colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Describes the achievements of fourteen extraordinary women who lived in colonial America.

This alphabet book introduces aspects of life in the United States during the colonial period. Topics include games, clothing, and special occasions. Tradespeople, family, and other aspects of community life are explained.

Describes the people and events involved in the Salem witch trials through the stories of three characters, including an accused witch, the family member of an accused witch, and an accuser, in which the reader chooses the plot lines.

Re-creates the American colonies before, during, and after the American Revolution by describing in words and pictures various aspects of the colonists' lives, including work, food, clothing, shelter, religion, the events leading to the war, and life as a soldier.

Describes what life was like in the first Spanish colonies in the Americas, discussing its settlers, social structure, daily activities, and impact on American history.

Describes disgusting details about daily life in the American Colonies, including housing, food, and sanitation.

In 1718, off the coast of North Carolina, a young cabin boy assists in the final capture and execution of Blackbeard the pirate.

A biography of seventeenth-century Puritan Anne Hutchinson who was placed on trial and exiled from Massachusetts for openly opposing a number of Puritan beliefs.

Presents a picture of life in colonial America and reviews the causes and major events of the American Revolution.

Presents step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and templates for forty hands-on projects that teach about colonial American life, covering such themes as homes, clothes, farms and gardens, work, and communication as well as Native American life, and features historical facts and anecdotes throughout.