American Republic Links

Topic One: When Worlds Collide

The Debate Over the First Americans
* Mystery of the First Americans, A NOVA SITE
* "The First Americans" from Newsweek, Apr 26, 1999
* The Newsweek Map of the First Americans Debate
* Kennewick Man Debate

Guns, Germs, and Steel
* NPR's "Talk of the Nation" interview with Diamond (audio)

Christopher Columbus
* "What Columbus Knew" from History Today
* Columbus Navigation Homepage
* Christopher Columbus: Selections from Journal, 1492
* Christopher Columbus: Letter to King and Queen of Spain, 1494

The Spanish Colonial System
* The Bull Inter Caetera, 1493
* The Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494
* The Laws of Burgos, 1512-13
* The New Laws of the Indies, 1542
* Bartolemeo De La Casas: Destruction of the Indies, 1542

The Reformation:
* Modern History Sourcebook for Luther and Calvin
* Modern History Sourcebook for Catholic Counter Reformation

Topic Two: British North America

Colonial Stirrings
* John Cabot (c.1450-1499): Voyage to North America, 1497
* Richard Hakluyt: Discourse of Western Planting, 1584
* Elizabeth I: Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh, 1584

Virginia and the Chesapeake
* Instructions for the Virginia Colony, 1606
* Constitution of the Virginia Company in England, 24 July 1621
* "Jamestown Fiasco" from American Slavery, American Freedom
* The Jamestown Archaelogy Site
* Bacon's Declaration in the Name of the People, 30 July 1676
* Governor William Berkely: On Bacon's Rebellion, 19 May 1676
* Slave Laws in Virginia (1642-1705)

Massachusetts and New England
* Mayflower Compact, 1620
* Charter of Massachusetts Bay, 1629
* John Winthrop: A Modell of Christian Charity 1630
* Massachusetts Body of Liberties, 1641
* Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, 1639
* Connecticut Colony Charter, 1662
* King Philips War
* D. Lawson, Brief and True Narrative, 1692- Salem Witch Trials
* The Salem Witch Trials in Light of the Covenant of Grace

The Dominion of New England
* Instructions to Sir Edmund Andros, 1686
* Commercial Orders to Governor Andros, 1686-1687
* Orders For Sending Sir Edmund Andros To England, 1689

Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley
* Charter of Pennsylvania (1681)
* William Penn, "Concessions to the Province of Pennsylvania"
* William Peen, "Preface to the First Frame of Government"
* Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges (1701)

Topic Three: Imperial Relations, Revolution & Independence

The Imperial System:
* The Navigation Act of 1660
* The Navigation Act of 1696

New British Colonial Measures (1763-73):
* The Proclamation of 1763
* The Sugar Act (1764)
* The Stamp Act (1765)
* The Quartering Act (1765)
* Thomas Whately in support of the Stamp Act
* The Declaratory Act (March 18, 1766)
* The Townshend Duties (June 1767)

The American Response:
* J. Otis, "The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved"
* The Virginia Resolves (May, 1765)
* The Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress, Oct. 19, 1765
* John Dickinson: Letter 2, from Letters from a Farmer
* John Dickinson: Letter 4, from Letters from a Farmer

The Boston "Massacre"
* The Boston Massacre, The Boston Gazette, 12 March 1770
* Captain Preston: The Boston Massacre, March 5 1770
* Anonymous: Account of the Boston Massacre, March 5 1770

The Tea Act Crisis
* The Tea Act (1763)

The Coercive Acts and the Final Break
* The Administration of Justice Act, 1774
* The Boston Port Act, 1774
* The Massachusetts Government Act, 1774
* The Quebec Act, 1774
* The Quartering Act, 1774
* First Continental Congress, October 1774
* Resolves of the First Continental Congress, October 1774
* Resolution of the House of Burgesses in Virginia (1774)
* The Olive Branch Petition (1774).
* Joseph Galloway Plan (1774)
* The Suffolk Resolves, Joseph Warren (1774)
* Dec. of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms, 1775
* Thomas Paine (1737-1809): Common Sense, full text
* Thomas Jefferson: Draft of the Declaration of Independence
* Declaration of Independence, 1776
* Locke's Second Treatise/Declaration of Independence
* George Washington: Letter to John Hancock, Sep. 24, 1776
* American Revolution Military Documents (Scroll down)
* Paris Peace Treaty, 1783
* The Articles of Confederation
* The Constitution of the United States of America

Additional Links:

American Colonist's Library

Colonial American History

Colonial Williamsburg

Early America

18th Century Life: An Online Magazine

Eighteenth Century Resources

HMS Bounty Homepage

Howard College Libraries: American Colonial History

Institute of North America and Atlantic Colonial History in Bermuda

The Mayflower Web Page

A Midwife's Tale

Witchcraft in Salem Village