Colonial America

Students Dress up
as Famous Colonists

Timeline of Events Lessons Activities with
the Lessons
Online Quizzes
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Pocahontas
1607 - British settled Jamestown in Virginia. Jamestown Activities Quiz
sm_pilgrim.jpg (4136 bytes) 1620 Pilgrims settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts The Pilgrims Activities Quiz
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Roger Williams
1630 - Puritans came to Boston, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
1636 - Connecticut and Rhode Island were settled.
The Puritans Activities Quiz
sm_middle.jpg (4232 bytes) 1623 - New Netherlands settled. (In 1626 this became New York.) 

1638 Delaware 1664 New Jersey

The Middle Colonies Activities Quiz
sm_quaker.jpg (3882 bytes) 1682 Quakers came to the New World. Settled in Pennsylvania The Quakers Activities Quiz
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James Oglethorpe
1634-Maryland

1653 -Carolina

1670 -South Carolina

1733 -Georgia

The Southern Colonies Activities Quiz
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Daniel Boone
1734
Daniel Boone was born.
Life as a Trapper Activities

Other Famous Colonists

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George Washington
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Paul Revere
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Betsy Ross
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Benjamin Franklin
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Thomas Jefferson

Other Sites on the Colonial America

United States History--1600-1775 Colonial Period  K12 Resources (Many links!) http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm
American Timeline  http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/OakViewES/harris/97-98/america/index.html
Stamp Unit Germantown Academy  http://www.ga.k12.pa.us/academics/LS/4/sstudies/Colonial/SThomepg.htm
Map of Colonial America 1777   http://www.eduplace.com/ss/ssmaps/1776.html
Try this trick for remembering the 13 Original Colonies in order. http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/cecsst/cecsst160.html

Book List

Mary Geddy's Day, Kate Waters,   ( Colonization picture book)

Lesson Plans

http://www.mce.k12tn.net/colonial_america/lesson_plans_for_colonial_americ.htm