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The Raid on Deerfield: The Many Stories of 1704

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This site provides an analysis of the French Canadian/Indian raid on Deerfield in 1704 and its causes and impact on the... see more

Material Type:
Case Study
Author:
Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Assn/Memorial Hall Huseum
Date Created:
April 17, 2004
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June 11, 2022
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Virtual Jamestown

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"Virtual Jamestown" is a digital research and teaching project that explores the settlement and impact of Jamestown.... see more

Material Type:
Collection
Author:
Crandall Shifflett
Date Created:
December 10, 2002
Date Modified:
September 16, 2022
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Divining America: Religion and the National Culture

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Essays on religion, religious movements and religious groups in America from Colonial times through the 20th century.... see more

Material Type:
Presentation
Author:
TeacherServe® National Humanities Center
Date Created:
October 29, 2005
Date Modified:
September 17, 2022
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The Plymouth Colony Archive Project at the University of Virginia

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This Plymouth Colony Archive presents a collection of searchable texts, including court records, colony laws, 17th... see more

Material Type:
Collection
Author:
Christopher Fennell; Patricia Scott Deetz
Date Created:
August 18, 2002
Date Modified:
January 15, 2023
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Jamestown Rediscovery

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Jamestown Rediscovery is a site designed for the upcoming 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown (1607-2007). The... see more

Material Type:
Case Study
Author:
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Date Created:
January 1, 2004
Date Modified:
January 31, 2022
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Survey of U.S. History

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Divided into four chronological periods, these modules cover a variety of topics, including indentured servitude, runaway... see more

Material Type:
Collection
Author:
Michael O'Malley; Paula Petrik
Date Created:
June 20, 2005
Date Modified:
April 2, 2022
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Shays' Rebellion & the Making of a Nation: From Revolution to Constitution

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The Shays' Rebellion & the Making of a Nation: From Revolution to Constitution website was created by Springfield... see more

Material Type:
Reference Material
Author:
Richard Parkin
Date Created:
February 19, 2009
Date Modified:
February 9, 2022
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A Brief Description of New-York: Formerly Called New-Netherlands (1670)

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DentonÂ’s work was the first English account intended to promote settlement of the region recently seized from the Dutch.... see more

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Author:
Daniel Denton
Date Created:
February 28, 2006
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January 15, 2020
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A NARRATIVE Of The Planting of the Massachusets COLONY Anno 1628. (1694)

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This edition of A Narrative of the Planting of the Massachusets Colony Anno 1628 is based on the first edition published... see more

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February 28, 2006
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October 29, 2021
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A two Years Journal in New-York: And part of its Territories in America (1701)

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This description of the city and inhabitants of New York and its environs was written by the Anglican chaplain who... see more

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Author:
Charles Wolley
Date Created:
February 28, 2006
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June 12, 2018
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America's Historic Lakes

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The fascinating history of the Lake Champlain, Lake George and Richelieu River regions of Vermont, New York, and Quebec... see more

Material Type:
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Author:
Jim Millard
Date Created:
November 10, 2012
Date Modified:
November 19, 2012
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American Centuries

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American Centuries is hosted by the Deerfield, Massachusetts Teacher's Center supporting learning communities and... see more

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Author:
Deerfield Teachers' Center
Date Created:
July 1, 2008
Date Modified:
December 20, 2019
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De Bestiis Marinis, or, The Beasts of the Sea (1751)

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StellerÂ’s classic work, published in Latin in 1751 and in German in 1753, contains the only scientific description from... see more

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Author:
Georg Wilhelm Steller
Date Created:
February 28, 2006
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December 15, 2019
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Old Mens TEARS For their own DECLENSIONS, Mixed with FEARS Of their and Posterities further falling off from New-EnglandÂ’s PRIMI

Old Mens TEARS For their own DECLENSIONS, Mixed with FEARS Of their and Posterities further falling off from New-EnglandÂ’s PRIMI icon

This is an online edition of ScottowÂ’s popular tract, published in Boston in 1691, based on the first edition. Later... see more

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Author:
Joshua Scottow
Date Created:
February 28, 2006
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June 12, 2018
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The Constitutions of the Free-Masons (1734). An Online Electronic Edition.

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This is an online electronic edition of the the first Masonic book printed in America, which was produced in Philadelphia... see more

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Author:
James Anderson
Date Created:
February 28, 2006
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June 12, 2018
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The history detective: the Story of George Budett

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This site is part of a BBC internet series called the History Trail: How to do History. The object of the site is to lead... see more

Material Type:
Case Study
Author:
John Arnold
Date Created:
October 2, 2003
Date Modified:
March 4, 2020
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The Mayflower Compact

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This is a free textbook that is offered by Amazon for reading on a Kindle. Anybody can read Kindle books—even without a... see more

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Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Pilgrim Fathers
Date Created:
November 18, 2013
Date Modified:
September 17, 2022
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Writings of Thomas Paine - Volume 1 (1774-1779): the American Crisis

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This is a free textbook that is offered by Amazon for reading on a Kindle. Anybody can read Kindle books—even without a... see more

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Author:
Thomas Paine
Date Created:
November 22, 2013
Date Modified:
August 5, 2020
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Founders Online

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Correspondence and Other Writings of Six Major Shapers of the United States: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John... see more

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Author:
National Historical Publications and Records Commission; National Archives and Records Administration
Date Created:
August 2, 2013
Date Modified:
February 6, 2014
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Newport Tower: Unsettled History

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This is a free textbook that is offered by Amazon for reading on a Kindle. Anybody can read Kindle books—even without a... see more

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Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
B. Lynn Brant
Date Created:
November 18, 2013
Date Modified:
September 14, 2014
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Salem Witch Hunt-Interactive

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Experience the 1692 Salem witchhunt in a terrifying online trial: 'Are you a witch ? How long have you been in the snare... see more

Material Type:
Simulation
Author:
National Geographic
Date Created:
September 15, 2011
Date Modified:
December 18, 2019
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The Christian Commonwealth: or,The Civil Policy Of The Rising Kingdom of Jesus Christ. An Online Electronic Text Edition.

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John Eliot, the Puritan missionary to the New England Indians, developed this plan of political organization for the... see more

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Author:
John Eliot
Date Created:
February 28, 2006
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June 12, 2018
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The Federalist Papers

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This is a free textbook that is offered by Amazon for reading on a Kindle. Anybody can read Kindle books—even without a... see more

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Open (Access) Textbook
Author:
Alexander Hamilton; John Jay; James Madison
Date Created:
November 22, 2013
Date Modified:
September 11, 2014
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The Frontier in American History

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Author:
Frederick Jackson Turner
Date Created:
November 20, 2013
Date Modified:
March 17, 2015
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