American+Studies+I+Time+Periods

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** 13 Originals: Founding the American Colonies ** ** [] ** Brief synopsis of each colony's origins and gateway to other resources

** America **** ’s Story ** ** [] ** From **America’s Library,** a timeline and time periods about colonial America.

** American Centuries: View from New England ** ** [] ** Created by U of Mass at Amherst “The intellectual content of this web site is the direct result of a National Endowment for the Humanities Focus Grant in which teachers and museum staff jointly studied historic themes with leading scholars from major educational institutions in New England.”

** Archives of Maryland Online ** ** [] ** “The Maryland State Archives is the historical agency for Maryland and serves as the central depository for government records of permanent value. Records date from the founding of the colony in 1634 to the present. Included in the Archives' holdings are colonial and state executive, legislative, and judicial records; county probate, land and court records; church records; business records; publications and reports of state, county and municipal governments; and special collections of private papers, maps, photographs, and newspapers.”

** Archiving Early America ** ** [] ** Early American Review journal; explore history through media of day and topics

** Background to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ** ** [] ** “The Independence Hall Association owns the website ushistory.org, which supports our mission to educate the public about the Revolutionary and Colonial eras of American history, as well as Philadelphia generally.”

** Colonial Hall: A Look at America's Founders ** ** [|http://www.colonialhall.com] ** Biographies, documents, trivia, search site

** Colonial Williamsburg: Where History Lives ** ** [|http://www.history.org] ** Colonial Williamsburg, past and present.

** Commercial Banking in Colonial America ** ** [] ** Overview of banking in colonial America

** Colonial Links: Multnomah County Library (Portland, Oregon) American History Links ** ** [] ** Scroll down the page to the link you need.

** Famous Moments in Early American History ** ** [] ** Short films of noteworthy events—George Washington, Shot heard round the World, Molly Pitcher, Benedict Arnold, and Declaring Independence

** First English Settlement in the New World (Roanoke, Virginia) ** Site details the founding of the first English settlement in the New World, from Queen Elizabeth I, Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Francis Drake.
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** Founding the Colonies ** ** [] ** Primary Source documents and web links

** Georgia History ** University of Georgia site details the entire history of Georgia, prehistory, French, Spanish and English explorations. Scroll down the page and click on the appropriate links.
 * [|http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu]. **

** Georgia History: Oglethorpe, James Edward: Tercentenary ** ** [] ** Click anywhere on the picture to open the site to the table of contents. University of Georgia site details the history of Georgia founder, James Edward Oglethorpe.

** Jamestown **** [Virginia] History of ** ** [] ** = Essay, timeline, list of settlers with occupations =

** Jamestown **** [Virginia] Discovery of ** ** [] ** Investigation the remains of 1607-1698 Jamestown on the Assoc. for Preservation of VA property on Jamestown Island, Virginia.

** Jamestown **** Virtual Website ** ** [] ** Interactive part, maps and images, court records, newspapers, labor contracts

**The Plymouth Colony Archive Project** [|**http://etext.virginia.edu/users/deetz/**]

** US History.org (Independence Hall) ** ** [|http://ushistory.org] ** All kinds of information on local historical sites

**__ 18th CENTURY __**

= ** Archiving Early America ** = ** [|http://www.earlyamerica.com] ** Information on 18th century America

**__ 19th CENTURY __**

** The American 1890s: A Chronology ** ** [] ** Information about personalities, social, political, literary, economic, cultural events, art, music, and architecture of the decade, divided into individual years.

** David Rumsey Historical Map Collection ** ** [|//http://www.davidrumsey.com///] ** 18th and 19th century North and South American cartographic materials

** Dramas of Haymarket ** ** [|//http://www.chicagohistory.org/dramas//] ** History of the affair

** First Person Narratives of the American South, 1860-1920 ** ** [] ** Search by keyword or browse by subject, author, or title index to find texts

From Revolution to Reconstruction
** [] ** Outlines by topics--economy, literature, etc; documents, essays, biographies, presidents

** The Gilded Age WebQuest: Documenting Industry in America ** ** [] ** All aspects of this time period, through a hands-on Web Quest exercise: you are a member of a film production studio tasked with creating a documentary film on the Gilded Age!

** Secession Era Editorials Project ** ** [] ** Editorials on Nebraska Bill, Dred Scott and Harper’s Ferry