The following pages provide additional links to online resources:

Think of these pages as electronic reserves. Refer students to them for online research.

Each page has a unique URL that you can link to from your own web page.

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Chapter 3- The Imperial Perspective

Images and Maps

Montcalm and Wolfe: The French and Indian War
(This site explores the battles, forts, and military personnel involved in the French and Indian War in North America.)

The Seven Years War Website
(This site offers numerous images and articles explaining the battles of the war and the lives of soldiers.)

 

Primary Sources

Primary Source Documents Pertaining to Early American History
(Scroll down the list for the appropriate documents.)

Some Unpublished Facts Relating to Bacon's Rebellion on the Eastern Shore of Virginia
(Interesting sources put out by the Upper New River Valley researchers)

The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
(This site contains many of the colonial charters and other government documents relating to the themes explored in this chapter.)

Thomas Jefferson Papers: Series 8, Virginia Records, 1606-1737
(This collection offers numerous primary sources related to the political development of colonial Virginia.)

 

Secondary Sources

Bacon's Rebellion
(This article, published by the National Park Service, summarizes the events surrounding Bacon's Rebellion.)

The Story of Bacon's Rebellion
(By Mary Newton Standard, published by The Neale Publishing Company, 1907.E-version, ©, Jeffrey C. Weaver, 2000)

History of King Philip's War

The Navigation Acts
(A quick summary of each law from the "Road to the Revolution" project)

The Glorious Revolution of 1688
(A summary of events surrounding the revolution, sponsored by the House of Commons)

Colonials Collide at Bloody Marsh
(An article from Military History exploring a skirmish in Georgia between British and Spanish colonists)

Louisbourg
(An article from American History exploring this conflict between the British and French colonists)

 

 

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