Wikipedia is not going to count as one of your sources, but I have included it if the article has References at the end that might help you find more information on your topic.
- Olaudah Equiano
- Olaudah Equiano (Gustavus Vassa)
- From a professor at Washington State University, this is information for students in one of her courses. There are links to different sites with information about Equiano.
- Olaudah Equiano's Life
- Africans in America/Part 1/Olaudah Equiano
- Olaudah Equiano
- Read the historical text: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African
- Olaudah Equiano, b. 1745. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself. Vol. I.
- Another electronic version of Equiano's autobiography.
- Olaudah Equiano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Anne Hutchinson
- Anne Hutchinson Biography from Who2.com
- This short biography also has links to other sites with information about Anne Hutchinson.
- Mass Moments: Anne Hutchinson Banished
- Information about Anne Hutchinson from a Massachusetts history site.
- Anne Hutchinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Benjamin Franklin
- Benjamin Franklin
- From the Library of Congress website America's Story from America's Library. There are links to more information at the bottom of the article.
- Benjamin Franklin | PBS
- Ben's Guide: Benjamin Franklin
- Has a timeline of his life plus information about these areas: Printer, Librarian, Inventor, Statesman.
- Pocahontas
- Pocahontas
- From the Library of Congress website America's Story from America's Library. There are links to more information at the bottom of the article.
- Pocahontas
- From the The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
- The Pocahontas Myth - Powhatan Renape Nation - the real story, not Disney's Distortion
- By Chief Roy Crazy Horse of the Powhatan Nation.
- Pocahontas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- This wikipedia article has a lot of references and external links listed at the end.
- Eliza Lucas Pinckney / indigo
- Kid InfoBits - Subject Search - Indigo
- Search KidInfoBits on the Vermont Online Library for the keyword indigo and you will find this magazine article about Eliza Lucas and indigo.
You'll need the password to get on from home; do you have it?
- NMAH | Dress from the Pre-Revolutionary War-Era Added to Smithsonian Costume Collection
- From the National Museum of American History website. Photos of a dress made of silk grown and spun in South Carolina by Eliza Lucas Pinckney, plus information on Pinckney, including some information about her work with indigo.
- The Letterbook of Eliza Lucas Pinckney
- Click on "Preview this book" to read a biography of Eliza Lucas Pinckney and some of her writing.
- Eliza Lucas Pinckney
- From the Distinguished Women of Past and Present website. The creator of the site is not a historian, or a scholar of women's studies, just someone interested in women in history. Therefore, you will want to verify the facts you find here.
- Plantations
- colonial
- Colonial Settlement and Development of Plantations site by The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.
- The official site of Colonial Williamsburg - Great Hopes Plantation at Colonial Williamsburg
- Learning Resources from Monticello: Plantation Economy
- Information on plantation life at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home.
- Chesapeake Bay - Economy - The Mariners' Museum
- Tobacco
- Historic Jamestowne - Tobacco: Colonial Cultivation Methods
- Economic Aspects of Tobacco during the Colonial Period 1612-1776
- Chesapeake Bay - Economy - The Mariners' Museum
- colonial
- Colonial Settlement and Development of Plantations site by The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.
- King Philip’s War
- King Philip’s War
- This site is by the Pilgrim Hall Museum: America's museum of Pilgrim possessions.
- King Philip's War (British-Native American conflict) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
- King Philip's War in New England
- This information is by an author who wrote a book on King Philip's War.
- Fishing and whaling
- New Bedford Whaling Museum | Research
- There are links in the right side menu to other topics related to whaling in colonial times, like whaleboats, how whales were processed, etc.
- Candle making
- Colonial candle-making demostration
- A photo of someone recreating colonial candle-making.
- National Trust | Collections | Lighting by tallow candles
- This site is from England, but the techniques were the same in the colonies.
- The History of Candles and Candle Making from Candlewic
- This site was made by a company that sells candle making supplies.
- Tavern owning
- Occupations and Customs in Colonial America
- History of Early American Taverns: The Tavern Landlord
- Not an authoritative source, but a place to get information you will have to verify from other sources.
- Early logging in the north colonies
- History of Colonial Forest - Logging Timeline
- While not from an authoritative source, this site has some interesting information. You would have to verify it, though.
- Tools
- Photos of tools found in the Jamestown Fort excavation.
- Churches and their punishments
- Religion and the Church in the 13 American Colonies
- The official site of Colonial Williamsburg - Religion in Early Virginia
Other places you might want to check.
- Colonial America sites listed on The NES Library Social Studies page, especially:
- KidInfo's page of American Colony links.
- Lots of links on The American Colonies and Colonial Life, broken down into topics such as: Colonial Food, Colonial Tools, Maps of Early America, and many more.
URL: http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_Colonial_Life.html
- Biographies from Who2.com
- Search for the name of the person you are interested in. You may also find a list of links to other resources for your person.
URL: http://www.who2.com/
- American Life: A Comparison of Colonial Life to Today’s Life
- This site also includes lesson plans.
URL: http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1990/5/90.05.04.x.html
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