The Colonial Period

A Guide to Web Resources

The following websites may be useful in researching the history of the colonial era of the United States. These are just a few of many relevant sites available on the web. Each of these sites provides additional links to other relevant sites.

• Africans in America: America's Journey through Slavery
  A PBS site at its best with source material from images, documents, stories, biographies and commentaries on the experience and history of slavery in the U.S.

• Virtual Jamestown
  Many primary and secondary sources on this colonial settlement.

• The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, 1610 to 1791
  Searchable site of the English translation of the text compiled and edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites.

• Common-Place, 2000-
  Sponsored by the American Antiquarian Society in association with the Florida State University Department History, Common-place is a common place for exploring and exchanging ideas about early American history and culture which is a bit friendlier than a scholarly journal, a bit more scholarly than a popular magazine.

• Salem Witch Trials: Documentary Archive and Transcription Project
  An electronic collection of primary source materials relating to the Salem witch trials of 1692 and a new transcription of the court records.