Section 2: Colonial America  1600 - 1775
 
Fasttrack to America's Past




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Pages in Section 2

Teacher Key - for Section 2

Maps - for completing the map pages

Vocabulary - glossary for Section 2
Suggested historical videos for this section
America: The Story of Us video series on DVD, the episode titled "Rebels."  (Full series on 3 discs is available on Amazon for less than $20.)

The New World: Nightmare in Jamestown  A National Geographic documentary that combines re-enacted historical scenes and forensic archeology to tell the story of how first successful English colony in the New World was established. Experts show how recently unearthed skeletons and other evidence reveal much about the very difficult early years at the settlement.  (DVD available on Amazon.)


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   Copyright 2023 by David Burns.  All rights reserved.  Illustrations and reading selections appearing in this work are taken from sources in the public domain and from private collections used by permission.  Sources include: the Dover Pictorial Archive, the Library of Congress, The National Archives, The Hart Publishing Co., Corel Corporation and its licensors, Nova Development Corporation and its licensors, and others.  Maps were created or adapted by the author using reference maps from the United States Geological Survey and Cartesia Software.  Please see the home page for this title for more information.