Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg: Numismatics: Coins and Currency in Colonial America
Valuable lessons in the history of Europeans' early exploration and settlement of America can be gained by following the money used in trade. Coins and Currency exhibition lets you examine evidence of Spanish, British, Dutch, French, and...
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg: Colonial Tools
Lists the tools used by colonial merchants and tradespeople. Each tool listed is linked to a description, many complete pictures.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Archiving Early America: Early Virginia River Trade
Learn about the waterways in Virginia that colonists used to expand their way of life, especially for tobacco sales.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg: Occupations and Trades of the 18th Century
A comprehensive list of the types and descriptions of occupations available in the 18th century. From the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg: Signs of the Times
Site challenges students to examine how goods were advertised, and sold in Colonial Times versus Today. Excellent hands-on activity.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Rice Cultivation in Georgetown County
Describes the planting, cultivating, harvesting, and preparing rice in the antebellum South. Contains review questions.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Beginnings of Revolutionary Thinking: Smuggling
The economic theory of mercantilism led to wholesale smuggling by the American colonists. Read about why the idea of mercantilism was so abhorrent to the colonists, and look at the attempts the British made to make the colonists obey....
Other
Union College: North Atlantic Trade, 1770
This is a map that shows the trade routes, principal ports, goods being traded, and the areas possessed by the British and the Spanish.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg: The Geddys Family of Tradesmen
Links provide you with the story of one colonial silversmith's family. The occupation and impact on family is discussed.