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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

Colonial Currency

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/

https://allthingsliberty.com/2014/05/how-old-were-redcoats-age-and-experience-of-british-soldiers-in-america/

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.nps.gov/articles/000/-the-dust-of-many-a-hard-fought-field-place-attachment-and-agriculture-at-minute-man.htm

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/

Colonial Education ***

Etiquette

https://revolutionarypie.com/2013/01/31/table-manners/
 

Farrier

https://www.britannica.com/topic/farrier

https://www.americanfarriers.com/blogs/1-from-the-desk-of-afj/post/8515-for-the-want-of-a-farrier-independence-might-have-been-lost

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

13 Colonies Printer

http://printingmuseum.org/

How to Use a Colonial Era Printing Press

Live from the Print Shop


 

Quakers


 

Quilting/Stitching


 

Saddle making

https://research.colonialwilliamsburg.org/Foundation/journal/Spring04/saddler.cfm

 

13 Colonies Saddlemaker

 

https://www.outdoorrevival.com/instant-articles/old-ways-old-trades-the-saddle-maker.html?chrome=1


 

Shipbuilding

https://www.historyforkids.net/Shipbuilding.html/

https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/shipbuilding-industry-0

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

13 Colonies 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





 

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