Colonial America: 1600-1800
America began as colonies of England, Spain, the Netherland, and France. Learn how industry developed during this time, slavey and the tobacco industry played a big part. What did people wear? Learn about Colonial dress and farm life. The first thanksgiving happened during this time, and Native American conflicts accrued.
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An Agricultural Economy
Many of the people that lived in Colonial America worked on a farm, and many of the people during this
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Thomas Jefferson’s Dream
Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States and he also was the one who wrote the Declaration of Independence.
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Servants, Slaves, and Apprentices
During the 1700’s, slavery was something that was very common with the thirteen colonies.
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Family Businesses
Families were strong during the Colonial times and there were many different businesses, many of them being family businesses.
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Printing and Publishing
People that would print during Colonial times were called printers. They would print newspapers, books, pamphlets, speeches, and other things.
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The Tobacco Industry
The economy during the Colonial times did not work out well because of gold, but it worked out because of tobacco.
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Plantation Life
A plantation is a word that is used to describe a large farm, and this was a place that colonies used to force slaves into labor.
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Crafts and Trades
Crafts and trades were very important during Colonial times. There were specific trades that the people would have,
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Colleges and Schools
Schools were different in the 17th and 18th century, and sometimes there were schools that were public
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Socioeconomic classes
When people begin to move to the Colonial America, there were a lot of people and so social classes
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Life of a Redcoat
Living life as a Redcoat was not an easy life. This was a life of a soldier who worked hard and would fight
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American Revolution
There were two main kinds of soldiers that fought in the Revolutionary War in America,
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The Overland Trail
When the pioneers traveled to the American West in the 19th century, one of the trails that
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Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams was the First Lady of the United States in 1796. Her marriage to John Adams thrust her into the spotlight of the American people.
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Benedict Arnold
Today, the name “Benedict Arnold” is associated with being a traitor. However, for much of his life, Arnold supported the efforts of the colonies even to the point of being a Revolutionary War General.
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Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was one of the founders of the United States, but he is also well-known for being an inventor and a statesman.
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Chief Powhatan
Many in the world may never have known about Chief Powhatan before the release of the famous Disney movie “Pocahontas.”
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Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone was a settler and explorer in the Kentucky frontier in the 1700s. His experience as a woodsman, hunter, tracker and marksman made him the basis for stories that were a combination of truth and legend.
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Deborah Sampson
Deborah Sampson is one of the American Revolution heroes.
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George Washington
George Washington is one of the most well-known figures in American history.
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John Adams
Beyond being the second president of the United States, John Adams was one of the founders of our country.
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John Hancock
The name of John Hancock is associated with anyone’s signature. The reason for that is due to how John Hancock signed the Declaration of Independence.
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John Smith
Captain John Smith is often mentioned in American history classes. Still, it wasn’t until the Disney movie “Pocahontas” was released that the world became more familiar with the name and the man.
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John Stark
Many people played essential roles in the American Revolutionary War.
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Joseph Warren
Joseph Warren was a patriot hero that fought and died at the Battle of Bunker Hill. His primary profession was a physician, but he became an activist for the cause of freedom early in life.
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Miles Standish
Miles Standish was an officer in the English military who went with the pilgrims on the Mayflower in 1620 to assist in their defense.
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Molly Pitcher
During the Revolutionary War in the United States, men were often helped by women that volunteered to bring water to the battlefields.
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Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry was one of the founders of the United States. His talents covered many areas, including being an excellent speaker known to inspire those that listened to him.
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Paul Revere
No story about the American Revolution is complete without talking about the famous ride of Paul Revere.
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Ponce De Leon
Juan Ponce de León was a Spanish conquistador and explorer in the 1500s.
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Samoset
Samoset holds a unique position in American history as he was the first Native Indian to talk to the Plymouth Colony pilgrims.
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Sir Francis Bacon
Sir Francis Bacon was a statesman and English philosopher in the 1500s.
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Squanto
Squanto played an essential role in early American history, but it wasn’t by his choice. He grew up as a member of the Patuxet Native Indian tribe, learning to hunt with a bow and arrow and studying the culture of his people.
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Sybil Ludington
A majority of people that study American history are familiar with the ride of Paul Revere.
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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was one of the founders of the United States and is most well-known as the author of the Declaration of Independence.
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William Bradford
William Bradford is known as one of the first Pilgrims to the New World in search of religious freedom from the Church of England.
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European influences
The political and cultural connections between America and Europe has been steady since the earliest European settlements.
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Political Essayists and Satirists
Political essayists and satirist assumed a critical part in the settling and establishing of many of the American colonies.
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Neoclassicism
Neoclassicism is a Western cultural movement in architecture, music, theater, literature, and visual arts, which drew inspiration from the culture and arts of classical antiquity.
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Architecture
The architecture of America is truly a mixture of styles and textures from everywhere around the globe.
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Spanish influences in the Southwest
The American Southwest is one of the more exciting and diverse areas of America concerning culture, landscape, and history.
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The Enlightenment
The American Enlightenment was an intellectual movement in the 13 American colonies from the 17th to 18th centuries, which emphasized science and reason over blind faith and superstition.
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Farm life
Jobs during the Colonial times included having a trade, owning a plantation, being a craftsman, and being a farmer.
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City life
As the colonies got bigger and bigger, there were large cities that began to be built. These large cities were places where people could do business, such as trading.
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Colonial Dress
During colonial times, men and women dressed a lot differently than they do today.
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Early colonial homes
The type of home that was built in the early colonial times depended on different things, such as what kind of resources were available at the time and how rich the families were.
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Colonial food
Just like other things, the kind of food that the colonists had would depend on where they lived and how rich they were.
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The First Thanksgiving
In the year 1621, the colonists from Plymouth had their first feast with the Native Americans, the Wampanoag.
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Children’s roles
Children in colonial times had busy lives. Many of them would work for their families, while others would play or go to school.
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Working together
People in colonial times learned to work together in order to have a new life.
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British Products
The British had a strong economy, and one of the reasons that they did was through mercantilism.
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Medicine, midwives, and doctors
Doctors in colonial times did many different things. Doctors, medicine, and midwives were part of the apothecaries.
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Poverty, Disease, and Starvation: The Early Colonists
During the 1600s, Europe was experiencing a combination of problems that included a lot of poverty, disease, starvation, and restrictions on religious beliefs.
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The Spread of Slavery
During the 16th century, slavery was not only accepted in many of the European countries but was encouraged as labor for the new lands that they were expanding into.
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Thomas Jefferson’s Problem: Slavery
Europeans in the 17th and 18th centuries accepted slavery as part of their everyday life.
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Native American Conflicts
Native Americans or Native Indians that resided in the New World had different ideas of life and religion than the English invaders.
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Bringing disease to the Native American Nations
As the Europeans began to expand in their explorations, they brought disease to all of the indigenous peoples that they came in contact with.
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Puritans’ Life in Europe
The Puritans were a religious movement in the 1600s in England.
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Pursuit of Religious Freedom
Europe during the 17th century was a time of a lot of personal changes in religious beliefs.
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The Salem Witch Trials
The era of the Salem Witch trials joins some of the most horrible in the history of the colonies and of America.
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Superstition and Prejudice
It may be difficult to recognize the mass superstition and prejudice that happened in the world in the 17th through 18th centuries because today we have such an excellent level of scientific information.
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Convicts
Convicts in 1600, England could be anyone that killed someone to a person stealing bread to feed his or her family.
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Epidemics and disease
Humanity has been plagued with epidemics and disease throughout history.
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Land and water rights
Europeans that arrived in the New World were met with indigenous tribes of Native Indians. The tribes had lived on the continent for thousands of years.
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Hudson River
The Hudson River has played an essential role throughout American history. It was originally named after Henry Hudson, the explorer that was trying to find a passage to Asia in 1609.
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First Indian Reservation
The story of Native Indians in America is one of the most shameful in the history of the country and continues through to today.
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The Problem of Slavery
Europeans in the 17th and 18th centuries accepted slavery as part of their everyday life.
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Slaves and the Revolutionary War
It’s important to recognize that while the term “slave” isn’t listed in the Constitution, the framers made a decision to include what is called the “Three-fifths clause.”
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Indian Wars/French and Indian War
The Native Indian tribes that inhabited the New World…
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English Colonies
During the era of exploration, many European countries were…
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Pilgrims and Puritans
In telling the story of the founding of…
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Colonies for the King
During the 16th century, countries in Europe…
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Crossing the Delaware
The American Revolution had many incredible moments…
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Bacon’s Rebellion
Bacon’s Rebellion happened due to a series of events…
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Valley Forge
Located just 25 miles Northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania…
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French and Dutch Settlements
Throughout the history of European settlement in…
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The Gulf Coast and the West
The Spanish explorers were some of the first Europeans to arrive…
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Taxation without Representation
The rallying cry for the start of the American Revolution was…
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The Stamp Act
Historians believe that it was the Stamp Act of 1765 that…
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The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre happened on March 5, 1770…
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After the Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre resulted in the death of five colonists…
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The Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill happened in Bunker Hill…
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Intolerable Acts and War
In the late 1700s, the British Parliament…
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Spies!
We might think that spies have been a more recent situation…
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Jamestown
Jamestown, Virginia, became the first permanent…
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Great Britain Surrenders
There were a series of events that happened…
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Trenton, New Jersey
For thousands of years, the area of the United States…
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Forming States and national government
The idea of forming a government began with…
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Revolutionary War Stats
During the American Revolution, the British…
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The Constitution
The Constitution of the United States was created as …
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Dividing Western Lands
As the population of the New World grew, the demand…
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Water mills
Watermills were an essential source of power during the colonial period.
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Metalworking
A large number of the technical processes in use at present are virtually identical as those employed in ancient times.
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Weapons and gunpowder
The American Revolution was fought and won with weapons and gunpowder, which are now relatively popular in the American culture.
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Rational thought
Colonial America was a vast land occupied by English, French, Dutch, and Spanish immigrants who established colonies to influence Native Americans living in the area.
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Farming tools
Agriculture was the primary livelihood of early settlers during the colonial period.
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Native American tools and practices
Native Americans played a critical role in resisting the efforts of the Europeans to gain more power and land during the colonial period.
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Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding was an essential component in Colonial America and quickly grew into one of the growing industries of the young United States.
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Cotton gin
In the late 17th century, US-born inventor Eli Whitney changed the cotton industry by
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inventing the cotton gin to quicken the process of eliminating husks and seeds from
cotton fiber.
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