New World, and the attempts to establish colonies during the Imperialism period of the...
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The Map as History: Europe's Colonial Expanision 1820 1939

For Students 9th - 10th
European countries began exploring and seeking to dominate the rest of the world during the 15th and 16th centuries, thanks to their ability to control sea routes and to the discovery of the American continent. In the 19th century,...
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: English in Virginia

For Students 9th - 10th
This Bibliomania site surveys the literary history of the English in colonial Virginia. Includes analysis of the work of Captain John Smith, William Strachey, and George Sandys. Links to other notes about early American literature.
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Early American Paintings in the Worcester Art Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
A site with examples and information about early American paintings from 1671-1829. Use the timeline to click on a time period, or click and select by artist, genre, or place of origin. Also includes an extensive bibliography.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Cambridge Hist of Eng & Am Lit: Travellers and Explorers,1583 1763

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Description of American colonist narratives written for relatives and friends left behind in England. Click on the link at the end of each page to access the entire chapter.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: Narratives of the Indian Wars

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Describes the shortage of accurate historical accounts of the Indian Wars in Colonial America. Click through the names at the bottom of each page to take you to a short description of individual historians.
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America Dept. Of State: Outline of American Literature [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This online book presents an overview of American literature chronologically. Eras and movements are explained and biographies of significant authors are provided. This is a good way to understand the background and influences of...
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University of Pennsylvania

Penn Library: Captivity Narratives

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides a brief explanation of the role of captivity narratives in the pre-Colonial and Colonial periods in American history. Contains reproductions of primary source documents. RI.11-12.9 17,18.19th Cen Historic
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Many Cultures Blend

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief discussion of early immigration and its effect on the population of Colonial America between 1680 and 1775.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Colonists/pamphlets of Land Companies

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes an early descriptive writing form, the land pamphlet. Explains that these pamphlets were a form of travel narrative, written by those familiar with the land. The pamphlets were issued by the Virginia Company, the Masachusetts...
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Later New England Historians

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Describes the changing nature of historical writing during the later Colonial period in America.
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CZBrats

The Flat Arch

For Students 9th - 10th
This page is an article from The Panama Canal Review - December 7, 1962, about the flat arch in the ruins of the Church of Santo Domingo (related to the colonial period in the history of Panama). It also has a picture of the Church of...
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Other

Historync.org: Agriculture in North Carolina

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief historical overview of agriculture in North Carolina. Includes the Colonial Period and the Post Civil War era.
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: The Thirteen Colonies at the End of the Colonial Period, 1774

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the British Thirteen Colonies at the end of the colonial period in 1774. The map shows the boundaries of the colonies and notes the uncolored territory east of the Mississippi and south of the Great Lakes as claimed by Georgia,...

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