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History Unbound: Colonial Perspectives

Beyond the Bubble Resources - Colonies

The First Thanksgiving Assessment : Historical skills:  Sourcing

The Signing of the Mayflower Compact : Historical skills:  Sourcing

Seven Years' War : Historical skills:  Contextualization, Sourcing, Use of evidence

The Virginia Company : Historical skills:  Contextualization, Sourcing, Use of evidence

Early Maps of Exploration

map by Pieter Goos, approximately 1616-1675

The Core Historical Literature of Agriculture (CHLA)

The Core Historical Literature of Agriculture (CHLA) is a core electronic collection of agricultural texts published between the early nineteenth century and the middle to late twentieth century from Cornell University Libraries. Full-text materials cover agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, animal science, crops and their protection, food science, forestry, human nutrition, rural sociology, and soil science. Scholars have selected the titles in this collection for their historical importance. 

Colonial Manuscripts from Historic Huguenot Street

This collection includes archival documents relating to the early development of New Paltz, NY, settled by Huguenot immigrants from northern France in 1678. Types of records include wills, receipts, contracts, town tax lists and meeting minutes, and family letters, written in French, Dutch, and English, primarily concerning the financial and legal activities of the first few generations of the town. English translations of foreign-language items are provided.

Digital Collection on New York Heritage

Hispanic Exploration in America

The First voyage

[Christopher Columbus leaving Spain to go to America]

Religion and the Founding of the American Republic

This project is administered by the South Central Regional Library Council.