to 1775

Examines family life of the Puritans in seventeenth-century New England and how it was so closely connected to the religious life of the colonists.

Provides descriptions of the lives of "typical Americans" in the eighteenth century.

Text and illustrations present the life of John Jay, who fought for the U.S. as a diplomat and became the country's first Supreme Court chief justice; also includes a chronology, a Revolutionary War time line, a glossary, and a further reading list.

A portrait of daily life in Colonial America includes discussions of houses, schools, clothes, and money.

There are facts and jokes that will make you laugh, or grin, or groan, but while you're laughing remember the information here is true history.

Presents a collection of funny but true facts about colonial America.

Eight accounts retold from historical sources of indentured servants in colonial America, including children who were kidnapped and sold into servitude, a girl who indentured herself, and a student indentured as punishment for stealing library books.