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El Salvador: History
This site deals with the general history of El Salvador. It includes information on El Salvador before the Spanish conquest, its independence, military rule, civilian rule, its civil war, and its progress since.
Trent University
Susanna Moodie: Life
This detailed article on the life of Susanna Moodie has information on what Moodie wrote prior to marriage and emigration to Canada, her early experiences in Canada and writing that stemmed from them, and the hardships she and her family...
University of Toronto (Canada)
Selected Poetry of Susanna Moodie (1803 1885)
A great resource on the poetry of Susanna Moodie with five examples ("The Dying Hunter to His Dog," "Fancy and the Poet," "My Autograph," "The Sleigh-Bells," and "The Step Mother"), as well as notes on Moodie's life and works.
University of Pennsylvania
Penn Library: Captivity Narratives
Provides a brief explanation of the role of captivity narratives in the pre-Colonial and Colonial periods in American history. Contains reproductions of primary source documents. RI.11-12.9 17,18.19th Cen Historic
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Women and Minorities
Although the colonial period produced several women writers of note, the revolutionary era did not further the work of women and minorities, despite the many schools, magazines, newspapers, and literary clubs that were springing up....
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Later New England Historians
Describes the changing nature of historical writing during the later Colonial period in America.
University of Oregon
Mapping History: African History
Interactive and animated maps and timelines of historical events and time periods in the history of Africa as it went through the colonial rule to reach independence.
Washington State University
Washington State University: Timeline of American Literature & Events, Pre 1650 1929
Timeline of the social, political, and literary history of America from pre-1650 through 1929. Contains information on writers of the periods, along with links to related websites. Click on the time period to see the information for that...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Kipsigis
Kipsigis are the southernmost and most populous of the Kalenjin peoples of Kenya. The term "Kalenjin" (lit. "I say to you") was coined in radio broadcasts and at political rallies during the late colonial period, at a time when political...
Library of Virginia
Treasures From the Collection of the Library of Virginia: Virginia Gazette
Short history of the Virginia Gazette,one of the country's first newspapers.
Cengage Learning
Literature of Discovery and Exploration
Teaching approach that examines the writings of European New World explorers from the late 1400s through the 1600s. Includes Christopher Columbus, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Rene Goulaine de Laudonniere, Pedro Menendez de Aviles, Fray...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Edward Taylor
This resource presents a brief overview of the life, works, and poetic style of Edward Taylor.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: Beginnings of Verse:1610 1808
Provides a brief background about the lack of poetry writing in the early literature of the Middle and Southern colonies.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Colonial Society and Culture the Great Awakening
An overview of the Great Awakening and how the Protestant Revivalism effected England and the American colonies during the eighteenth century.
Other
About Korea: History
A brief but informative timeline of Korean history divided into the kingdoms and dynasties that made up this country's history.
CZBrats
Fort San Lorenzo
This page is an article about Fort San Lorenzo,one of the old forts constructed during the reign of Philip II of Spain who ruled from 1566 to 1598.
Other
University of Western Ontario: Early Writing in Canada: Catharine Parr Traill
Excerpts of letters written by Catharine Parr Traill, which she collected and published, along with her journals, in The Backwoods of Canada (1836). In these excerpts, she writes about her arrival in Newfoundland and a journey to Quebec.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Taxation Without Representation Uproar Over the Stamp Act
An overview of the American colonist reaction to the Stamp Act.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: New Peoples
Most settlers who came to America in the 17th century were English, but there were also Dutch, Swedes and Germans in the middle region, a few French Huguenots in South Carolina and elsewhere, slaves from Africa, primarily in the South,...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Southern Colonies
In contrast to New England and the middle colonies were the predominantly rural southern settlements: Virginia, Maryland, North and South Carolina, and Georgia.
Open Door Team
Open Door Web Site: The Scramble for Africa: Germany
Briefly describes the limited role Germany had in the scramble for African territories. A link to a map of colonial holdings during this period of New Imperialism is included.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Land Is Settled
A brief look at the founding of the English colonies. This site is provided for by the University of Groningen.
Curated OER
Map: Imperialism and the Balance of Power
World maps of the Colonial Empires of 1914 as well as their revenues during that time period. There are also maps depicting urban growth, type of government, wars and atrocities, and living conditions of the world in 1900.