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The European Conquest of America | |
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Interpretive Essay | |
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The Indians’ New World | |
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The Indians as Seen by European Artists Illustrations | |
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Engraving of Indians Making a Canoe near Roanoke, 1588; A Settlement of Virginia Indians; Florida Battle Scene, 1564 Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico | |
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On The Web | |
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Engravings of Virginia Indians More about The Aztecs Race War: The New England Experience | |
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War: A Contemporary Account Defeat of King Philip: Increase Mather’s Account Cultural, Gender, And Historical Implications of King Philip’s War | |
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The Big Picture | |
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Jamestown | |
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The Labor Problem at Jamestown, 1607–1618 | |
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On The Web: Jamestown and The Efforts To “Rediscover” It | |
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Jamestown: The Physical Setting Illustrations of Jamestown Voices: Life and Death in Virginia: Richard Frethorne’s Account, 1623 | |
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The Big Picture on the Web | |
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A Virtual Tour of Jamestown | |
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Puritan Order | |
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The Great and Sore Affliction | |
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On The Web | |
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A Transcript of Anne Hutchinson’s Trial | |
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The New England Primer, 1690 Illustrations: The New England Primer Harvard, 1636–1642 From “New England’s First Fruits,” 1643 Three Early New England Portraits Illustrations | |
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Ann Pollard The Spiritual Journey of Anne Bradstreet Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning | |
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The Big Picture on the Web | |
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Discussion of the Legacy of the Puritans | |
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The Have-Nots in Colonial Society | |
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Interpretive Essay The Origin and Consolidation of Unfree Labor | |
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On The Web | |
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17th Century Laws Enacted to Secure Shift from Indentured Servitude to Slavery | |
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Portraits of Poverty Illustrations: Hogarth Engraving; an Elizabethan Beggar Voices: The Experience of Bondage: Gottlieb Mittelberger’s Account, 1754 | |
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On The Web | |
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Virginia Colony Laws Enacted To Control Indentured Servants Wanted: Runaway Servants Eighteenth-Century Newspaper Advertisements for Runaway Servants Portraits of Slavery Illustrations: Slaves on the Bark Wildfire | |
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Slaves on the West Coast of Africa; Engraving | |
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Shock of Enslavement | |
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Diagram of the Slave Ship La Vigilante de Nantes | |
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Standard Equipment for the Middle Passage; Advertisement in a Charleston, South Carolina, Newspaper, 1766 Wanted: Runaway Slaves Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Newspaper Advertisements for Runaway Slaves | |
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On The Web | |
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Experience Of The “Middle Passage” | |
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The Big Picture | |
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The American Revolution | |
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The Shoemaker and the Revolution | |
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Illustrations: Woodcut of George III; Pulling Down the Statue of George III Common Sense, 1776 | |
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Silencing the Tories Illustration: A London Cartoon Voices: Letter from Ann Hulton to Mrs. Lightbody, 1774 | |
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The Big Picture on the Web | |
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Virtual Marching Tour of the Philadelphia Campaign (1777) | |
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Creating the Constitution | |
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The Framers and the People | |
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The Constitution and the First Ten Amendments | |
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Ratification Table: Order of Ratification; Map: Voting for Ratification Debates: The Virginia Debates The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Const | |