National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: New World: Part Ii, American Beginnings: 1492 1690
Two European maps of Florida and Roanoke, and a British and a French account-with associated engravings of these settlements-that promote a European interpretation of and claim over these areas.
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina: Causes of the American Revolution [Pdf]
Goes through the various events that led up to the American Revolution and the actions and responses of the British and the Colonies.
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.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Dominica: History
Find out about Dominica's history from this information from the U.S. Dept. Background Notes. See how the interests of the planter class overrode representational government until Dominica was granted its independence.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Togo: History
A history of Togo with emphasis on its political travails since 1963. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Royal Proclamation of 1763
An explanation of the cause and effects of the Proclamation of 1763 along with the original text itself.
Mount Holyoke College
Mt. Holyoke: Extent of Colonialism
A chart of statistics concerning European colonialism towards the end of the imperialist era.
Other
Bloorstreet.com: Royal Proclamation of October 7, 1763
Explore the British proclamation that was induced by Pontiac's Rebellion. Read the text of the Proclamation and a discussion of its effects.
Curated OER
Etc: Native American Delimitations, 1763 1770
A map of the American colonies and territories west to the Mississippi River between the end of the French and Indian War of 1763 and the beginnings of westward expansion of the trans-Appalachian colony proposed in the Vandalia Project...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: 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, to French and British control per the Treaty of Versailles.
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Post Wwi Central and Southern Africa, 1920
A map of central and southern Africa in 1920 showing colonial possessions of the British, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Belgians, including the former German colonies, lost after WWI, to French and British control per the...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Post Wwi Central and Southern Africa, 1920
A map of central and southern Africa in 1920 showing colonial possessions of the British, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Belgians, including the former German colonies, lost after WWI, to French and British control per the...
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Seychelles: History
A history of Seychelles, a country only recently independent. Read about the steps Seychelles has taken since its independence. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Colonial Africa, 1904
A map of Africa shortly after the Berlin Conference of 1885, which established the European colonial territory claims on the continent. These European and independent boundaries include Algeria and the Saharan Sphere of French Influence,...
Curated OER
Etc: Claims of Various European Countries to the Us, 1643 1655
A map of the eastern coast of North America showing territorial claims of Europeans and the development of the United Colonies of New England (New England Confederation) in 1643, and the territorial changes between the Dutch and British...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Bay Verte, 1775
A map of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia near Bay Verte (Green Bay) and the eastern shore of Chignecto showing the campaign of Colonel Monckton in 1775 against the French. "About the last of May, Colonel Monckton sailed from Boston, with...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Post Wwi Africa, 1918
This map is of Africa after World War I. The scramble by Italy, Belgium, and Germany to create colonies in order to keep up with the British, French, and Spanish Empires was played out in Africa, the last remaining continent yet to be...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Sketch Map of Mid Century Africa, Circa 1850
A map of Africa around the middle of the nineteenth century showing European interests on the continent prior to the Berlin Conference of 1885, which established their territorial claims. The majority of the continent was unexplored at...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Fort Pentagoet, Maine, 1626
A sketch map of the eastern shoreline of Penobscot Bay, Maine, showing the location of the early French settlement and fort Pentagoet (Fort Pentagouet), or Castine at around the time the British from the Plymouth Colonies rousted the...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Charles Gravier Vergennes
Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes (December 20, 1717-February 13, 1787) was a French statesman and diplomat. His rivalry with the British, and his desire to avenge the disasters of the Seven Years' War, led to his support of the...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Post Wwi Africa, 1920
A political 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.
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
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Brazil and Guiana, 1911
A map from 1911 showing the British, Dutch, and French Guiana colonies, and eastern Brazil from approximately 60 degrees west of Greenwich to the Atlantic Coast, and from Guiana in the north to Sao Paulo in the south, and the Amazon...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Venezuela and the Guianas, 1915
Map of Venezuela, and the former colonies of British Guiana (Guyana), Dutch Guiana (Suriname), and the current departements d'outre-mer French Guiana showing boundaries current to 1915, major cities, the Orinoco River, and Lake Maracaibo.