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National Register of Historic Places

National Trust for Historic Preservation

New Deal Network

Educational guide to the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Northwest Ordinance

Text for the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, Ordinance of 1784, Western Land Ordinance 1785.

One-Room Schoolhouse Center

Created in 1998 as a way to provide an online resource for those interested in learning more about early education in the United States. The history and reminiscences from those who taught and attended one-room schoolhouses are prevalent throughout the site.

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

From The University of Texas at Austin.

Picture History

Images and footage illustrating more than 200 years of American history.

Spain In America

Historical texts and illustrations from the First Spanish period in North America.

Surviving the Dust Bowl

Companion web site to the PBS television program.

The Age of Imperialism

The Avalon Project : Colonial Charters, Grants and Related Documents

General Charters, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Masachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia.

The History Channel

The National Park Service - Links to the Past

The Time Page - An Examination of Cycles in U.S. History

Their Own Words

Their Own Words is a digital collection of books, pamphlets, letters, and diaries, dating from the latter eighteenth through the early twentieth century, that reflects the history of the United States. This collection currently contains more than 34,500 individual pages of text and corresponding transcriptions, covering a variety of topics, including: colonial American politics; U.S. politics, government, and foreign relations; historical biography and autobiography; slavery and abolition; the American Civil War; the temperance movement; foreign travel; economics; medicine; philosophy; and theology. This online resource is made freely available, and we believe that it will be of value to teachers, students, and researchers at all levels of instruction.

ThoughtCo - American History

U.S. History Research Guide

United States History - Primary Resources

Research guide from the Hilton C. Buley Library of Southern Connecticut State University containing links to primary resources in United States history from Pre-Colonial America through the Cold War Era, 1945-1990.

US State History Timelines

Provides a chronological timeline of important events and dates in the history of each of the fifty U.S. State.

ushistory.org

A set of web sites created and hosted by the Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia.