1600-1775, colonial period

Humorous illustrations, captions, and sidebars describe the events leading up to and including the Boston Tea Party.

A Boston merchant describes the American colonists' act of protest against British taxation and the tea monopoly of the East India Company.

Describes holidays celebrated by European settlers in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century America, and explains what "bees" were, including land clearing, food preparation, quilting bees, and barn and house raisings.

Presents an overview of the Boston Tea Party, in simple text with illustrations, including information on the French and Indian Wars, the Boston Massacre, the Tea Act of 1773, and the aftermath of the Tea Party.

A guide to the major people, places, ideas, and events of colonial and revolutionary times.

Examines various aspects of government and politics in colonial America, discussing the rush to claim land in the new world, the establishment of colonial governments, politics among the colonies, revolutionary politics, charter and royal colonies, and other topics. Includes a glossary and list of primary sources.

A compilation of articles recalling the settlement of the thirteen colonies, beginning with their origins, formation of the colonies, life in the colonies, the fight for independence, and finally the emergence of a new nation.

In Boston during the summer of 1773, Patience Burgess, a minister's daughter, is swept into the political tensions of the era while visiting her best friend.

In 1754, with her own parents taken captive, twelve-year-old Rebecca must confront her fear and hatred of the Abenaki when a boy raised by members of that tribe is brought to the fort at Charleston, New Hampshire, just before a series of thefts occurs.

Discusses the Salem witch trials, including their Puritan background, the accusations made, and the outcome of the social hysteria that produced the situation.