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Brain Pop: Building the Thirteen Colonies, Regions of the Thirteen Colonies
Thirteen Colonies Interactive Timeline: History Junkie (Links to many events and background on all colonies)
The U.S. 13 Colonies Map Quiz Game
8th Grade Social Studies: The Thirteen Colonies
13 Colonies House-PBS. Interactive Games set in the World of 1628
History of Immigration to the 13 Colonies
The Transatlantic Slave Trade- TED Video
Social Class in the 13 Colonies (Covers all 3 Regions + Indentured Servitude and Slavery)
New England-
New England Colonies- US History.org (several pages- use drop down menu or hit next to browse them all)
History of the New England Colonies (History of Massachusetts Blog)
Colonial Boston Interactive Map
Famous Trials- the 1692 Salem Witch Trials
Middle Colonies-
Middle Colonies-US History.org
Colonial Philadelphia (City, People, Economy)
Visualizing Colonial Philadelphia
Map of Colonial Philadelphia (LOC)
Dr. Hamilton's 1744 full Itinerary (incl Critical View of Philadelphia)
In Penn's Shadow 1680-1720 - Philadelphia: The Great Experiment
1681-1776: The Quaker Province- Colonial Pennsylvania
The Middle Colonies (Libretext Humanities site- In Depth Information)
Southern Colonies-
Facing History and Ourselves Black and White - Bacon's Rebellion
Southern Colonies-US History.org
Dressing the Part in Southern Society
Colonial Williamsburg- Tour the Town
Maryland- Build a Plantation Simulation
South Carolina Rice Plantations
When Rice Was King Video Series
A Woman Rice Planter (Diary of a Female Plantation Owner in South Carolina)
South Carolina Gold- Rice Cultivation in South Carolina
Ask A Slave- Web Video Series created by a Mount Vernon re-enactor.
Kingsley Plantation, Florida (Timuacan National Park)
Mansfield Plantation South Carolina (Rice Plantation)
Slavery on South Carolina Rice Plantations Rice Diversity.Org
HSI Interactive: Antonio, a Slave- Evolution of Virginia Slave Codes in the 1600's
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Africans in America
Africans in British America-US History.org
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French and Indian War
Deerfield, Massachusetts Raid 1704
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Last of the Mohicans Related Sites on the Battle of Fort William Henry
Last of the Mohicans-Wikipedia
Battle of Fort William Henry- Wikipedia
Fort William Henry: Siege and Massacre
Lake George Historical Society Article
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If you find any great sites about any of the 13 colonies or the 3 colonial regions- please let us know. We'll add them to our collection of resources.