Witch of Blackbird Pond

General Information

• Archiving Early America -historical documents from 18th century America
• Colonial America K - 12 Resources
• The Early America Digital Library
• The 18th Century - excellent links from the Mining Co.

The Pilgrims

• MayflowerHistory.com (by Caleb Johnson)
• The Mayflower Society
• The Mayflower Compact

The Colonies

• 13 Originals: Founding of the American Colonies (a Think Quest site)
• William Penn: Visionary Proprietor
• Welcome to Colonial Williamsburg (family, food, gardening, justice, and many more topics)
• Connecticut Life in the 1770s (from Noah Webster)
• The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut (Indian raids)
• Connecticut at War

Colonial Life - Education

• Education for Boys and Girls (from the Stratford Plantation)
• An Outline of American History: How they Were Schooled (From Revolution to Reconstruction)
• A Colonial Family and Community (created by the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, this site encourages visitors to become history detectives and examine the life of the Daggetts, an actual colonial family from northeastern Connecticut)
• Amusements in Colonial New England (from Noah Webster)
• Colonial Games and Toys (from Noah Webster)
• Colonial Life (from Through the Looking Glass)

Witch Trials

• The Salem Witch Trials -1692 a chronology of events
• What About Witches (from the Salem, Massachusetts city guide)
• Famous American Trials: Salem Witchcraft Trials 1692
• Religious Freedom: The Trial of Anne Hutchinson 

Witch Hunts

• National Geographic: Salem Witch Hunt
• Witch-Hunts: The Impact of Fear (by Cathy Hartt, RN, CNM, MS)

People

• Colonial Hall: Biographies of America's Founding Fathers

  Sir Edmund Andros:

• The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Commission of Sir Edmund Andros for the Dominion of New England. April 7, 1688
• Sir Edmund Andros, Governor of all New England (from Joseph Dow's History of Hampton, Chapter 5 -- Part 15)
• Andros, Sir Edmund (from the Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia)

  King Charles II

• An Overview of King Charles II: 1630-1685 (from The Gazetteer for Scotland)
• Charles II, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland (from the Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia)

  James II

• James II: British Monarchs (from Britannia.com)
• King James II, Instructions to Governor Thomas Dongan (the Founders' Constitution)

  Shakespeare

• Shakespeare's Biography
• William Shakespeare - Biography and Works (from The Literature Network)

  Anne Bradstreet

• Anne Bradstreet ca.1612-72 (from American Literature on the Web)
• A Biography of Anne Bradstreet (prepared by Ann Woodlief, Virginia Commonwealth University)
• Anne Bradstreet.com
• Anne Bradstreet: America's First Poet (from National Public Radio)

  Gershom Bulkeley

• The Hartford Medical Society Menczer Museum of Medicine and Dentistry
• Gershom Bulkekey (a few facts from the First Congregational Church, UCC, New London CT)

  Robert Treat

• Treat, Robert, Governor of Connecticut 1683 -1687, 1689 -1698
• Treat, Robert (from Encyclopedia.com)
• Robert Treat (Governor & Captain)

Connecticut Colony

• Connecticut Colony Charter
• The Charter of Connecticut 1662
• Colonial Family and Community

Religion

• About the Puritans
• Puritanism in New England

Barbados

• Barbados History: A chronology

Newspapers

• The Colonial Period (from Newsday.com)
• The History Buff Articles (dive into history and explore the past through commentary on press coverage of the day)
• The Colonial Gazette

Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare

• Witch of Blackbird Pond (from Quintessential Instructional Archive, QUIA)

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