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| Colonial Life Colonial Williamsburg - Colonial Williamsburg is "the restored 18th-century capital city of Britain’s largest, wealthiest, and most populous outpost of empire in the New World." The site provides information on notable people, places, buildings, trades, Christmas in Williamsburg, clothing, slavery, and other topics. Contains documents (including the first draft of the Declaration of Independence "before Congress began amending and editing"), glossaries, and a chronology (1750 to 1783). Searchable. Jamestown 2007: America's 400th Anniversary Official site for the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, Virginia, "settled in 1607, [it] was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas." The site features tourist information, an events calendar, a link to educational material, activities and games for children, and descriptions of prior commemorations in 1807, 1857, 1907, and 1957. URL: http://www.jamestown2007.org Liberty! The American Revolution Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) documentary series "about the birth of the American Republic and the struggle of a loosely connected group of states to become a nation." Features a timeline (from 1760, when George III ascended the throne, through 1791), details about defining events (such as the Boston Tea Party, 1773, and the Declaration of Independence, 1776), material about daily life and the military in the Colonies, and more. URL: http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/ Plimoth Plantation - This living history center in Plymouth, Massachusetts, re-creates a 1627 Pilgrim village that was "built by English colonists in the midst of the Wampanoag homeland." The site features a virtual tour of the village and a Wampanoag homesite, articles about the colonists and Native Americans, Thanksgiving recipes, and an interactive feature about the first Thanksgiving. Also includes tourist information for Plymouth.
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