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Guide to Thailand: History of Thailand & Southeast Asia
A summary on the history of Southeast Asia. Click on the topics in the left side navigation bar to go to other chapters in the history.
Indiana University
Indiana University: Stamp Act
From the American History Documents series, view the original document and read about the 1765 tax that ignited the American Revolution.
City University of New York
Revolutionary Generation: Political Traditions and Structures
This site has information pertaining to Britain's colonial policy. The policy of salutary neglect is covered. Links to sites for more information.
InterKnowledge Corp.
Geographia: Malaysian Timeline
Use this interactive timeline to follow the history of Malaysia from its earliest inhabitants to the present. Click on the topics to take you to each time period. Be sure to notice the information on the side bars.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Togo: History
A history of Togo with emphasis on its political travails since 1963. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
NSTATE
Net state.com: Introduction to Georgia
This NetState.com article describes the events that led up to Oglethorpe's settlement in Georgia which include the obtaining of a charter from George II.
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Salutary Neglect
Salutary neglect was a long-standing British policy in the thirteen colonies which allowed the colonists to flout, or violate, the laws associated with trade. There were no effective enforcement agencies and it was expensive to send...
State Library of North Carolina
N Cpedia: German Settlers
German settlers first came to what is now North Carolina as part of the second expedition sent to the Roanoke area by Sir Walter Raleigh in the 1580s. The largest influx of German people to North Carolina, however, occurred in the...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Stamp Act Congress
Read about how the colonies were discovering that they had more clout by acting together than acting as individual colonies. The Stamp Act Congress and the resulting Stamp Act Resolves helped them band together to resist the acts passed...
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Battle of Brandywine
Learn about this Revolutionary War battle that took place September 11, 1777, between Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America that ended in victory for the British.
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Battle of Camden
Learn about this Revolutionary War battle that took place August 16, 1780, between Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America that ended in victory for the British.
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Battle of Germantown
Learn about the Battle of Germantown, the October 04, 1777, Revolutionary War battle between Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America that ended in victory for the British.
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Battle of Monmouth
Learn about this Revolutionary War battle that took place June 28, 1778, between Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America that ended in a long-term victory for the British.
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Battle of Bunker Hill
Learn about this Revolutionary War battle that took place June 17, 1775, between Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America that ended in a victory for the British.
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Battle of Oriskany
Learn about this Revolutionary War battle that took place August 06, 1777, between Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America that ended in a victory for the British.
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Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Battle of Guilford Courthouse
Learn about this Revolutionary War battle that took place March 15, 1781, between Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in North America that ended in a victory for the British.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Australia History and Timeline Overview
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the country of Australia including Captain James Cook, early settlers, British penal colony, independence, and recent events.
Curated OER
Unesco: Australia: Australian Convict Sites
The property includes a selection of eleven penal sites, among the thousands established by the British Empire on Australian soil in the 18th and 19th centuries. The sites are spread across Australia, from Fremantle in Western Australia...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Copley, Paul Revere
Paul Revere's fame can be attributed Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "Paul Revere's Ride" and to the remarkable portrait John Singleton Copley painted of the artisan in 1768. View the picture and read the background of this portrait in...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Copley, Watson and the Shark
"Watson and the Shark" is an energetic and emotional work by John Singleton Copley. It retains a special place within the history of late-eighteenth-century English Romanticism. View the picture and read the details of this painting in...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Africa, 1906
A map of the African continent in 1906 showing European land claims such as British East Africa, German East Africa, Portuguese East Africa, Italian Somalia, and others, and European colonies and corporate states such as Cape Colony,...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Eastern North America, 1812
A map of eastern North America in 1812 subtitled 'The War of Independence and the War of 1812-1814.’ The map is color-coded to show the territories of the original thirteen colonies, the territory to the west that was ceded to the...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Colonial Africa, 1904
A map of Africa shortly after the Berlin Conference of 1885, which established the European colonial territory claims on the continent. These European and independent boundaries include Algeria and the Saharan Sphere of French Influence,...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Post Wwi Africa, 1918
This map is of Africa after World War I. The scramble by Italy, Belgium, and Germany to create colonies in order to keep up with the British, French, and Spanish Empires was played out in Africa, the last remaining continent yet to be...
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