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Colonial and Early America
Primary Source Sets

Plymouth in 1622 / W.L. Williams

[Detail] Plymouth in 1622 / W.L. Williams

Specific artifacts (images, manuscripts, maps, sound files) with analysis tools help students think like historians about a particular historical event or phenomenon.

  • The wedding of Pocahontas with John Rolfe

    Jamestown

    Maps, images, and text tell the story of the first English settlement in North America, and how it came to be regarded in later years.

  • The First Thanksgiving, 1621

    Thanksgiving

    Study photographs, paintings, letters, and official proclamations to discover historical perspectives on American Thanksgiving holiday traditions, beginning with the pilgrims who came to North America on the Mayflower.