U.S. HISTORY--COLONIAL ERA

(When U.S. History Portfolio 1 is assigned, the following books will be useful)  Do not neglect material from periodicals.  JStor, ProQuest, and Project Muse are excellent resources.  They are available by clicking on Online Resources, or entering their titles in the Library's Site Search (see above)  To search these resources from home, request password and instructions from the librarian.  All Upper School students have received copies of these in the last school mailing.  See Leisler, below for example.

Biographies of Prominent Individuals:

Benjamin Franklin:

Democratic Origins and Revolutionary Writers, 1776-1820

    The European Enlightenment, a learning module by Prof. Richard Hooker (Wash. State U.)and others.   An excellent overall introduction to the intellectual history of the movement.

Anne Hutchinson:

Anne Marbury Hutchinson An appraisal of her life and its meaning by one of her descendants; a good source, but not unbiased, for discovering her 'crimes'.

The Examination of Mrs. Anne Hutchinson at the Court at Newton - 1637 Primary source; the testimony at her banishment trial.

    The Trial of Anne Hutchinson An illustrated biography from PBS

Nathaniel Bacon: 

Bacon's Rebellion

    Bacon's Rebellion: People and Events from Africans in America, the PBS series Blacks and whites, slave and free united against Indians in this early struggle.  Why?

From Revolution to Reconstruction: Documents. Governor William Berkely on Bacon's Rebellion

    Jacob Leisler:

The Jacob Leisler Papers
    Contains a few primary sources and a biographical account with historical background.  When finished, this will be the prime source for all Leisler materials.

    The "fervent Zeale" of Jacob Leisler

The "fervent Zeale" of Jacob Leisler David William VoorheesThe William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 51, No. 3, Mid-Atlantic Perspectives (Jul., 1994), pp. 447-472 Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture

    Metacomet (King Philip):
    Note: Little is known of his life.  The book, The European Challenge, the the series The American Indians (973.0497 A), located in the library stacks, provides some contemporary illustrations of King Philip and his 'War'.
   

King Philip's War

JSTOR: Restraining Atrocity: The Conduct of King Philip's War

Popé:
    Note: Little is known of his life; no full-length biography as been published.  He is the nominal leader of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, the first, last, and only successful revolt of Indians against European invasion.   The European Challenge cited above provides a chapter on "The Plight of the Pueblos" in which Popé and his revolt is discussed.   See additional books on reserve

Popé - New Perspectives on the West
    A PBS site with a short summary of the life of the Tewa Pueblo leader.

    Couriers of the 1680 Revolt 
    A selection from a book, Indian Running, Native American Tradition, suggesting how this Revolt, though short-lived, may be viewed as a victory.

    Indians Confront the Spanish
    A short history of Spanish/Indian interactions from the beginning to the defeat of the Revolt, which provides some context for the Revolt, and for the less draconian treatment of the Indians after the Spanish re-established control.

Additional Websites arranged by title:   

Archiving Early America
    Historical Documents from Early America    

Colonial North America - A part of the Internet Modern History Sourcebook, produced by Fordham University.   Primary source documents.

DPLS Archive: Slave Movement During the 18th and 19th Centuries
  "This site provides access to the raw data and documentation which contains
information on the following slave trade topics from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: records of slave ship movement between Africa and the Americas, slave ships of eighteenth century France, slave trade to Rio de Janeiro, Virginia slave trade in the eighteenth century, English slave trade (House of Lords Survey), Angola slave trade in the eighteenth century, internal slave trade to Rio de Janeiro, slave trade to Havana, Cuba, Nantes slave trade in the eighteenth century, and slave trade to Jamaica."  - Please ask for help before downloading any raw data from this site.

Early America Review
    A journal of fact and opinion on the people, issues, and events of 18th century America [Real Audio]

Eighteenth-Century Studies
    Full-text works of the eighteenth century--including art--but chiefly literary and cultural studies (from Carnegie Mellon)

The Slave Narrative (17th -18th Century) - Ed. by Steven Mintz, U. of Houston

French and English Colonial Empires  
    A wonderful essay in contrasts from Prof. Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College.

From Indignant Protest to Hesitant Revolutionaries: Maryland and the American Revolution, 1765-1776 - To access documents, one must use the password aaco and sign in as aaco#

Avalon Project - Mayflower Compact : 1620

New Hampshire Black History - Biographies of Blacks prominent in New Hampshire history.  A surprising number are from the Colonial period.

An Outline of American History - The Colonial Period
    Part of a hypertext history developed by the USIA.  Includes outline, summary, documents, biographies, essays, and links.

Plymouth Colony Archive Project of the University of Virginia

Rare Map Collection - Colonial America
    University of Georgia Library

Religion and the Founding of the American Republic
    Library of Congress Exhibition.

White Oak Society
    A Living History Introduction to the Fur Trade

William Penn: Visionary Proprietor  
     By Tuomi J Forest; includes biographical information and details relationship with Indians

 Virtual Jamestown
    Looks at the first permanent English settlement in America during the seventeenth-century from the perspective of Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans

Witchcraft in Salem Village