Colonial America

Of northern European nations, the British had the greatest impact on the Americas. Their history there embraces far more than the colonies that became the United States: England had been in the New World for a century before those colonies were established, and the British presence long outlived the..

This text aims to provide not simply an account of Anglo-American colonial development, but to blend narration of the major moments and movements in its evolution with an analysis of the major structures of colonial economy and society both in North American and the Caribbean...

Colonial Roots..

Colonial Roots..

Providing a survey of colonial American history both regionally broad and "Atlantic" in coverage, Converging Worlds presents the most recent research in an accessible manner for undergraduate students._x005F_x000D_ The ideal accompaniment to Converging Worlds: Communities and Cultures in Colonial Am..

Providing a survey of colonial American history both regionally broad and "Atlantic" in coverage, Converging Worlds presents the most recent research in an accessible manner for undergraduate students._x000D_ The ideal accompaniment to Converging Worlds: Communities and Cultures in Colonial America,..

In 1673, two French explorers - Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit missionary, and Louis Jolliet, a fur trapper and trader - embarked on a journey of exploration in the center of the American continent, becoming the first Europeans to travel the Mississippi River and its environs. A century before Lewis an..

Puritan politician, lawyer, and lay theologian, John Winthrop fled England  in 1630 when it looked like Charles I had successfully blocked all hopes of passing Puritan-inspired reforms in Parliament. Leading a migration, he came to New England in the hopes of creating an ideal Puritan community and ..

The Age of Elizabeth..

The Age of Elizabeth..

The World of Colonial America: An Atlantic Handbook offers a comprehensive and in-depth survey of cutting-edge research into the world of Early America and its relationship to the surrounding Atlantic economy...