The Thirteen Colonies by Denis Fradin, Childrens Press, Chicago, IL , 1988A history of the European colonization of North America and the events leading to the Revolutionary War.
The Thirteen Colonies by Denis Fradin, Childrens Press, Chicago, IL , 1988
A history of the European colonization of North America and the events leading to the Revolutionary War.
Colonial Kids; An Activity Guide to Life in the New World by Laurie Carlson, Chicago Review Press, Chicago, Il, 1997
More than 60 different activities for children (including recipes for preparing foods, arts and crafts like quilting, homemaking jobs like making soap and ink, and making simple games and toys) based on daily life tasks of European settlers in colonial America.
A History of US; Making Thirteen Colonies by Joy Hakim, Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 1993
This is a history of the US starting with the ancient Sumerian civilization but rapidly progressing to the establishment of the English colonies and continuing through the colonial period to the beginning of the 18th century. It is well illustrated with historical pictures from various museums and archives in black and white. It is the second book of a series of ten, by the same author, which cover the entire period from tens of thousands of years ago to the 20th century in the US.
The Paradox of Jamestown, 1585-1700 by Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier, Benchmark Books, Marshall Cavendish Corp., New York, NY, 1998
A history of the events leading to the English colonization of Virginia and the evolution of slavery in that colony.
The French and Indian War, 1660-1763 by Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier, Benchmark Books, Marshall Cavendish Corp., New York, NY, 1998
A history of the European colonies in the Americas from the late seventeenth century through the French and Indian War. It is illustrated with color photographs of objects and paintings from that era and of modern reconstructions.
Pilgrims and Puritans, 1620-1676 by Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier, Benchmark Books, Marshall Cavendish Corp., New York, NY, 1998
A religious, political, and social history of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and its continuing influence. It is illustrated with color photographs of objects and paintings from that era and of modern reenactments at the Plimouth Plantation.
Thunder from the Clear Sky written and illustrated by Marcia Sewall, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Simon and Schuster Books , New York, NY, 1995
A story of the meetings, some peaceful but including King Phillips War, between the Wampanoags and the Pilgrims. It is told in side by side accounts from the perspectives of a Wampanoag and a Pilgrim.
The Library of the Thirteen Colonies and the Lost Colony; The Colony of Massachusetts by Susan Whitehurst, The Rosen Publishing Group's PowerKids Press, New York, NY, 2000
A well illustrated, large print, and simple history of the early days of the settlement of Massachusetts through the Revolutionary War. This is one of a series of similar books which deal with the history of each one of of the thirteen colonies, which ultimately became the United States, and the fourteenth volume tells the story of the two unsuccessful English attempts to colonize the "lost colony" of Roanoke.
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