British Colonial America (SS3H3)

Proclamation issued by Sir James Wright. Savannah, March 28, 1774, James Wright Papers, 1772-1784, Georgia Historical Society

SS3H3 Explain the factors that shaped British Colonial America.

1. Identify key reasons why the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies were founded (religious freedom and profit).

2. Compare and contrast colonial life in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies (education, economy, and religion).

3. Describe colonial life in America from the perspectives of various people: large landowners, farmers, artisans, women, children, indentured servants, slaves, and American Indians.

Suggested Collections

• Ad Hoc Collection (Georgia Archives)

• Colonial Conveyances (Georgia Archives)

• Colonial Estate Records (Georgia Archives)

• Colonial Plats and Warrants (Georgia Archives)

• Colonial Will Books (Georgia Archives)

• Colonial Wills (Georgia Archives)

• Georgia-related Publications from the Hathi Trust Digital Library (HathiTrust)

• Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library Rare Map Collection (Hargrett Library) 

• J. Kyle Spencer Map Collection (Columbus State University Archives)

• James Wright Papers (Georgia Historical Society)

• Keith M. Read Collection, 1732-1905 (Hargrett Library)

• List of Georgia Settlers (Hargrett Library)

• Port of Savannah Slave Manifests (Georgia Historical Society)

• Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842 (Hargrett Library, Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, LaFayette-Walker County Library, Tennessee State Museum, and University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections)

• Telamon Cuyler Historical Manuscripts, 1609-1942 (Hargrett Library)

• Thomas Carr family papers (Hargrett Library) 

• Transcripts of the Earl of Egmont Papers (Hargrett Library)

Suggested Searches (DLG)

• Georgia--Social life and customs--To 1775

• United States--Politics and government--To 1775 

• New England before 1775

• Southern States--Politics and government--To 1775

• Middle Atlantic States before 1775

• Southern States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

• Frontier and pioneer life--Southern States

• Frontier and pioneer life--Middle Atlantic States

• Frontier and pioneer life--New England 

• New England--Religion 

• Colonial religion 

• Middle Atlantic States--Religion

• Education--New England--History

• Education--Middle Atlantic States--History

• Education--Southern States--History 

• New England--Economic conditions--17th century 

• Middle Atlantic States--Economic conditions--17th century 

• Southern States--Economic conditions--17th century 

• New England--Economic conditions--18th century 

• Middle Atlantic States--Economic conditions--18th century

• Southern States--Economic conditions--18th century 

• Slavery--New England

• Slavery--Middle Atlantic States 

• Slavery--Southern States 

• Landowners--Southern States--History--17th century

• Landowners--Southern States--History--18th century

• Landowners--Middle Atlantic States--History--17th century

• Landowners--Middle Atlantic States--History--18th century

• Landowners--New England--History--17th century

• Landowners--New England--History--18th century

• Colonial land records

• Indians of North America--Government relations--To 1789

• Native Americans in the Colonial South

• Indians of North America--New England

• Indentured servants--Southern States

• Indentured servants--Middle Atlantic States

• Artisans--New England--History--17th century

• Artisans--New England--History--18th century

• Artisans--Middle Atlantic States--History--17th century

• Artisans--Middle Atlantic States--History--18th century

• Artisans--Southern States--History--17th century

• Artisans--Southern States--History--18th century 

• Women--New England--History--17th century

• Women--New England--History--18th century

• Women--Middle Atlantic States--History--17th century

• Women--Middle Atlantic States--History--18th century 

• Women--Southern States--History--17th century

• Women--Southern States--History--18th century

  • Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784

• Children--New England--History--17th century

• Children--New England--History--18th century

• Children--Middle Atlantic States--History--17th century

• Children--Middle Atlantic States--History--18th century

• Children--Southern States--History--17th century

• Children--Southern States--History--18th century

Suggested Searches (DPLA)

• United States--Social life and customs--To 1775

• United States--Politics and government--To 1775 

• New England--Politics and government--To 1775

• Southern States--Politics and government--To 1775

• New England--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

• Southern States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

• Frontier and pioneer life--Southern States

• Middle Atlantic States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

• Middle Atlantic States, Colonial period

• Frontier and pioneer life--New England

• New England--Religion

• Southern States--Religion

• Middle Atlantic States--Religion

  • Quakers, Colonial period

• Education--New England--History

• Education--Southern States--History

• Economic Conditions

  • Stamp Act, Colonial period

  • Fur Trade, Colonial period

  • Merchants, Colonial period

• Southern States--Economic conditions--18th century

• Slavery--New England

• Slavery--Maryland

• Slavery--Southern States

• Antislavery movements

• Landowners, Southern States, Colonial period

• Plantation Owners, Colonial period

• Plantation Maps of British North America

• Landowners--Middle Atlantic States--History--17th century

• Landowners--Middle Atlantic States--History--18th century

• Landowners--New England--History--17th century

• Landowners--New England--History--18th century

• Land tenure

• Indians of North America--Government relations--To 1789

• Indians, Treatment of--United States--History

• Indians of North America--Southern States

• Indians of North America--Middle Atlantic States--Maps--Early works to 1800

• Native Americans in Colonial New York

• Native Americans in Colonial Pennsylvania

• Indians of North America--New England

• Native Americans in Colonial Connecticut 

• Native Americans in Colonial Massachusetts

• Indians of North America--Education

• Indians of North America (Colonial period)

• Indentured servants before 1775

• Artisans--New England--History--17th century

• Artisans--New England--History--18th century

• Artisans--Middle Atlantic States--History--17th century

• Artisans--Middle Atlantic States--History--18th century

• Artisans--Southern States--History--17th century

• Artisans--Southern States--History--18th century

• Women--New England--History--18th century

• Colonial Women

• Children in Massachusetts before 1775

• Children--Middle Atlantic States--History--17th century

• Children--Southern States--History--17th century

• Children--Southern States--History--18th century

Historic Georgia Newspapers

• Newspapers 1763 to 1775

Suggested DPLA Primary Resource Sets and Exhibits

• Colonial Religion 

• The Colonies: Motivations and Realities

• Cross-Cultural Colonial Conflicts

• Dutch New Netherland

• From Colonialism to Tourism: Maps in American Culture

• Perspectives on the French and Indian War

• Powhatan People and the English at Jamestown

• The Transatlantic Slave Trade

NGE Articles

• Atlantic Slave Trade to Savannah

• Colonial Architecture: Overview

• Colonial Coastal Fortifications

• Colonial Immigration

• Colonial Military

• Henry Ellis (1721-1806)

• Indian Trails in Colonial Georgia

• James Wright (1716-1785)

• James Oglethorpe (1696-1785)

• Malatchi (ca. 1720-1756)

• Mary Musgrove (ca. 1700-ca. 1763)

• Royal Georgia, 1752-1776

• Samuel Nunes (ca. 1667-ca. 1741)

• Slavery in Colonial Georgia

• Smallpox

• Trustee Georgia, 1732-1752

• Women in Colonial Georgia

Georgia Public Broadcasting Resources

• Discovering Jamestown

• European Influences on Colonial American Culture

• Georgia Stories: Colonial Georgia

• Mannahatta 1609

Georgia Historical Society Resources

• Colonial Period of Georgia’s History

• Copy of the Georgia Trustee’s seal for the establishment of the Colony of Georgia. 

• James Edward Oglethorpe

• Mary Musgrove

• Oglethorpe and Religion in Georgia

• Tomochichi

• William Bartram

Posters and Postcards

• SS3H3 poster

• SS3H3 postcard