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Social Studies: 13 Colonies (US History)

Guides for American History, Government, & Electives

Resources for Research on the Thirteen Colonies

Here would be information on the particular assignment or other general research notes.

Books in the Library

13 Colonies - Library Catalog Resource List
Gonna be real here: most of our print books on the 13 Colonies are pretty old...

Colonial America Reference Library Cumulative Index by Julie L. Carnagie
ISBN: 0787637912
Publication Date: 2000-03-04
A 4 Volume Encyclopedia on Colonial America.
Gale Encyclopedia of U. S. Economic History by Thomas Carson (Editor)
ISBN: 9780787638887
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
The Encyclopedia of the New American Nation
ISBN: 9780684313467
Publication Date: 2005-10-21

Colony Specific Resources

Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Direct Links to Research Database Pages

American Colonies (Collected Topic Pages) - GALE US History in Context
Each link goes to its own Topic Page
Thirteen Colonies - Topic - GALE US History in Context
News, Journals, Reference, Primary Documents, Essays, etc. on the Thirteen Colonies
13 Colonies - eLibrary
use "Expand this Research Topic" for additional information
Proprietary Colonies (Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History.) -GALE Virtual Reference
contains links to pages about economic history of specific colonies
Corporate Colonies (Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History) - GALE Virtual Reference

Websites

American Revolution and Its Era: Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750 to 1789
Celebrate Boston - Virginia Colony
This Website has brief information (from Goodrich's 1857 "History of the United States") for ALL 13 Colonies.
Library of Congress - Colonial and Early America - Exhibitions
Library of Congress -- Colonial Settlement
USHistory.org - The Middle Colonies
Basic Information. Use the drop down menu for specific colonies.
USHistory.org - The Southern Colonies
Basic Information. Use the drop-down menu for specific colonies.
USHistory.org - New England Colonies
Basic. Use the drop-down menu for specific colonies or events.

Primary Sources

Records of the American Colonies -- Hathi Trust
Extensive collection of Colonial-Era Documents

Library Databases - Additional Search Resources

Search Suggestions: "13 Colonies", "colonial", "[your colony] colony"

Also search eLibrary for individual colonies.

EBSCO History Reference Center