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Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: History of Colonial America

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the history of the colonization of America. Read about Jamestown, Plymouth, the Salem witch trials, colonial life, and the Thirteen Colonies.
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Primary
PBS

Pbs Africans in America: Forten Letter to Cuffe

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about James Forten's opposition to Paul Cuffe's American Colonization Society, which sought to recruit African-Americans to emigrate to Africa in the early 19th century. In addition, this site provides a link to the text of Forten's...
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Activity
University of Groningen

American History: Essays: Nieuw Amsterdam

For Students 9th - 10th
This site lists the reasons why the Dutch trading companies were slower in colonization than the other New World countries.
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Lesson Plan
iCivics

I Civics: Columbus to the Colonies

For Teachers 9th - 10th
From the time Columbus first set foot in the New World, Europeans were fascinated with this new land. For this lesson, learners learn about the Three Gs that drove them here- gold, God, and glory- and find out how these settlers gave...
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Activity
Other

Baydreaming: Powhatan

For Students 9th - 10th
Wahunsonacock, Chief Powhatan, was the leader of the Powhatan nation of farmers and hunters during the colonization of America.
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Website
University of Groningen

American History: Essays: The First Dutch Settlers

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the Dutch colonization of the Hudson River Valley in this comprehensive essay about the Dutch in America. Pages 3-7 deal with the Dutch colonies.
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Activity
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Jamestown

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information about the founding and development of the settlement at Jamestown.
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Unit Plan
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Enslaved Peoples, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two Spanish accounts of enslaved Indians in the Caribbean and enslaved Africans in Mexico and statements of the difficulty of maintaining slavery and the lurking threat of a slave revolt.

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