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Grolier Online
Grolier Online includes the following databases: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Mulitmedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, The New Book of Popular Science, Lands and Peoples, and America the Beautiful. A username and password must be entered if accessing this resource from home.

Colonial Willimsburg Online guide to the Colonial Williamsburg restoration, with visitors' information and extensive materials on its 18th-century background and life in colonial Virginia. Events time line, teachers' resources, bibliographies, online journal, and glossary.

Prime resource on the history of colonial Albany and upstate New York, with detailed profiles of prominent people, primary documents, and images.

Colonial America
(1492-1763)
Colonial America pages at America's Story from the Library of Congress. Included are pages about major events and prominent people: colonists, political leaders, explorers, and scientists.

National Museum of American History
The Smithsonian Museum of American History showcases 200 years of American history as seen from the doorstep of one house that stood from Colonial days through the mid-1960s in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Includes some interactive activities.

America in 1607
Explore the historic Jamestown fort and the Powhatan village of Werowocomoco through this interactive feature.

 

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