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...
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Unesco: Spain: Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture
Ibiza provides an excellent example of the interaction between the marine and coastal ecosystems. The dense prairies of oceanic Posidonia (seagrass), an important endemic species found only in the Mediterranean basin, contain and support...
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Four original source accounts, and four related maps, of successful English, French, and Spanish settlements in North America and the Caribbean that explain the qualities of these settlements and their reasons for permanence and prosperity.
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Three documents reflecting official views of how to rule and regulate a successful colony in New France, Jamaica, and the Spanish Indies.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: John Smith
Learn of one of the first leaders in American settlement. With experience, courage and wisdom, John Smith was invaluable to starting the first European settlement in the United States. (In Spanish)
University of Groningen
American History: Essays: Europe's North South Conflicts Reach the Americas
An essay detailing early English and French exploration and settlement in the New World to challenge Spanish control.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Louisiana and Britain
One of Jefferson's acts doubled the area of the country. At the end of the Seven Years' War, France had ceded to Spain the territory west of the Mississippi River, with the port of New Orleans near its mouth -- a port indispensable for...
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Bound for Texas!
Contains a series of articles on the history of Texas such as "The First People", "The Republic" and more.
Library of Congress
Loc: Exploring the Early Americas: Competition for Empire
Part of a larger site, the primary sources here deal with the competition among the European countries in establishing a foothold in the New World.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Indian Relations, American Beginnings: 1492 1690
One modern historical assessment and several original accounts of the mistrust, negotiations, alliances, trading, and disease transmission between European colonizers and native peoples in North America.
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National Park Service: John White Colony
This site from the National Park Service details John White and the colony of Roanoke.
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San Geronimo De Los Taos Mission, New Mexico
A Spanish Franciscan and a French Jesuit report on the reciprocal relationship between natives and Catholic missionaries as Europeans settled New France and New Spain.
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Enslaved Africans
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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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Central North America, 1755
A map of central North America showing territorial claims at the beginning of the French and Indian War in 1755. The map shows the Oregon Country, the Spanish claims to New Spain and Florida, the French claims to Louisiana and Canada,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Georgia Projected, 1732
A map of the coastal Carolinas, and part of the newly formed Georgia Colony, or Province of Georgia, in 1732. The map shows the earlier settlements of the Albemarle Sound (1653), Port Royal (1670), Charleston (1680), and the settlement...
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Etc: Development of Early Carolina, 1663 1732
A map showing the development of the Carolinas from the land grant of Charles II in 1663 to the establishment of the Province of Georgia by charter in 1732. The map shows the area of Carolina as established by the Patent of 1665...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The Early United States, 1790
A map of the United States in 1790 showing the territorial claims of the states at the time, and the British and Spanish possessions and territory disputes. The map shows the frontier lines or extent of settlement from the coast of Maine...
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Etc: The Territory of the Present Us During the French Indian Wars, 1755 1763
A map of North America showing the foreign possessions in the area of the present United States during the French and Indian Wars (1755-1763) between the French and English. This map is color-coded to show territorial claims at the time...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North America, 1689
A map of North America, Central America, and the West Indies in 1689 at the beginning of the King William's War (1689-1697), the first of the French and Indian Wars. The map is color-coded to show the claims of the English, French, and...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The United States, 1800
A map of the United States in 1800 showing the territorial claims of the states at the time, the British and French possessions, and territory disputes. The map shows the frontier lines or extent of settlement from the coast of Maine to...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Intercolonial Wars, 1689 1713
A map of eastern colonial North America showing the struggle for supremacy between England, France, and Spain in the region, from the King William's War (1689-1692) to Queen Anne's War (1702-1713), a period also known as the...
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Etc: Maps Etc: British Possessions in North America, 1765
A map showing the British possessions in North America in 1765 after the French and Indian War, as defined by the Treaty of 1763, Proclamation of 1763, and the Royal Orders of 1764-1767. The map shows the British Colonies on the...
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Etc: Colonies During the French and Indian Wars , 1754 1763
A map of eastern North America at the time of the French and Indian War (1754-1763). The map is color-coded to show the possessions of the British, French, and Spanish at the time. The map shows the British colony boundaries, major...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Land Claims of the Thirteen Original States, 1783
A map of eastern North America showing the land claims of the original thirteen states after the American Revolutionary War, from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi River, as well as the boundaries of the British and Spanish...