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==Bibliography==
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===Reference===
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* Cooke, Jacob Ernest, ed. ''Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies'' (3 vol 1993), comprehensive coverage with Spanish, French and Dutch receiving equal attention with British
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===Scholarly secondary sources===
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* Adams, James Truslow. ''The Founding of New England,'' (1921)[http://www.dinsdoc.com/adams-1-0a.htm online edition]
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*  Anderson, Virginia DeJohn. ''Creatures of Empire: How Domestic Animals Transformed Early America'' (2005) [http://www.amazon.com/Creatures-Empire-Domestic-Animals-Transformed/dp/0195304462/ref=sr_1_11/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192998497&sr=1-11 excerpt and text search]
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* Andrews, Charles M. "Colonial Commerce," ''American Historical Review,'' 20#1 (October 1914) pp. 43-63 [http://www.dinsdoc.com/andrews-1.htm online]
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* Andrews, Charles M. ''Our Earliest Colonial Settlements: Their Diversities of Origin and Later Characteristics'' (1933) briefly discusses Virginia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maryland) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=6552109 online edition]
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* Andrews, Charles M. ''Colonial Self-Government, 1652-1689.. (1904) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=55413362 online edition]
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* Andrews, Charles M. ''The Colonial Period of American History,'' (1934-38) (the standard overview in four volumes) [http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/a/acls/browse.html online at ACLS e-books]
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* Bailyn, Bernard. ''Voyagers to the West: a passage in the peopling of America on the eve of the Revolution'' (1986), winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History
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* Bancroft, George. ''History of the United States of America, from the discovery of the American continent. '' 10 vol (1860) [http://jrshelby.com/sc-links/bancroft.htm online editions]
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* Beer, George Louis. "British Colonial Policy, 1754-1765," ''Political Science Quarterly,'' vol 22 (March 1907)  pp 1-48; [http://dinsdoc.com/beer-1.htm online edition]
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* Beeman, Richard R. "The Varieties of Political Experience in Eighteenth-Century America'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0812219775/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-4827826-5463040#reader-link excerpt and text search]
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* Berkin, Carol. ''First Generations: Women in Colonial America'' (1997) 276pp  [http://www.amazon.com/First-Generations-Women-Colonial-America/dp/0809016060/ref=sid_dp_dp/103-4827826-5463040 excerpt and text search]
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* Bonomi, Patricia U. ''Under the Cope of Heaven: Religion, Society, and Politics in Colonial America'' (1988) (online at [[American Council of Learned Societies|ACLS]] History e-book project)
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* Bonomi, Patricia U. ''A Factious People: Politics and Society in Colonial New York,'' (1971) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=98025896 online edition]
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* Brown, Kathleen M. ''Good Wives, Nasty Wenches, and Anxious Patriarchs: Gender, Race, and Power in Colonial Virginia'' (1996) 512pp [http://www.amazon.com/Wives-Nasty-Wenches-Anxious-Patriarchs/dp/0807846236/ref=pd_sim_b_shvl_title_17/103-4827826-5463040 excerpt and text search]
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* Bruce, Philip A. ''Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century: An Inquiry into the Material Condition of the People, Based on Original and Contemporaneous Records.'' (1896), very old fashioned history [http://www.dinsdoc.com/bruce-1-0a.htm online edition]
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* Carr, Lois Green and Philip D. Morgan. ''Colonial Chesapeake Society'' (1991), 524pp  [http://www.amazon.com/Colonial-Chesapeake-Society-Lois-Green/dp/0807843431/ref=sip_rech_dp_3/103-4827826-5463040 excerpt and text search]
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* Crane, Verner W. ''The Southern Frontier, 1670-1732,'' (1920),  [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=28187303 online edition]
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* Crane, Verner W. "The Southern Frontier in Queen Anne’s War," ''American Historical Review'' vol 24, (April 1919) pp 379-95. [http://dinsdoc.com/crane-1.htm online edition]
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* Gipson, Lawrence. ''The British Empire Before the American Revolution'' (15 volumes) (1936-1970), Pulitzer Prize; highly detailed discussion of every British colony in the New World
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* Greene, Evarts Boutelle. ''Provincial America, 1690-1740,'' (1935) survey by scholar [http://www.dinsdoc.com/greene-3-0a.htm online edition]
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* Hatfield, April Lee. ''Atlantic Virginia: Intercolonial Relations in the Seventeenth Century'' (2007) [http://www.amazon.com/Atlantic-Virginia-Intercolonial-Relations-Seventeenth/dp/081221997X/ref=sr_1_8/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192998497&sr=1-8 excerpt and text search]
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* Illick, Joseph E. ''Colonial Pennsylvania: A History,'' (1976) [http://www.questia.com/library/book/colonial-pennsylvania-a-history-by-joseph-e-illick.jsp online edition]
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* Kammen, Michael.  ''Colonial New York: A History,'' (2003)
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*  Labaree, Benjamin Woods. ''Colonial Massachusetts: A History,'' (1979)
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* Kulikoff, Allan. ''From British Peasants to Colonial American Farmers'' (2000) [http://www.questia.com/library/book/from-british-peasants-to-colonial-american-farmers-by-allan-kulikoff.jsp online edition]
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* Middleton, Richard. ''Colonial America: A History, 1565-1776'' (3rd ed 2002), 576pp [http://www.amazon.com/Colonial-America-History-1565-1776/dp/0631221417/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192997693&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
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* Morgan, Edmund S. ''American Slavery, American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginia'' (1975) Pulitzer Prize[http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=101062594 online edition]
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* Osgood, Herbert L. ''The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century.'' 3 vol (1904-07) [http://dinsdoc.com/osgood-8-0a.htm  online edition]
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* Tate, Thad W. ''Chesapeake in the Seventeenth Century'' (1980) [http://www.amazon.com/Chesapeake-Seventeenth-Century-Thad-Tate/dp/0393009564/ref=sr_1_23/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192998781&sr=1-23 excerpt and text search]
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* Taylor, Alan. ''American Colonies,'' (2001) survey by leading scholar [http://www.amazon.com/American-Colonies-Settling-America-Penguin/dp/0142002100/ref=pd_bbs_3/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192997693&sr=8-3 excerpt and text search]
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* Vickers, Daniel, ed.  ''A Companion to Colonial America.'' 2003. 576 pp.
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===Primary sources===
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* Kavenagh, W. Keith, ed. ''Foundations of Colonial America: A Documentary History'' (1973) 4 vol.
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* Miller, Kerby A., et al eds. ''Irish immigrants in the land of Canaan: letters and memoirs from colonial and revolutionary America, 1675-1815'' (2004) [http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=acls;cc=acls;q1=United%20States%20--%20History%20--%20Colonial%20period%2C%20ca.%201600-1775%20--%20Biography;rgn=subject;view=toc;idno=heb90012.0001.001 online at ACLS e-books]
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===Online sources===
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*[http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm Colonial America 1600-1775, K12 Resources]
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*[http://earlyamerica.com/ Archiving Early America]
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*[http://www.dinsdoc.com/colonial-3.htm ''Classics of American Colonial History'' complete text of older scholarly articles]
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==References==
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Revision as of 07:00, March 13, 2009

The thirteen colonies were the original colonies of the United States. They were: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. On July 4, 1776, they became states and formed a new nation, the United States of America.

New England Colonies

Colony Year Founded Founded By Chief Crops or Trade Government Religion
Massachusetts 1620 Pilgrims, led by William Bradford Shipbuilding, fish, lumber Governor appointed by king established Puritan Church (after 1700 called Congregationalist);
Rhode Island 1636 Roger Williams, for religious reasons left Massachusetts Lumber, fish. Elected by colonists. Complete religious freedom for all- Anglican (Episcopalian), Baptist, Quakers and other Protestants
Connecticut 1636 Thomas Hooker, who led a group from Massachusetts who wanted less government Shipbuilding, lumber, fish Elected by colonists Congregationalist Church was established
New Hampshire 1623 Colonists who left Massachusetts for political and religious reasons Molasses, fish Governor appointed by king Congregationalist


Middle Colonies

Colony Year Founded Founded By Chief Crops or Trade Government Religion
New York 1626 Dutch; English in 1664 Shipbuilding and trade Governor appointed by king Dutch Reformed, and other Protestants
New Jersey 1664 Swedish and Dutch; In 1664 Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley were given the land by the English Duke of York Oats, wheat, rye Governor appointed by king Dutch Reformed, Quaker, others
Pennsylvania 1681 William Penn as a safe place for Quakers Trade and Shipbuilding Proprietor selected the governor Quaker Lutheran, and other Protestant
Delaware 1682 William Penn Tobacco Proprietor selected the governor Protestant

Southern Colonies

Colony Year Founded Founded By Chief Crops or Trade Government Religion
Virginia 1607 John Smith, settlers from Virginia Company of London Tobacco Governor appointed by king Anglican Church was established
Maryland 1634 Lord Baltimore as a safe place for Catholics Tobacco Proprietor selected by governor Protestant and Catholic
North Carolina 1654 Virginia settlers Tar from pine trees, tobacco, pitch, and rice Governor appointed by king Protestant
South Carolina 1663 English and other Europeans Tar from pine trees, tobacco, pitch, and rice Governor appointed by king Protestant
Georgia 1732 James Oglethorpe, brought English debtors to protect Georgia from the Spanish Indigo, tobacco Governor appointed by king Protestant


Bibliography

Reference

  • Cooke, Jacob Ernest, ed. Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies (3 vol 1993), comprehensive coverage with Spanish, French and Dutch receiving equal attention with British

Scholarly secondary sources

  • Adams, James Truslow. The Founding of New England, (1921)online edition
  • Anderson, Virginia DeJohn. Creatures of Empire: How Domestic Animals Transformed Early America (2005) excerpt and text search
  • Andrews, Charles M. "Colonial Commerce," American Historical Review, 20#1 (October 1914) pp. 43-63 online
  • Andrews, Charles M. Our Earliest Colonial Settlements: Their Diversities of Origin and Later Characteristics (1933) briefly discusses Virginia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maryland) online edition
  • Andrews, Charles M. Colonial Self-Government, 1652-1689.. (1904) online edition
  • Andrews, Charles M. The Colonial Period of American History, (1934-38) (the standard overview in four volumes) online at ACLS e-books
  • Bailyn, Bernard. Voyagers to the West: a passage in the peopling of America on the eve of the Revolution (1986), winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History
  • Bancroft, George. History of the United States of America, from the discovery of the American continent. 10 vol (1860) online editions
  • Beer, George Louis. "British Colonial Policy, 1754-1765," Political Science Quarterly, vol 22 (March 1907) pp 1-48; online edition
  • Beeman, Richard R. "The Varieties of Political Experience in Eighteenth-Century America (2006) excerpt and text search
  • Berkin, Carol. First Generations: Women in Colonial America (1997) 276pp excerpt and text search
  • Bonomi, Patricia U. Under the Cope of Heaven: Religion, Society, and Politics in Colonial America (1988) (online at ACLS History e-book project)
  • Bonomi, Patricia U. A Factious People: Politics and Society in Colonial New York, (1971) online edition
  • Brown, Kathleen M. Good Wives, Nasty Wenches, and Anxious Patriarchs: Gender, Race, and Power in Colonial Virginia (1996) 512pp excerpt and text search
  • Bruce, Philip A. Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century: An Inquiry into the Material Condition of the People, Based on Original and Contemporaneous Records. (1896), very old fashioned history online edition
  • Carr, Lois Green and Philip D. Morgan. Colonial Chesapeake Society (1991), 524pp excerpt and text search
  • Crane, Verner W. The Southern Frontier, 1670-1732, (1920), online edition
  • Crane, Verner W. "The Southern Frontier in Queen Anne’s War," American Historical Review vol 24, (April 1919) pp 379-95. online edition
  • Gipson, Lawrence. The British Empire Before the American Revolution (15 volumes) (1936-1970), Pulitzer Prize; highly detailed discussion of every British colony in the New World
  • Greene, Evarts Boutelle. Provincial America, 1690-1740, (1935) survey by scholar online edition
  • Hatfield, April Lee. Atlantic Virginia: Intercolonial Relations in the Seventeenth Century (2007) excerpt and text search
  • Illick, Joseph E. Colonial Pennsylvania: A History, (1976) online edition
  • Kammen, Michael. Colonial New York: A History, (2003)
  • Labaree, Benjamin Woods. Colonial Massachusetts: A History, (1979)
  • Kulikoff, Allan. From British Peasants to Colonial American Farmers (2000) online edition
  • Middleton, Richard. Colonial America: A History, 1565-1776 (3rd ed 2002), 576pp excerpt and text search
  • Morgan, Edmund S. American Slavery, American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginia (1975) Pulitzer Prizeonline edition
  • Osgood, Herbert L. The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century. 3 vol (1904-07) online edition
  • Tate, Thad W. Chesapeake in the Seventeenth Century (1980) excerpt and text search
  • Taylor, Alan. American Colonies, (2001) survey by leading scholar excerpt and text search
  • Vickers, Daniel, ed. A Companion to Colonial America. 2003. 576 pp.

Primary sources

  • Kavenagh, W. Keith, ed. Foundations of Colonial America: A Documentary History (1973) 4 vol.
  • Miller, Kerby A., et al eds. Irish immigrants in the land of Canaan: letters and memoirs from colonial and revolutionary America, 1675-1815 (2004) online at ACLS e-books

Online sources

References

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