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- General
- Colonial Period
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The Conquistadors (1500-1542)
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Era of Religious Intolerance (1641-1674) Timeline
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Age of Exploration and Colonial Settlement (pre 1763)
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Colonial America: 1600-1775: K12 Resources
History, people, maps, documents, daily life, and
religion.
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Virtual Jamestown
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MayflowerHistory.com Information on the Mayflower, the
Pilgrims, and early Plymouth Colony (also contains teaching
resources).
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Mayflower Compact
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Plymouth: Its History and People
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Salem Witchcraft Hysteria
Interactively attempts to put you at an actual witch trial.
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Democracy in the Colonies Contains information on New England Town Meetings
and the House of Burgesses.
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The Early English Colonies Contains information on the three
types of colonies; Self-Governing, Proprietary, & Royal.
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Zenger Trial (1733)
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The Colonial Ecomony: Mercantilism Highlights the Navigation
Acts and Triangular Trade Routes.
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Events, People, & Laws That Led to the Declaration of Independence
All the "Acts" are here.
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Royal Proclamation of October 7, 1763
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Boston Tea Party
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The Intolerable Acts
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The Quartering Act & the Stamp Act
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The Seven Years' War
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A Brief History of The French & Indian War Includes links to maps.
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- Revolution and Discovery
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- 19th Century
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19th Century America
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19th Century America
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19th Century Cultural History
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19th Century American Cultural History
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19th Century U.S. History Sites Online
Chronology begins with 1776. Some links have expired.
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Jacksonian Democracy
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Summary of 19th Century Supreme
Court Cases
Marbury v. Madison,
McCullough v. Madison, Gibbons v. Ogden.
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Dartmouth College v. Woodward
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The Industrial Revolution
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Age of Imperialism
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Thomas Jefferson
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The Louisiana Purchase
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Discovering Lewis and Clark
...from the decade of the expedition, tracing their impact on
intervening 200 years, and seeking meanings and lessons for the 21st
century.
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The War of 1812
Articles, links, and photographs.
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The West A chronicle of western expansion.
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The Alamo
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The U.S. and Mexican War (1846-1848)
A
great site from pbs.org.
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CivilWar.com Timeline,
battles, places, music, documents.
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Civil War Homepage Great
source for archives of photos and original documents.
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The
Battle of Little Bighorn
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The History Channel: Ellis Island
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Crucible of Empire: The Spanish American War
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Digital History: Chronology of 19th Century American History
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19th Century Women Artists
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U.S. History: 19th Century: People
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- 20th Century
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The Wright Brothers: The Invention of the Aerial Age
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World War I: Trenches on the Web
Contains information on the people, places, and events of W.W.I.
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The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
Interviews, interactive timeline, maps.
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World War I Document Archive Primary
source documents from America and Western Europe.
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Defining Documents of the United States: The Eighteenth Amendment
Commentary and original language.
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The Great Depression and the New Deal
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Historical Text Archive: W.W.II
Collection of primary source documents from W.W.II.
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World War II Links An
extensive site offering memories of service men, oral history projects,
tank battalions, propaganda, women in W.W.II, military, etc.
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Holocaust Chronicle Online,
full-text version. Search by chapter or time period. This site covers
all aspects of the Holocaust.
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Jewish-American History on the Web
Focuses on the involvement of Jewish people in the major events of U.S.
history.
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Nuclearfiles.org Choose a decade and view information on the
major events of the Nuclear Age (many in-text links too).
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Conflict and Consequence: The Korean War and its Unsettled Legacy
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McCarthyism Scroll down
for links to sites on events, communist spies and investigation.
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NSA and the Cuban Missile Crisis
Timeline and documents.
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Milestones in the Modern Civil Rights Movement
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National Civil Rights Museum: Virtual Tour of the Civil Rights
Movement
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Battlefield Vietnam
Explores individual battles and offers additional resources.
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Recalling the Vietnam War
Explores the causes and consequences of decisions made by the key U.S.
players in the war.
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Revisiting Watergate Commemorates
the 25th anniversary of the Watergate Hotel Burglary and includes a full
history.
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CNN Special on the Cold War
Interactive maps, archival footage, information on key players,
declassified documents.
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Concrete Curtain: The Life and Death of the Berlin
Wall The history of the Berlin Wall, from
creation to destruction.
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Frontline: The Gulf War
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The 1993 World Trade Center Bombing
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Ambush in Mogadishu: Chronology: The US/UN in Somalia
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History of the War in Kosovo
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History of the War in Bosnia
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The Clinton Years
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- 21st Century
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