colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Details the varied activities of colonial women, the extensive legal rights they enjoyed, and the difficulties they faced in a new land. Includes bibliographical sketches of representative women of that period.

A history of woodworking craftsmen in colonial America, describing their tools, materials, and workmanship.

Describes the working methods, products, houses and shops, town and country trades, and individual and group enterprises of colonial American skilled craftsmen.

Contains 275 copyright-free, reproducible images that depict people, events, or subjects related to the history of colonial and revolutionary America, each with a descriptive caption; arranged chronologically.

Easy-to-read text, historic art and photography, maps, and activities help introduce young readers to the events surrounding the Salem Witch Trials.

Explains how Europeans in colonial times used the foods available in the New World to create a new society, culture, and cuisine, and explores how the new cuisine was influenced by the settlers native dishes and preferences.

Contains a collection of primary and secondary sources that describe events and developments in the colonial period in America from 1607 to 1750, including the founding of Jamestown, the arrival of the pilgrims, the Salem witchcraft trials, and Africans in America.

Explains the social processes underlying support and resistance to collective action against witchcraft in seventeenth-century Massachusetts; providing theological interpretations of witchcraft, focusing on the relationship between witchcraft and magic, and considering the interrelationships between the two.

Describes the life of Robert Livingston, including his involvement in the American Revolution, the building of New York State, and the Louisiana Purchase.