Unit 1: Settling a Wilderness | American Republic

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Chapter 1: Discovery of a New World

• Maritime History Museum—Home page to the largest maritime museum in North America
• Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga—Virtual tour of Smithsonian’s exhibit about the Vikings
• Jamestown Historic Site—Official Jamestown settlement & Yorktown Victory Center visitor’s site
• Jamestown Archaeology—“Historic Jamestowne: the fate of an empire colony rests in the hands of a man in chains”
• The Virginia Company: America’s Corporate Beginnings—Lesson plans with primary sources

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Chapter 2: Settling the Thirteen Colonies

• Plimoth Plantation—“Offers powerful personal encounters with history built on thorough research about the Wampanoag People and the Colonial English community in the 1600s.”
• Plymouth Colony Archive Project—“Presents a collection of fully searchable texts, including: court records, colony laws, seventeenth century journals and memoirs,” and much more.
• Colonial House on PBS—Excellent websites on colonial lives with great illustrations and pictures
• The Virtual Tour of New Netherland—Detailed history of New Netherland
• Colonial Williamsburg—Official site containing many pictures, articles, and activities)

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Chapter 3: Expansion and Establishment

• The Winthrop Society—Helps identify descendants of the settlers in the Great Migration.
• Huguenot History—All about the Huguenots by the National Huguenot Society
• ThinkQuest: Conestoga Wagon—Clickable illustration that explains every part of a Conestoga wagon)
• Cumberland Gap—National Park Service page on Cumberland Gap
• The “Praying Towns”—Summary of life and work of John Eliot in the “praying towns”
• King Philip’s War—Brief explanation of the causes, conflicts, and effects of King Philip’s War

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Chapter 4: Daily Life in the Colonies

• Salem Witch Trials—“Documentary archive and transcription project”
• Middleton Place—Web site of the Middleton Place Plantation and Museum
• Life in Puritan America—Numerous links to information about the history and daily life of New England Puritans
• Passport to Colonial Times—Site about daily life, including education, in colonial America
• The Hornbook—Numerous photos of hornbooks
• Old Salem Museums & Gardens—Web site of Old Salem Village and Museum in Winston-Salem, N.C., including virtual tour
• Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts—Covers various kinds of arts in the South.

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Chapter 5: American Colonies in the British Empire

• The Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary—History and biography of Benjamin Franklin on his 300th birthday)
• Benjamin Franklin on PBS—“An extraordinary life, an electric mind”
• The Boston Massacre Files—Investigation game of the Boston Massacre
• The Paul Revere House—History and pictures at Paul Revere House