Colonial American History Articles and Resources
Colonial American Biographies
- Brief Biography: John Rolfe
- Brief Biography: Pocahontas
- Brief Biography: Powhatan
- Brief Biography: Opechancanough
- Brief Biography: John Cotton (1585-1652)
- Brief Biography: Richard Mather (1586-1668)
- Brief Biography: Increase Mather (1639-1723)
- Brief Biography: Cotton Mather (1663-1728)
- Brief Biography: John Winthorp
- Brief Biography: William Brewster
- Brief Biography: William Bradford
- Brief Biography: Anne Hutchinson
- Brief Biography: Sir Henry Morgan
- Brief Biography: Roger Williams
- Edmund Andros
- Sir Edmund Andros (1637–ca. 1714) Brief Biography with Timeline
- Sir William Penn
- Admiral William Penn
- Brief Biography: Charles II
- Brief Biography: James II
- Brief Biography: Edmund Andros
- Brief Biography: King William III (of Orange)
- Brief Biography: Queen Mary II (Stuart)
- Brief Biography of William Bradford
- Brief Biography of William Brewster
- Brief Biography of John Winthorp
- Brief Biography of John Robinson
- Brief Biography of John Smith
- Brief Biography James I (and VI)
- Brief Biography Charles I
- Brief Biography Oliver Cromwell
- Brief Biography Charles II
- Brief Biography James II
- Brief Biography King Louis XIV of France
- Brief Biography of William III of Orange
- Brief Biography of Mary II of Orange
- Brief Biography of Queen Anne of Great Britain
- Increase Mather Brief Biography
- Brief Biography: John Forbes
- Brief Biography: James Wolfe
- Brief Biography: Jeffery Amherst
- Brief Biography: James Fenimore Cooper
- Brief Biography: King George III
- Brief Biography: José de Galvez
- Brief Biography: Teodoro de Croix
- Brief Biography: Bernardo de Galvez
- Brief Biography: Juan Bautista de Anza
- Brief Biography: Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, Sieur de la Vérendrye
- Brief Biography: James Wright (1716-1785) – New Georgia Encyclopedia
Articles About Colonial America
- The Age of Exploration – Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
- The Roanoke Colonies – Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
- The Puritans
- The Foundations of Colonial American Slave Law – Yale Law School
- Navigation Acts (1651, 1660)
- The Dominion of New England
- Who was Lord Cornbury
- Three Concepts in Atlantic History
- Atlantic History and Interdisciplinary Approaches Alison Games
- The Lenni Lenape Tribal History
- The Peace of Breda (1667)
- A Brief History of New Sweden in America
- Chronology of Colonial Swedes on the Delaware 1638-1713
- The Anglo-Dutch Wars
- What was the Dominion of New England
- The League of Augsburg
- The War of the League of Augsburg or often called the Nine Years War or War of the Grand Alliance or King Williams War in British North America
- War or the Spanish Succession or Queen Anne’s War in British North America
- The Acts of Union 1707
- Acts of Union: The creation of the United Kingdom
- Known Executed Victims of the Salem Witch Trials
- British Colonial Trade Regulations, 1651-1764
- The Yamasee War
- Battle of Wyoming (1778)
- Approximate Location of the Wyoming Valley Pennsylvania
- King George’s War
- The Ohio River Valley Map
- The Treaty of Paris, 1763
- What Was the New England Confederation?
- The Indian Captivity Narrative Radford University
- The Story of Hannah Duston: Cotton Mather to Thoreau
- Conrad Weiser – Explore Pennsylvania History
- William Penn and the Indians – University of Virginia
- Creating an Image of Peace – State Museum of of Pennsylvania
- Article: Classification of Native Languages of the Great Plains
- Article: Hudson’s Bay Company
- The Nauset (Cape Cod) Algonquian Native Americans
- The Chickahominy (James River) Algonquian Native Americans
- The Narraganset Algonquian Native Americans
- The Roanoke Voyages – NPS
- Wampanoag People
Colonial American Bibliographies
Colonial American Maps
- Teacher Resource: Map of the Atlantic World
- Map of the Atlantic World
- Slave Voyages Map Collection – The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database Collection
- Native American Regions approximately during King Phillip’s War
- Map: Eastern Canadian / North Eastern British Native Regions
- Map: Red River
- Map: Arkansas River
- Map: Platte River
- Map: Missouri River
- Map: Chickahominy River
- Map: James River
- Map: Rappahannock River
- Map: York River
- Map: Potomac River
Historical Societies and Associations
Colonial American History Collections and Archives
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