colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Twenty-one-year old coal miner Mack McAsh leaves his indentured servitude in Scotland on a slave ship bound for a Virginia plantation in 1766, with his only friend, beautiful, high-born Lizzie Hallim.

George Washington, worried that his troops are not a match for the mighty British army, is inspired by a poem written to him by Phillis Wheatley, a former slave, who knew what it was like to long for freedom.

In graphic novel format, describes the role that Captain John Smith and Pocahontas and their friendship played in the success of the Jamestown Colony.

Provides a cultural and historical context for the development of the United States during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and includes the first American colonies, the Jamestown settlement, Maryland, the Carolinas, Georgia, and more.

Provides a cultural and historical context for the development of the United States during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and includes Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Rhode Island and Connecticut, New Netherland and New Sweden, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and more.

In 1726, twelve-year-old Rachel and her friend Sally discover a pirates' hiding place on a deserted island near Charles Town, South Carolina, and they suspect it may be connected to the woman who will soon become Rachel's stepmother.

Maps, text, and illustrations tell the story of the American colonies from the Spanish Conquest to the American Revolution. Also includes a time line, a glossary, and a further reading list.

Draws on decades of research by historians, archaeologists, and linguists affiliated with the New Netherland Research Center under the direction of Charles Gehring and Janny Venema. Transcribed and translated seventeenth century Dutch colonial documents in the New York State Library and the New York State Archives have helped to revive the study of the Dutch contribution to the development of modern America.

Presents an account of the first great transit of people from Britain, Europe, and Africa to British North America.

Contains stories from early American history, including the French Huguenots arrival in America, the story behind the pigs carried by Columbus that might have been responsible for the disease that spread throughout the Native American population, and the lesser known background of George Washington.