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Curated OER

Kingdom of History: Discovery, Exploration, Colonies, and Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
A treasure trove of links to sites covering all aspects of American History from exploration through the early Republic. What a find compiled by a high school history teacher.
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Library of Virginia

Treasures From the Collection of the Library of Virginia: Virginia Gazette

For Students 9th - 10th
Short history of the Virginia Gazette,one of the country's first newspapers.
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Library of Congress

Loc: The American Revolution Began April 19, 1775

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is an interesting site explaining the beginning of the American Revolution. Read all about the communication system that signaled the beginning of the war.
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Open Door Team

Open Door Web Site: The Scramble for Africa: Germany

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Nectar in a Sieve

For Students 9th - 10th
This story focuses on a woman living in India during the period after India gained colonial independence from Britain. Read about this woman and others in novel, their struggles and aspirations. This site contains a thorough analysis of...
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: New Peoples

For Students 9th - 10th
Most settlers who came to America in the 17th century were English, but there were also Dutch, Swedes and Germans in the middle region, a few French Huguenots in South Carolina and elsewhere, slaves from Africa, primarily in the South,...
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Middle Colonies

For Students 9th - 10th
Society in the middle colonies was far more varied, cosmopolitan and tolerant than in New England. In many ways, Pennsylvania and Delaware owed their initial success to William Penn.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Southern Colonies

For Students 9th - 10th
In contrast to New England and the middle colonies were the predominantly rural southern settlements: Virginia, Maryland, North and South Carolina, and Georgia.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The French and Indian War

For Students 9th - 10th
France and Britain engaged in a succession of wars in Europe and the Caribbean at several intervals in the 18th century. Though Britain secured certain advantages from them -- primarily in the sugar-rich islands of the Caribbean -- the...
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Witches of Salem

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1692 a group of adolescent girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, became subject to strange fits after hearing tales told by a West Indian slave. When they were questioned, they accused several women of being witches who were...
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Literature of Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
Had history taken a different turn, the United States easily could have been a part of the great Spanish or French overseas empires. Its present inhabitants might speak Spanish and form one nation with Mexico, or speak French and be...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Copley, Paul Revere

For Students 9th - 10th
Paul Revere's fame can be attributed Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "Paul Revere's Ride" and to the remarkable portrait John Singleton Copley painted of the artisan in 1768. View the picture and read the background of this portrait in...
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Curated OER

Maps Etc: The Colonization of Africa, 1870 1910

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Africa Before the Berlin Conference, 1882

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Africa as it was known in 1882 before 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 their colonial borders at the start of...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Africa Before the Berlin Conference, 1884

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an interesting map of Africa showing the continent before 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 their colonial...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Intercolonial Wars, 1689 1713

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of eastern colonial North America showing the struggle for supremacy between England, France, and Spain in the region, from the King William's War (1689-1692) to Queen Anne's War (1702-1713), a period also known as the...
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Curated OER

James Colledge Pope

For Students 9th - 10th
James Colledge Pope had a rocky ride in politics as it was a volatile time. He was known for taking a solid stand on important issues. He was the premier for several short periods of time, the last being to see the end of colonial...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Jonathan Trumbull

For Students 9th - 10th
Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. (12 October 1710 - 17 August 1785) was one of the few men who served as governor in both a pre-Revolutionary colony and a post-Revolutionary state. He was a friend and advisor of General Washington throughout the...
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Land Is Settled

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief look at the founding of the English colonies. This site is provided for by the University of Groningen.

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