ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)

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Essays from This Era

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The Deadly Raid on Deerfield James L. Swanson
Carving Up the Americas Neal Asbury | Jean-Pierre Isbouts September 2022
A Fateful Experiment at Jamestown James Horn Winter 2020
New Amsterdam Becomes New York Russell Shorto Winter 2010
We Were What We Wore Ink Mendelsohn December 1988
Champlain Among The Mohawk, 1609 David Hackett Fischer Spring 2009
Finding the Real Jamestown William M. Kelso Winter 2008
Yankee Gunners at Louisbourg Fairfax Downey February 1955
Has Roanoke’s Lost Colony Been Found? James Horn Spring 2010
Shipwrecked History: Spanish Ships Found in Pensacola Harbor John E. Worth Summer 2009
Taken by Indians Kevin Sweeney Fall 2008
Why Jamestown Matters James Horn Winter 2008
Ben Franklin's Failed Attempt to Unite the Colonies Richard M. Ketchum August/September 2002
The Deerfield Massacre John Demos February/March 1993
Private Flohr’s America Robert A. Selig December 1992
The House of Many Layers Alexander O. Boulton May/June 1992
The Parson’s Hearth Alexander O. Boulton November 1991
How British Are You? Bertram Wyatt-Brown November 1990
Behind the Federal Facade Alexander O. Boulton May/June 1989
Forts of the Americas Jack Rudolph March 1988
Good Fences Alexander O. Boulton February/March 1987
Indians on the Land William Cronon | Richard White August/September 1986
Does a Freeborn Englishman Have a Right to Emigrate? Bernard Bailyn February/March 1986
Roanoke Lost Karen Ordahl Kupperman August/September 1985
Lost Words Of Colonial America: A Glossary Richard M. Lederer, Jr. August/September 1984
The Tempest Avery Kolb April/May 1983
Day By Day in a Colonial Town Robert N. Linscott December 1983
The Lion’s-eye View Stephen W. Sears June/July 1978
Puffing Through The American Past December 1978
Books We Think You’ll Like Barbara Klaw December 1978
The Terror of the Wilderness Frederick Turner February 1977
To The Manor Born Ellsworth S. Grant October 1975
Before Urban Renewal June 1973
The Debacle at Fort Carillon Richard F. Snow June 1972
Dress Parade Harold L. Peterson October 1971
The Hunt For The Regicides Alexander Winston December 1964
Digging Up Jamestown Ivor NoËl Hume April 1963
Our Last King J. H. Plumb June 1960
New England In The Earliest Days A. L. Rowse August 1959
Was John Smith A Liar? Marshall Fishwick October 1958
Carving Up the Americas Neal Asbury | Jean-Pierre Isbouts September 2022
A Fateful Experiment at Jamestown James Horn Winter 2020
New Amsterdam Becomes New York Russell Shorto Winter 2010
Champlain Among The Mohawk, 1609 David Hackett Fischer Spring 2009
Finding the Real Jamestown William M. Kelso Winter 2008
The Rebels Of Merry Mount Carleton Beals June 1955
Christopher Columbus, Mariner Samuel Eliot Morison December 1955
Shipwrecked History: Spanish Ships Found in Pensacola Harbor John E. Worth Summer 2009
Ben Franklin's Failed Attempt to Unite the Colonies Richard M. Ketchum August/September 2002
How British Are You? Bertram Wyatt-Brown November 1990
Forts of the Americas Jack Rudolph March 1988
The Hunt For The Regicides Alexander Winston December 1964
Digging Up Jamestown Ivor NoËl Hume April 1963
New England In The Earliest Days A. L. Rowse August 1959
Was John Smith A Liar? Marshall Fishwick October 1958
Carving Up the Americas Neal Asbury | Jean-Pierre Isbouts September 2022
The Young George Washington Peter Stark Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books
Holding Down the Fort Edwin S. Grosvenor Fall 2017
Wilderness Ordeal John F. Ross Summer 2009
This Is Tranquil Deerfield The Editors April 1966
The Battle That Won An Empire Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart December 1959