colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

An account of the first permanent English settlement in North America, with all its tragedies and disasters, established in 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia.

Examines America's politics at the time of the troubles between England and her colonies and describes the writing of the Declaration of Independence.

In 1772, the eve of the American Revolution, Jamie Fraser is asked to pacify settlers and Native Americans and keep the backwoods of North Carolina safe for the English King. But Jamie's wife, Claire, is a time-traveler and he knows what is really coming.

Claire Randall has traveled back in time to 18th century Scotland. There she met and fell in love with Jamie Fraser. Bearing his child, she returned to the present to raise that child. But when the past recalled her she went. When her grown daughter, Brianna, makes a disturbing discovery that sends her to the same circle of stones that took her mother into the past, Brianna knows she must follow. As she searches for her mother and the father she has never met, Brianna knows she is risking her own future to save their lives.

Presents an alternate history of colonial America which explores how the unique experiences of each colony could have been different if the course of history changed.

Presents a collection of thirty-two essays on the social and cultural changes that occurred in the colonies between 1750 and 1783, and examines colonial life, the Iroquois Confederacy, the Seven Year's War, economic disputes with England and other events leading up to the Revolutionary War, and independence from Britain.

Examines how science and technology impacted the everyday life of all classes and cultures in colonial America, and describes the development of both agriculture and industry.