Karolee Storage Guide: Colonial America

Background information about New England, Middle and Souther colonies including land and commerce

includes information about various trades, historical events and more.

Video - includes resources and founding information. Quick way to learn names of ALL the colonies at the end!

Scroll to find your colony

Choose your colony from the list. The nicknames often have some information about their origins.

Detailed information about various trades. Article centers around trades in Williamsburg - details similar for any colony

Scroll down to find your colony - includes resources and industries

Link on the page for Northern and Middle colonies

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This visual tour from PBS show you what homes and other buildings were like. Much of the information came from the Plymouth Plantation.

This page from the Metropolitan Museum of Art explains the importance of coffee, chocolate, and tea, and shows some containers used to serve and store them.

This interactive site from PBS will give you examples of how the colonists spoke. Maybe you can include some authentic language in your newspaper. Videos are not always available.

When you're at home and taking a break from research, play this game to see how you would do as captain of the Jamestown Colony.

Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

Virginia, Maryland, Carolinas (North and South), Georgia

Practice online!

When you think you know them all

Scroll part way down the page

numerous maps created during the colonial period

Has original script and printed content

View the original document as well as typed.

Link to a number of primary sources from the colonies