American History with a focus on Colonial and Revolutionary Philadelphia. Washington, Betsy Ross, Jefferson, Declaration, and much more.

Discover primary source documents from early American history--- scenes and portraits from original newspapers, maps and writings.

Discover primary source documents from early American history--- scenes and portraits from original newspapers, maps and writings.

Discover primary source documents from early American history--- scenes and portraits from original newspapers, maps and writings.

Discover primary source documents from early American history--- scenes and portraits from original newspapers, maps and writings.

Learn early American history with the biographies of America's founding fathers from the 1829 book, Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence.

Web exhibit by the Colonial Albany Social History Project of the New York State Museum ...

Site Contents New World Colonial America Revolutionary America Revolutionary Georgia Union & Expansion American Civil War Frontier to New South Savannah & the Coast Transportation Trouble Printing Imaging Services Publishing Information Rare Map Reference Questions Rare Map Collection - Colonial America Map No. Map Name & Negative Number Author (year) File Size Map 1625 L3 Florida et regiones ...

Davistown Plantation became Liberty & Montville Maine. History from 16th - 20th century includes tool manufacturing, indians, bibliographies, web links ...

Its primary objective is to complete the transcription, translation, and publication of all Dutch documents in New York repositories relating to the seventeenth-century colony of New Netherland. This unique resource has already proven invaluable to scholars in a wide variety of disciplines. It also serves to heighten the general awareness of the major Dutch contributions to America over the ...

About DPLS Services Collection User Guides Crossroads Catalog Search Home On-Line Data Archive Slave Movement During the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries This site provides access to the raw data and documentation which contains information on the following slave trade topics from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: records of slave ship movement between Africa and the Americas, slave ...

A jewish american art and history exhibit you can borrow for hanging on the walls of your school, church, synagogue, community center or public agency.

Historic Spanish Point offers visitors a look into Southwest Florida's environment and unique past, including pioneers, maritime history and others.

Electronic Copies of Poor Richard's Almanac and other materials from 1700's that can be found in the Gettysburg College Special Collections.

Be a history detective. Go back in time and investigate the daily lives of the Daggetts, a colonial family from northeastern Connecticut. Collect clues to uncover answers to 7 questions about colonial life in the 1700s. Then prove your skills as a history detective by discovering What's wrong with this picture Begin! Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village ~ http://www.hfmgv.org ...

Lessons: Trade in Colonial America / NAFTA Timing is Everything Developing a Financial Investment Portfolio Widgets: Producing More, Using Less How E-Commerce Influences Consumer Choice Mystery Workers Demand Shifters Government Spending Those Golden Jeans The Great Depression Mystery Understanding the Colonial Economy: Mexico / NAFTA Click here for Teacher Version Often teachers and students ...

A timeline of significant events.

Little-Known U.S. Document Signed by President Adams Proclaims America's Government Is Secular by Jim Walker Some people today assert that the United States government came from Christian foundations. They argue that our political system represents a Christian ideal form of government and that Jefferson, Madison, et al, had simply expressed Christian values while framing the Constitution. If ...

Photographic Documentation of HABS/HAER and Landscapes ...

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Securing the Leg Irons: Restriction of Legal Rights for Slaves in Virginia and Maryland, 1625 - 1791. Slavery In Early America's Colonies-- Seeds of Servitude Rooted in The Civil Law of Rome by Charles P.M. Outwin CLICK FOR INTRODUCTION BY AUTHOR Introduction First devised during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, the laws and justice system governing the institution of Negro ...

What did the colonists eat Home: Exhibits: Dale House: Eats The animal bones from food supplies found in a pit dating prior to 1610 reveal that the 104 men and boys who landed at Jamestown survived primarily on fish and turtles! Sturgeon was the most common fish. A sturgeon may live up to 60 years, weigh up to 800 pounds and reach lengths of up to 15 feet. Tortoyses here (such as in the ...

Spanish Colonial America Living History Organizations reenacting Spanish Colonial America and portraying Spanish Colonial Soldiers, Newsletters about Spanish Colonial Living History, Las Provincias Internas, Publisher is Richard Collins, The Calalonian Volunteers of Arizona a living history organization portraying spanish soldiers in Arizona, including food and recipies on the frontier, the ...

History and pictures of signs from early American taverns. Accounts from travellers and various stories about taverns ...

William Johnson, circa 1751 Sir William Johnson - Indian Superintendent The Role of Sir William Johnson In the Colonial Development of America and His Involvement in the Expansionist Policies of the British Imperial Government. by Paul Redmond Drew AS THE TITLE STATES, this essay will look closely at Johnson's role in the colonial development of America, and particularly the key concern over ...

Archaeologists compared every historic map they could find with the route of the so-called Big Dig, identifying four areas where remains of colonial America might have survived.

Bitter Puritanical opposition to plays and play-acting. Severe laws passed prohibiting stage entertainment of any kind. Earliest records of theatrical performance in America. Tony Aston, the first actor to appear in New York. Performance in Boston causes a riot. First theatre in America built in Williamsburg, VA.

About History Buff History Library Audio/Video Library Presidential Library Newspaper Resources Online Newspaper Archives Interactive Quizes State Facts: Select State Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana ...

Life in Colonial America In New England Why were the Northern colonies settled Religious purposes (Climate suited more for manufacturing than for agriculture) Who settled the area Puritans - left religious persecution in England. They thought the New World would be a utopia, a mansion on a hill for God. Their lifestyle was based on relative equality, unlike the divided social structure of the ...

Commercial Banking in Colonial America by Robert E. Wright A discussion of economic theory and practice is likely to antagonize the student of political history. To begin a political study in this manner may therefore be courting disaster. But, like it or not, certain political events are unintelligible without reference to some kind of economic framework. -- Joseph Albert Ernst, Money and ...

A HISTORY OF THE SETTLEMENT OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA 1400 - 1800 By: Danny Dixon Kilgore Fort Nickelsville, Virginia Contents Foreword Overview Prior to 1500 1500's 1600's 1700 - 1749 1750's 1760's 1770's 1780's 1790's Return Home Foreword: The document that follows is the result of approximately 3 years of dabbling, snooping, and poking around in an almost innumerable collection of articles, ...

The Liberty Tree -April 19th , 1775- Out of the Mists of a New England morn Rings a shot- A shot heard 'round the world. It does not matter which side fired this Immortal volley It is the bullet itself that carries significance. For this bullet, whining through the early Morning air signifies Freedom. With this one opening round, a group of people, A vast minority in the American Colonies will ...

The Founding Fathers Discussion Deck.