Academy English 293: Mythical Family Saga Part 1: Colonial Regions & Peoples
Background information on the Colonial Era Americas.
Detail from Secotan, John White ,1585-1593. Click on image for more information
Native Americans
Religion
- Native Americans [Colonial Era]
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Overview of colonial religious authorities' relations with the Native Americans.
**Requires GBS ID (number only) /password from home** - Eastern Woodland Native American Religion [Colonial Era]
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Warfare/Conflict
- The Transformation of Native American Warfare: Conflict and the Emergence of Confederations [Pre-Contact]
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**Requires GBS ID (number only) /password from home** - The Transformation of Native American Warfare: Trade and the Shift to Economically Motivated Conflict
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**Requires GBS ID (number only) /password from home** - War and Diplomacy between American Indian Tribes and the Dutch American Colonies [GBN Only]
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Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
- Iroquois Confederacy
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**Requires GBS ID (number only) /password from home** - Haudenosaunee [Iroquois] Guide for Educators
Excellent overview of Haudenosaunee history and culture from the Museum of the American Indian
Chesapeake Area Peoples
- Secotan Village [illustration by John White, 1585-1593]
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An illustration of the native Indian settlement called Secotan village, located in the area where English colonists settled in 1585 and 1587 CE, establishing Roanoke Colony (North Carolina, USA). - Living With the Indians [Powhatans in Virginia]Created by the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation.
- We Have a Story To Tell: Native Peoples of the Chesapeake Region [Excerpt]From the Museum of the American Indian
The French Settlements
- Women in the French Colonies, 1624-1715
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Great resource. Includes primary sources and background information as well as life stories of Native American, African American and French women.
The Dutch colonies
- Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae : nec non partis Virginiae tabula multis in locis emendata [Map]
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1685 reprint of a 1656 map of the Dutch North American colonies showing extent of Dutch claims, from Chesapeake Bay and the Susquehanna River in the South and West, to Narragansett Bay and the Providence-Blackstone Rivers in the East, to the St. Lawrence River in the North.
- History Lab: Life in New Amsterdam
Designed for teachers. Ignore the lesson plans and stick with the essays, which are concise and informative.
- Women in the Dutch Colonies, 1624–1715
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Great resource. Includes primary sources and background information as well as life stories of Native American, African American and Dutch women.
English colonies
- Women in the English Colonies, 1607–1715
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Great resource. Includes primary sources and background information women in as well as life stories of Native American and English women in the colonies.
Puritans
Africans & their descendents in North America & the Caribbean
See also links in the Caribbean, Dutch & English sections
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