Thirteen Colonies. Thirteen Colonies. Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving. Early America < History 1994. John Smith Became a Leader of Jamestown. Captain John Smith: A Jamestown Adventure. Pocahontas. Virtual Williamsburg. You are the Historian. Mayflower 2. Jamestown Online Adventure. In 1606, some 105 adventurers set off from England to try and establish the first permanent English colony in the New World.
They settled in what is now the state of Virginia and called their colony first James Fort, and then James Towne, in honor of James I, the King of England. The early years of the colony were nearly a total disaster. Almost half of the settlers died due to poor choices in settlement location, management of resources, and quarrels with the indigenous Powhatan Indians. You are the Captain of the Jamestown Colony: Can you do any better than the real colonists? You will have a copy of the London Company's Instructions to help guide you. Scoring Factors: After you make all your decisions, you will receive a report on the state of your colony based on these factors: Food: How well can you provide it for your colonists?
Make History: You will get to compare your colony to the historical Jamestown at the end. Good luck and Godspeed! Interactive Map: The Pilgrims' Journey to America. Interactive Map: Triangular Trade Routes. Interactive Map: North America in 1770. Teach Dear America. Colonial settlers came to America for many reasons.
Some came for religious freedom. Some came to make money. They settled into 13 colonies, areas that are now the states known as New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maryland, Georgia, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Delaware. There were other scattered colonies like St. Augustine in what is now known as Florida.
In the early days of the colonial period, the settlers did not know how to live in the wilderness, and they faced many hardships. In time, the colonists learned how to live in the wilderness - through trial and error and the help of some of the more friendly Native American tribes. Life in colonial America centered around the family. Most children in early colonial times never saw the inside of a schoolhouse. A child's life in colonial America would differ greatly, depending on the time and place in which the child lived. Colonial Period Timeline 1565: St. Virtual Jamestown. Interactive Map- Williamsburg. Primary Sources. Research Starters: Plymouth Colony. Plimoth Plantation www.plimoth.org An informative Web site with information and many illustrations depicting life in the original Plymouth Colony.
Historical Text Archive historicaltextarchive.com Primary source material plus a lively collection of links for the study of American history, organized topically and by historical period. Commonwealth of Massachusetts — MAGNet www.mass.gov Official Web site of the state of Massachusetts offers general information about the state, communities, government, business, and more. The Massachusetts Department of Educationwww.doe.mass.edu Massachusetts state education department provides an overview of the agency and information on educational facilities, school districts, programs, and other related resources. Massachusetts Maps www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/massachusetts.html Part of the Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas at Austin, these pages present maps of Massachusetts and several cities within the state.