Several examples of pots for coffee, tea, and chocolate from the colonial period. Learn how Americans adopted the practice of drinking coffee and tea, and how this practice affected society, daily life, and the decorative art created by...

These activities encourage students to explore the 'brave new world' of The Tempest in light of thought-provoking texts on early modern colonization. A link to a slideshow featuring images of Native Americans and Europeans which...

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.

Find out what the political world map looked like after World War II in 1945. Enlarge the map so you can see what countries belonged to the UN, which were still dependent territories, and which did not belong to the UN.

Brief biographical sketches of colorful characters in Australia's colonial past.

European countries began exploring and seeking to dominate the rest of the world during the 15th and 16th centuries, thanks to their ability to control sea routes and to the discovery of the American continent. In the 19th century,...

Presents key ideas for a discussion of what led to the Great Awakening religious movement.

An excellent map identifying the colonial powers controlling each area of Africa from 1912 through 1930.

This is a comprehensive site that tells the story behind one of John Singleton Copley's most famous paintings, "Watson and the Shark." The site discusses the artist's life and provides compositional information about the painting....

A variety of pictures demonstrating the kinds of mansions lived in by the wealthier landowners.

Presents key ideas for examining the roles Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson played in promoting religious toleration in colonial America.

The political history of South Africa is profiled - from early times through the caste system to slavery and then apartheid, and finally democracy. Text plus a graphic chronological flow chart make the topic visually appealing and of...

Picture of John Smibert's painting "The Bermuda Group". Site explains who is in the painting.

This colorful map depicts the original thirteen colonies as well as the rest of the eastern part of America, showing the owners of the land at that time.

Presents key ideas for examining the history of the Quakers in colonial America and their core beliefs.

Have you ever wondered what people from the 1700's through the 1900's had to wear? With this interactive you have the opportunity to find out!

A map of the British Thirteen Colonies at the end of the colonial period in 1774. The map shows the boundaries of the colonies and notes the uncolored territory east of the Mississippi and south of the Great Lakes as claimed by Georgia,...

View panoramas and photos of Jamestown in the Virginia Colony to learn about the life and struggles of the colonists and Indians that lived there. These panoramas, and the extra photographs and quotations which accompany them allow you...

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.

A chart of statistics concerning European colonialism towards the end of the imperialist era.

Easy-to-read, colorful maps that show the triangular slave trade routes from 1451 to 1870.

This is a chart of the many occupations in Jamestown at the beginning of the 17th century. Includes how many people for each occupation and when they arrived in America.

View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1984 to commemorate the voyages to Roanoke Island. Includes a short passage on Sir Walter Raleigh's commissioning of the famous expedition that represents the beginning of English life...

An image of the Colonial Annapolis Historic District.