Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Old Point Comfort
Old Point Comfort was chosen by Captain John Smith as a fortification to protect the entrance to the James River and the colony at Jamestown, Virginia. [2:00]
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: We the People Les. 1 Pt. 1: Why Study the British Colonies?
Today, 60-Second Civics begins our exploration of the colonies of British North America.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: We the People Les. 1 Pt. 3:where Did British Colonists Settle?
Today we learn about the impressive size of the American colonies.
Crash Course
Crash Course Us History #2: When Is Thanksgiving? Colonizing America
In this Crash Course video, John Green teaches you about the (English) colonies in what is now the United States. He covers the first permanent English colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the various theocracies in Massachusetts, the feudal...
Crash Course
Crash Course Us History #4: The Quakers, the Dutch, and the Ladies
In this Crash Course video, John Green teaches you about some of the colonies that were not in Virginia or Massachussetts. Old New York was once New Amsterdam. Before the English got there, the colony was full of Dutch people who treated...
Crash Course
Crash Course Us History #3: The Natives and the English
John Green teaches you about relations between the early English colonists and the native people the encountered in the New World. In short, these relations were poor. As soon as they arrived, the English were in conflict with the native...
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg: Life as a Child in the 18th Century
What was a typical day like for a kid growing up in the colonies? How was it the same or different from a kid living today? Young volunteers reenact in Colonial Williamsburg how children worked, learned, and played. [5:32]