Curated OER
Moving Toward Independence
Eighth graders identify the reasons why colonists were fed up enough to want to break free of colonial rule and create their own government. They complete an in-dept analysis of the pamphlet Common Sense and it's role in fueling the...
The Newberry Library
Newberry Library: Living in British Colonial India, 1750 to 1850
Learning module from Newberry Library uses primary resources to explore British colonialism in India, examining why individual Britons went to India, what they expected to find there, and what experiences did they share.
Black Past
Black Past: Toussaint L'overture
This encyclopedia article gives an accounting of Toussaint L'Overture, freed Haitian slave who was the leader of the revolt against France.
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Glorious Revolution (In New England)
From being named Governor General of New England in 1674 to being taken into custody 1689, this site chronicles the major events of Sir Edmund Andros's rule of the Dominion of New England.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Age of Imperialism: European Imperialism
The White Man's Burden was another name for Imperialism. It was an ethnocentric idea that emerged from Darwin's Theory of Evolution to explain why white people were living in what they believed were more advanced civilizations than...