Updated August, 2006

Video

Growth and Empire
Benjamin Franklin and Franklin’s Philadelphia take center stage in this program. As the merchant class grows in the North, the economies of southern colonies are built on the shoulders of the slave trade. Professor Miller brings the American story to 1763 with the Peace of Paris and English dominance in America
Program 3:Growth and Empire (Transcript) (Broadband Video on Demand) 

Text

From American History Study Guide on Pink Monkey
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Chapter 2 Colonial America

CHAPTER 2: THE COLONIAL PERIOD (OUTLINE)

New Peoples

New England

The Middle Colonies

The Southern Colonies

Society, Schools and Culture

Emergence of Colonial Government

The French and Indian War
Sidebar: The Witches of Salem

Chapter One (OAL) read THE COLONIAL PERIOD IN NEW ENGLAND Early American and Colonial Period to 1776

BASIC READINGS IN U.S. DEMOCRACY
PREFACE (Basic Readings)
PART II: CREATING A GOVERNMENT (Basic Readings)
The Mayflower Compact (1620) (Basic Readings)
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639) (Basic Readings)
Albany Plain of Union (1754) (Basic Readings)

Lectures

Sparknotes American History (scroll down to section on American History)

The French and Indian War (1754-1763)

History 101: Week 4 . Lecture 9: The Great Awakening Lecture 10: The Enlightenment in America
(Messer-Kruse)

Struggle for Empire (Rankin)

Quiz

The American People (Nash) Click on student resources and select a chapter. You can choose from several exams in the left hand column

Library

Bibliography from Biography of America click on webography for additional links

Resources

Mountain Men and the Fur Trade

Search for Indian wars in The Columbia Encyclopedia

Pilgrim Hall Museum: The Pilgrim Story

The American Colonist's Library: A Treasury of Primary Documents

Classics of American Colonial History

Religion and the Founding of the American Republic

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