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	Colonial Williamsburg Foundation History - http://www.history.org Includes history and the education resources available to students and Colonial history enthusiasts.
	New Netherland Project - http://www.nnp.org/ Its primary objective is to complete the transcription, translation, and publication of all Dutch documents in New York repositories relating to the seventeenth-century colony of New Netherland.
	Slave Movement During the 18th and 19th Centuries - http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/slavedata/index.html Information on slave movement and the slave trade of the 18th and 19th centuries at the DPLS Archive.
	Maps of Colonial America - http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/colamer.html Hargrett Library Rare Maps listings of colonial America.
	Cultural Readings: Colonization and Print in the Americas - http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/rbm/kislak/index/cultural.html An exhibition of books, manuscripts, illustrations, and maps from the Penn Library.

	The Mayflower Page - http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/ Extensive historical data, including passenger list, crew, documents, crime and punishments on board, and pilgrim writings.
	Colonial Hall: Biographies of America's Founding Fathers - http://www.colonialhall.com Learn early American history through excerpts from the 1829 book.
	Colonial America Resources - http://www.gettysburg.edu/~tshannon/his341/colonialamer.htm Electronic copies of Poor Richard's Almanac, and other materials from 1700's.
	Fourth of July Celebrations Database - http://gurukul.american.edu/heintze/fourth.htm From American University, selected examples of Independence Day celebrations throughout US history.
	Early American Secular Music and Its European Sources, 1589-1839: An Index - http://www.colonialdancing.org/Easmes/ A series of primary source indexes covering the early history of the United States. Entries searchable and sorted by text (titles, first lines, recitatives, chorus and burden), by music incipits (represented in scale degrees, stressed notes and interval sequences), with additional indexes of names and theater works. A project of the Colonial Music Institute.

	Lewis & Clark: The Maps of Exploration - http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/lewis_clark/ Exhibition of maps and navigational artifacts from Columbus to the Lewis and Clark expedition at the University of Virginia.
	Davistown Museum - http://www.davistownmuseum.org/ History of hand tools and technology in USA, colonial history of the Davistown Plantation (Liberty and Montville, Maine) and coastal Maine Native Americans (Wawenoc Indians). Includes extensive bibliography.
	Classics of American Colonial History - http://www.dinsdoc.com/colonial-1.htm Collection of pre-1923 articles and books.
	Thomas Hariot's A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia - http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/hariot/hariot.html Archive edition at the University of Virginia.
	Spanish Colonial Military Artifacts - http://www.artifacts.org/ Exhibition and interpretation of ca. 1650-1821 Spanish colonial military artifacts from the former Spanish Floridas and Louisiana. Emphasis is on such uniform-related materials as buttons, buckles, and insignia.

	The First American Theatre - http://www.theatrehistory.com/american/hornblow01.html A history of the earliest theatrical performances in America.
	Trade in Colonial America - http://www.e-connections.org/lesson1/lesson1.htm Understanding the colonial economy, presented by ECONnections.
	Life in Colonial America - http://www.glasgow-ky.com/fye/ms_fye/colonial_life.htm Fact sheet of life in the New England and southern colonies.
	Early Colonial Era - http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-early.htm A timeline of significant events to 1700 at The History Place.
	Colonial America Newspapers - http://www.historybuff.com/library/refcolonial.html Information about the beginning of newspapers in the colonies, beginning with the first one published in 1690 (Benjamin Harris' Publick Occurrences), which lasted only one issue before being suppressed.

	Colonial America Scavenger Hunt - http://www.ih.k12.oh.us/es/5/michael/colonial.htm Project has 35 questions about colonial life, complete with links to a web site with the answer. Designed for students, with links leading to information about colonial justice, trades, education, medicine, slavery, government, and food.
	Squantum (Squanto) and Cupids - http://www.baccalieu.com/squantum The life story of Squantum (Squanto), a native american who helped the Pilgrim Fathers.
	John Smith: Starving Time in Virginia - http://www.nvcc.edu/home/preed/starvingtimesup.htm A description by John Smith of the dire circumstances of the first years of the Virginia colony's settlement, 1607-1614.
	What Did the Colonists Eat? - http://www.apva.org/exhibit/eats.html A discussion of early foodstuffs at Jamestown by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
	The Liberty Tree - http://grimmett.freeservers.com/ A broad-based site celebrating the American spirit, especially during the Revolution. There are also personal writings, and movie reviews.

	Colonial USA Archives - http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=listarticles&secid=39 Historical text archives and resources links to the Colonial period.
	History of South West Virginia (to 1800) - http://scott.k12.va.us/history/priorto.html This is a little known history of America's Frontier from discovery through the colonial period.
	Moody, Lady Deborah - http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs304a,0,5912509.story Biographical information about the only woman to plan and direct a permanent settlement in colonial America, at Long Island.
	The People of Colonial Albany Live Here - http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/ Interactive web exhibit of the Colonial Albany Social History Project, a model community history program sponsored by the New York State Museum.
	Society of Early Americanists - http://www.hnet.uci.edu/mclark/seapage.htm Devoted to the exchange of ideas and information about America prior to 1800. Includes library of texts and images, as well as information about recent publications.

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