Witch of Blackbird Pond

General Information

• Archiving Early America -historical documents from 18th century America
• 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

• An Outline of American History: How they Were Schooled (From Revolution to Reconstruction)
• 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
• 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:

• 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

• 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
• Robert Treat (Governor & Captain)

Connecticut Colony

• Connecticut Colony Charter
• The Charter of Connecticut 1662

Religion

• About the Puritans
• Puritanism in New England

Barbados

• Barbados History: A chronology

Newspapers

• 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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