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“Songs of the Sea - Poetry Dedicated to the Mayflower Voyage” is a collection of poetry by various poets, including James Russell Lowell, Greenleaf Whittier, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and others. ……続きを見る

“The Romantic Story of the Mayflower Pilgrims - And Its Place in Life Today” is a 1911 account of the events and forces that prompted the famed landing in Plymouth of the 'Mayflower', an English shi……続きを見る

First published in 1901, “The Mayflower and Her Log” looks in detail into the historic voyage of the 'Mayflower', an English ship that transported early Pilgrims to the New World in 1620. The ship h……続きを見る

The societal structure in Colonial America differs from modern America in so many ways. This book for fifth graders will touch on the issue of jobs, women and slaves in Colonial America. Allow your ……続きを見る

When North America was discovered, migration began. People from Europe came to its shores an become the early settlers. This informative picture book discusses the colonization of North America. Was……続きを見る

Is your third grader having trouble in US history? Then maybe the traditional textbooks are too heavy in facts. Use alternative learning materials to boost interest and learning. This book will incl……続きを見る

Have you read about the story of the colonies during Colonial America? You might have, and you might have been confused by the different dates, names and events. Let’s take a breather and review the……続きを見る

The Plymouth Colony is one of the most successful colonies established by the English when they arrived in North America. Learn some facts about the Plymouth Colony by reading this book for third gr……続きを見る

Was the Lost Colony of Roanoke really lost? History books tell us that the settlement was found but the colonists disappeared under mysterious circumstances. This book will not try to solve the myst……続きを見る

An intimate look inside Plymouth Plantation that goes beyond familiar founding myths to portray real life in the settlementーthe hard work, small joys, and deep connections to others beyond the shor……続きを見る

It is the last quarter of the 17th century. In France, the Wars of Religion are over and French Protestants have been enjoying a period of prosperity and protection. Suddenly Louis XIV rescinds the ……続きを見る

From a preeminent legal scholar, a “fascinating” and “masterful” (Wall Street Journal) history of the American Constitution's formative decades When the US Constitution won popular approval in 1788,……続きを見る

In this sweeping history, leading Haitian intellectual Jean Casimir argues that the story of Haiti should not begin with the usual image of Saint-Domingue as the richest colony of the eighteenth cen……続きを見る

While late 17th- and 18th-century burial grounds of colonial North America are frequently the subject of research, wide-scale studies of 17th-century burial landscapes are often the less documented ……続きを見る

WINNER OF THE ANNE B. & JAMES B. MCMILLAN PRIZE IN SOUTHERN HISTORY Examines the legacies of eight momentous US Supreme Court decisions that have their origins in Alabama legal disputes. Unknown to ……続きを見る

Pacifist Prophet recounts the untold history of peaceable Native Americans in the eighteenth century, as explored through the world of Papunhank (ca. 1705–75), a Munsee and Moravian prophet, preache……続きを見る

In 1619, a group of thirty-two African men, women and children arrived on the shores of Virginia. They had been kidnapped in the royal city of Kabasa, Angola, and forced aboard the Spanish slave shi……続きを見る

Expertly steering readers through the often tumultuous and exhilarating history of the United States, from its early modern Native American roots to twenty-first-century neoliberalism and the shifti……続きを見る

In 1721, Spain established a fort and mission on the Texas-Louisiana border, or frontera, to stem the tide of people and goods flowing back and forth between northern New Spain and French Louisiana.……続きを見る

In 1755, Fort Cumberland was at the cusp of three empires: the British, the French, and the Iroquois. It was the westernmost outpost of the British Empire in North America. Built at the confluence o……続きを見る

About 10 years ago I began to create my family tree on ancestry, I started with information from my grandfather Samuel Skidmore that he had gathered over the years. Photos, records, letters, post ca……続きを見る

This book presents an intelligent overview into the driving forces that shaped American history in the Northeast. It draws on primary documents such as farmer's diaries, small rural papers of the 19……続きを見る

This innovative collection of essays explores the ways in which islands have been used, imagined and theorised, both by island dwellers and continentals. This study considers how island dwellers con……続きを見る

his book challenges contemporary scholars to free the history of African Americans from the lexicon of enslavement, and to set the record of their struggle straight. It attempts to redress fundament……続きを見る

How American colonists reinterpreted their British and colonial histories to help establish political and cultural independence from Britain In Past and Prologue, Michael Hattem shows how colonists’……続きを見る

Native Americans have occupied the mountains of northwestern North Carolina for around 14,000 years. This book tells the story of their lives, adaptations, responses to climate change, and ultimatel……続きを見る

Essays by eleven prominent scholars provide the latest insights into the seventeenth-century history of the Hudson Valley and its environs. This book provides an in-depth introduction to the issues ……続きを見る

Reexamines the writings of early indigenous authors in the northeastern United States. The Native peoples of colonial New England were quick to grasp the practical functions of Western literacy. The……続きを見る

Explores the influence of Dutch law and jurisprudence in colonial America. No society can function without laws, that set of established practices and expectations that guide the way people get alon……続きを見る

The first comprehensive biography of an important yet understudied figure in the Dutch colony of New Netherland. This book tells the compelling story of the young legal activist Adriaen van der Donc……続きを見る