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Colonial Era 1600-1754: Government and Politics Summary
23,266 words, approx. 78 pages
 It is vital when studying colonial history to recognize that the American provinces descended from and were still part of a rich Old World past. It is a mistake to automatically place the colonies into a single English context. Colonies such as New...
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Colonial Era 1600-1754: Arts Summary
17,817 words, approx. 59 pages
 The homeland of the first English colonists boasted a culture of high artistic achievement. William Shakespeare was still writing plays as the settlers at Jamestown, Virginia, struggled to survive. English painters produced vibrant, lifelike works on...
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Colonial Era 1600-1754: Law and Justice Summary
15,560 words, approx. 52 pages
 The European settlement of the New World, with its subjugation of the native peoples between 1492 and 1900, constitutes one of the largest migrations of peoples in human history. Europeans who transplanted to the New World brought with them their...
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Colonial Era 1600-1754: Lifestyles, Social Trends and Fashion Summary
14,334 words, approx. 48 pages
 European colonists came to America with assumptions about what constituted a good house, family, farm, community, food, and entertainment. They drew these ideas from what they had known in the Old World, and they poured all of their energy into...




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 The Journal of American Culture
Artists of Colonial America
12/01/2004: 755 words, approx. 3 pages Artists of Colonial America Elisabeth L. Roark. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2003. In recent years, the scholarship on nineteenthcentury American art has become increasingly sophisticated, historically and methodologically. It has engendered an ever-widening and vibrant discourse. Other than a handful of monographs on...
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 Early American Literature
In search of Colonial Americas.
01/01/2003: 733 words, approx. 2 pages Immigrants to the New World failed to find the Fountain of Youth, but they were thrilled with the qualities of the land and wrote letters home encouraging their family and friends to join their adventurous lives. Likewise, scholars at the Early Ibero-/Anglo-Americanist Summit...
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 AP-Travel Online
25 Best Colonial America Sites
7/31/2006: 374 words, approx. 1 pages The Freedom Trail in Boston, Valley Forge in Pennsylvania and George Washington's home in Mount Vernon, Va., are among the better-known sites for travelers interested in American colonial history. But did you know that the nation's colonial history...



Featured Essays
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Colonial Wars
2,290 words, approx. 8 pages
 American/Indian alliances in the colonial wars prior to 1814
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The First Colonies
1,423 words, approx. 5 pages
 Explores the history of colonial America. Describes the differences between the northern, middle, and southern colonies. Examines the lasting effect the Puritans had on the original 13 colonies and the future United States.
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