colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Examines the ideas behind the Declaration of Independence and the major events preceding the revolution through quotations and interpretations of books, articles, speeches, letters, and documents of the eighteenth century.

A story about ghosts and witchcraft as ghosthunters Tess and Tobias board a train for Blackthorne, near Salem.

Describes more than fifty herbs and plants commonly used in colonial America, with illustrations of each plant and information on their uses.

Examines the founding of the English colony at Jamestown, its struggle for survival, and its eventual decline.

An illustrated collection of documents that provide insights into the lives of American colonists, including letters, diaries, sermons, newspapers, and poems.

Presents a history of Virginia, and describes its earliest settlements including the lost colony of Roanoke, interaction with the native peoples who lived there, slavery, colonial life, and much more.

Presents an overview of American history from 1735 to 1791, providing information on the French and Indian War, the Revolutionary Wars, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and more.

Photographs, illustrations, and maps describe the life of John Smith, who helped to settle the Jamestown colony in 1607.

Two sisters, aged ten and twelve, are accused of witchcraft in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1692 and await trial in a miserable prison while their mother desperately searches for some way to obtain their freedom.

Looks at the life of Anne Hutchinson, the daughter of a minister in early seventeenth-century England who moved to the American colonies in search of religious freedom, and whose beliefs were influential in the development of the Bill of Rights.