colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Introduces life in colonial Jamestown, Virginia, as seen through the eyes of Sam Collier, John Smith's page, who works hard while wondering if he has the strength to survive in the New World.

Elias comes to the new world, apprenticed to a barber-surgeon in Jamestown Colony, and when he arrives he meets Sacahocan, a Pamunkee Indian in training to be a medicine woman. Includes two stories, one from each character's perspective.

Ann, a young girl in eighteenth-century Williamsburg, wants to become a doctor like her father, but she is not allowed even to study Latin or mathematics.

Living in Boston in 1773, thirteen-year-old Stephen Lankford and his older brother William become involved in the activities of the revolutionary group known as the Sons of Liberty.

Two English children are told the story of their grandfather's experiences as one of the original Jamestown colonists of 1607.

Chronicles the history of the European settlement of North American between 1492 and 1763 and includes information on key explorers, African slaves, and Native Americans who fought unsuccessfully to keep their land and way of life.

Twelve-year-old Sarah breaks the Sabbath in Puritan New England and faces a moral dilemma when an innocent person is accused in her place.

Examines people and events that were crucial to the development of the United States during the Colonial time period.

Explores what primed Salem for its witchcraft fever, key people in the drama, and the events of the Salem witch trials that led to the execution of 19 innocent people.

Contains 219 alphabetically arranged entries that examine life in America from around 1550 through the first century of U.S. independence, covering culture, society, economy, government, politics, war, foreign affairs, laws, treaties, cases and documents, people, and places; and includes sidebars on notable individuals and primary sources, as well as maps, illustrations, chronologies, indexes, and resources for further study.