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Colonial America Research Links
Consult the folders of information from your teachers FIRST. They have good information from books in the library. Start your DIGITAL research here using these great links. The topics are in ABC order--you might need to scroll. Also try Encyclopedia Britannica.
Banking/colonial currency
https://thismatter.com/money/banking/history/banking-history-colonial-era.htm
https://www.philadelphiafed.org/education/money-in-colonial-times
https://fi.edu/en/science-and-education/collection/colonial-us-currency
https://shop.colonialwilliamsburg.com/reproduction-colonial-money-set-a/
https://www.uscurrency.gov/history
Blacksmith
https://mrnussbaum.com/13-colonies-blacksmith
https://www.nps.gov/mocr/learn/historyculture/sbtb.htm
https://www.nh.gov/folklife/learning-center/traditions/blacksmithing.htm
https://classroom.synonym.com/the-life-of-a-colonial-blacksmith-12078527.html
https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/locations/anderson-blacksmith-shop-and-public-armoury/
British Redcoats
https://www.nps.gov/places/origin-of-the-redcoats-battle-of-the-dunes.htm
https://www.nps.gov/mima/learn/historyculture/the-british-soldier-of-1775.htm
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/patriotsday-british-leaders/
https://totallyhistory.com/red-coats/
Candlemaking
https://candles.lovetoknow.com/How_Did_Colonial_People_Make_Candles
https://mrnussbaum.com/13-colonies-candlemaker
https://pioneerthinking.com/candle-making-in-colonial-america/
https://colonialquills.blogspot.com/2016/09/eighteenth-century-candle-making-by.html
https://revolutionarywarjournal.com/lighting-colonial-homes-candles-much-more/
https://www.pinterest.com/danielleslentz/colonial-candle-making/
Cobbler
https://www.revolutionarywarjournal.com/cordwainers/
https://mrnussbaum.com/cobbler
https://colonialtrades.weebly.com/shoemaker.html
https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/locations/shoemaker/
https://classroom.synonym.com/what-type-of-clothing-did-medieval-knights-wear-12083884.html
Colonial Gardens and Farms
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/colonial-gardens.htm
https://extension.psu.edu/creating-a-colonial-garden
https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/locations/colonial-garden/
https://civiced.org/back-to-school-basics-episode-4408
https://www.salemcrossinn.com/agriculture-in-the-american-colonies/
Colonial militia
https://www.nps.gov/mima/learn/historyculture/the-militia-and-minute-men-of-1775.htm
https://web.pdx.edu/~caskeym/iroquois_web/html/colonialsoldier.htm
https://research.colonialwilliamsburg.org/Foundation/journal/Autumn04/soldier.cfm
https://www.ushistory.org/people/minutemen.htm
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/fighting-man-continental-army
Colonial Diet
https://www.ducksters.com/history/colonial_america/food.php
https://www.history.com/news/13-colonies-food-drink
https://www.washingtoncrossingpark.org/preserving-harvest/
Colonial kitchens
https://www.hhhistory.com/2017/03/colonial-kitchens.html
https://research.colonialwilliamsburg.org/Foundation/journal/Summer07/kitchens.cfm
Cooper/Wheelwright
https://www.slaveryandremembrance.org/Almanack/life/trades/tradecoo.cfm
https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/locations/cooper/
Education
https://study.com/academy/lesson/education-in-colonial-america.html
http://blog.lrei.org/22colettelportfolio/2017/01/11/education-in-the-colonial-period/
Etiquette
https://revolutionarypie.com/2013/01/31/table-manners/
Farrier
https://www.britannica.com/topic/farrier
https://kids.kiddle.co/Farrier
Games
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/colonial-games.htm
https://kids.lovetoknow.com/kids-games-software/colonial-childrens-games
Garden/Farm
https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/locations/colonial-garden/
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/colonial-gardens.htm
Glassblowing
https://workingtheflame.com/colonial-glass-blowing/
https://www.ehow.com/info_8188240_colonial-glassblowing-tools.html
Glassblowing at Jamestown Glasshouse - A 5-minute Lesson HD
https://prezi.com/ymqtzljkq5uv/colonial-glassblower/
Government
Justice and Laws
Colonial Period - Local Courts And Magistrates
Letter writing/calligraphy
Medicine/Midwife
Music
www.pbs.org/video/ministers-apollo-historical-reenactors-yv2vbw/
Pottery
Printing
How to Use a Colonial Era Printing Press
Quakers
Quilting/Stitching
Saddle making
https://research.colonialwilliamsburg.org/Foundation/journal/Spring04/saddler.cfm
https://www.outdoorrevival.com/instant-articles/old-ways-old-trades-the-saddle-maker.html?chrome=1
Shipbuilding
https://www.historyforkids.net/Shipbuilding.html/
https://colonialquills.blogspot.com/2013/02/shipbuilding-in-colonial-america.html
https://www.thoughtco.com/navigation-acts-4177756
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfXd7yJLxFHhUYl4t5YC9-lFrBfkuyCuH
Silhouettes
https://www.worldturndupsidedown.com/2013/04/colonial-quakers-and-silhouettes.html
http://www.colonialsense.com/How-To_Guides/Crafts/Silhouettes.php
Silversmith
https://www.slaveryandremembrance.org/Almanack/life/trades/tradesil.cfm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-7y1-AZQvY
https://www.ehow.com/list_6794397_colonial-silversmithing-tools.html
https://www.pinterest.com/jan0514/colonial-silversmith-project/
https://lambsilver.com/popular-american-silversmiths-colonial-era/
Sturbridge Colonial Village
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfXd7yJLxFHhUYl4t5YC9-lFrBfkuyCuH
Tinsmithing
https://www.nh.gov/folklife/learning-center/traditions/tinsmithing.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQep3nnaNJ4
https://research.colonialwilliamsburg.org/Foundation/journal/autumn13/tinsmith.cfm
https://hylandhouse.org/early-guilford-days/virtual-early-guilford-days-2020/tinsmithing/
Women’s roles/famous women
Wool Production
- 3 Colonial newspapers
- History of Colonial Newspapers
- Education in the northern, middle, and southern colonies
- Etiquette (manners) for Colonial American children
- Etiquette during George Washington's time
- Slavery in Colonial America
- Slavery in the colonies
- Health and Medicine in Colonial America: and some about soldiers.
- Colonial doctors
- Colonial Williamsburg Colonial Jobs and Crafts, incl. weavers, doctors, soldiers, farmers, clothing makers and much more! Scroll to the bottom to see the trades.
- Colonial trades and jobs:
- Short description of many Colonial jobs/trades
- More Colonial Candle information
- Colonial Weaving and fabric making
- Colonial Williamsburg weaving
- How Colonial Americans made fabric/textiles from wool
- Colonial shoemaking
- Colonial Williamsburg shoemaking
- Colonial gardens: an introduction
- Early Colonial gardening
- Blacksmithing
- More Blacksmithing
- Tinsmithing
- Glassblowing
- More glassblowing
- Colonial soap making (an 11 page pamphlet)
- Silhouettes-A History
- Colonial Music- A History
- More Colonial Music
- Colonial houses
- More Colonial houses
- English Settlements: Focuses on Virginia and New England colonies with maps and lots of information
- 13 Original Colonies: Who founded each colony? When? Where? Why? Info here.
- 13 Original Colonies (new): Good site for who founded each and for what purpose