Introduction

The Internet Resources

Interactive: games, webquest

• game of colonial terms - Match all of the colonies with the discription of each one. Be sure to write the matches on your papres.

• word search - Have fun finding colonial terms.

• hangman - Name the original states by knowing the order in which they ratified the Constitution. Be sure to write them in order on your paper.

Thirteen Colonies

• Thirteen Colonies - Three parts to this extensive page of information on the 13 colonies...also, includes other historical information pertinent to the era. Includes a clickable map of each colony, comparisons of life then and now, and games

• Colonial Kids - A page perspective with details of what life was like for kids in colonial life.

• Thirteen Colonies - Take a look through each door to education, government, religion, jobs, homes and furniture, food and health, holidays, and families

• Colonial Willamsburg - Explore and learn about the life in colonial Williamsburg.

• Early Colonial Era - Historical timeline of Colonial Era

• Colonization - Learn of the hardships of the first settlers to America

• PBS- African Americans in Colonial America - Narrative history and histroical resources for the colonial era.

• History Day: Thirteen Colonies - Be sure to scroll down to find information on each of the colonies, each will be listed by name.

• Thirteen Colonies Chart - Contains names of colonies, year founded, founder and the date it became a royal colony.

New England Colonies

• The New England Colonies - Links to the New England Colonies

• The New England Colonies - Good reference on settlers, industries, and differences from other colonies.

• Massachusetts - Information on Massachusetts colony

• Massachusetts: Colonial Lexington - Great links

Middle Colonies

• Middle Colonies - Good reference on settlers, industries, and differences from other colonies.

• Virgina: Jamestown - Information on Jamestown, Virginia

• New York and Maryland - Information on New York & Maryland

• Middle Colonies - Links to middle colonies

• Pennsylvania - Information on Pennsylvania

Southern Colonies

• The Southern Colonies - Good reference on settlers, industries, and differences from other colonies

• North Carolina - Look at the link named Colonial Period