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Historical Era

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Title	Author	Issue Sort ascending
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Jamestown Hangs in the Balance	Horn, James	Winter 2010
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) New Amsterdam Becomes New York	Shorto, Russell	Winter 2010
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Pontiac’s War	Taylor, Alan	Winter 2010
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) The Battle for Fort Ticonderoga	Ross, John	Spring/Summer 2008
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Blackbeard's Terror	Butler, Lindley	Spring 2011
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Has Roanoke’s Lost Colony Been Found?	Horn, James	Spring 2010
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Darkness Falls on the Land of Light	Winiarski, Douglas	Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2018
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Carving Up the Americas	Asbury, Neal	September 2022
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) The Maypole of Merry Mount	Demos, John	October/November 1986
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) George Washington Gets His First Experience in War	O'Brien, Frederic	October 2003
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Cod Fishing and the Collective-Ownership Folly	Gordon, John	October 1998
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) The Real First World War and the Making of America	Anderson, Fred	November/December 2005
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Marquette and Jolliet's Excellent Adventure	Walczynski, Mark	November 2020
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Upon Starved Rock	Walczynski, Mark	November 2020
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Have We Found the “Lost Colony”?	Dawson, Scott	November 2020
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) John Winthrop Sets Up America's First Iron Works	Gordon, John	November 1998
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) The First Thanksgiving, Sort Of	O'Brien, Frederic	November 1996
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) The Parson’s Hearth	Boulton, Alexander	November 1991
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) The House of Many Layers	Boulton, Alexander	May/June 1992
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) A Family Trip to Williamsburg	Colihan, Jane	March 2003
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Forts of the Americas	Rudolph, Jack	March 1988
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Ben Franklin Was Not the First	O'Brien, Frederic	June/July 2002
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Of One Blood, All Nations	Ward, Geoffrey	July/August 1994
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Profits in the Wilderness	Gordon, John	July/August 1992
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Travel: In Search of Albuquerque’s 300-year-old Past—and Its Neon-lit Present	Davidson, Carla	February/March 2007
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) The Deerfield Massacre	Demos, John	February/March 1993
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Why Do We Call It "America"?	Cohen, Jonathan	Fall 2023
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Taken by Indians	Sweeney, Kevin	Fall 2008
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Ben Franklin's Failed Attempt to Unite the Colonies	Ketchum, Richard	August/September 2002
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Ordeal by Touch	Custer, Lawrence	April/May 1986
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) The Other Cape	Stewart, Linda	April 2001
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) The Dutch Door to America	Plantenga, Bart	April 1999
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) King Charles Forces the Puritans to America
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) The Deadly Raid on Deerfield