Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Resources

This is just a starting point for the resources you can use to answer your questions.

Websites
Here you will find a link to primary sources including letters and maps that is an approved education site.
http://edsitement.neh.gov/LaunchPad/Launch-NE-Maps.html


Sometimes the answers to your questions aren't always clearly spelled out. Read through some of these letters about the colonial crisis, and maybe you will find your answers.
http://edsitement.neh.gov/LaunchPad/Launch-CrisisNewEngland.html

Databases and Encyclopedias
Here is a link to the History Study Center- This section is a part of the Proquest Database. You may need to use a password in order to access this section. Passwords can be found just outside of the Dell 2 lab.
http://www.historystudycenter.com/search/multiSearch.do


Here is a link to World Book Encyclopedia online: This resource will have information that may be helpful for your work, but will not contain primary document resources.
http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Login?ed=wb


This link will give you general information about colonies but will be sorted by the states and will be less in depth.
http://online.culturegrams.com/states/index.php


Books
The cultural life of the American colonies, 1607-1763.
1 of 1 available
[ Book ]
973.2 WRI Wright, Louis B. (Louis Booker), 1899-
Published 1957


Great Britain and the American colonies, 1606-1763.
1 of 1 available
[ Book ]
325.3 GRE Greene, Jack P.
Published 1970


The American heritage history of the thirteen colonies,
1 of 1 available
[ Book ]
973.2 AME by the editors of American heritage. Editor in charge: Michael Blow; Narrative : Louis B. Wright.
Published 1967


The colonies in transition, 1660-1713.
1 of 1 available
[ Book ]
973.2 CRA Craven, Wesley Frank, 1905-
Published 1967


Spain in America
1 of 1 available
[ Book ]
980 GIB Gibson, Charles, 1920-
Published 1967


The American revolutionaries : a history in their own words, 1750-1800
1 of 1 available
[ Book ]
973.3 AME edited by Milton Meltzer.
Published 1987



Settlers on the Eastern Shore : the British colonies in North America, 1607-1750
1 of 1 available
[ Book ]
973.2 SCO Scott, John Anthony, 1916-
Published 1991


Citizen Tom Paine
2 of 2 available
[ Book ]
FIC FAS Fast, Howard, 1914-
Published 1983


The coming of the white man, 1492-1848,
1 of 1 available
[ Book ]
970 PRI Priestley, Herbert Ingram, 1875-1944.
Published 1929


The Italian Americans
1 of 1 available
[ Book ]
325.2 DIF Di Franco, J. Philip.
Published 1996


Witch hunts in Europe and America : an encyclopedia
1 of 1 available
[ Book ]
133.4 BUR Burns, William E., 1959-
Published 2003


Life, liberty and the pursuit of a nation : the making of America : how 13 fragile colonies united to defy an empire and create the world's first grea
1 of 1 available
[ Book ]
973.3 LIF by the editors of Time.
Published 2005