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The Southern Colonies Activity

Websites: Good information can be found by using our search page to connect to World Book and Britannica--also "Electric Library works nicely.

Here are some other possibilities:
http://www.historyroom.com/The%20Jamestown%20Colony.htm
http://www.historyisfun.org/index.html
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/socialstudies/projects/jvc/overview.html
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/americanhistory/chapter2/southerncolonies.htm
http://www.kids1start.com/13colonies/13colonies.htm
http://www.kids1start.com/13colonies/southern.htm
http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_S_Colonies.html

John Smith
http://www.apva.org/history/jsmith.html
http://www.apva.org/history/pocahont.html
http://www.apva.org/history/list.html
http://www.apva.org/history/timeline.html
http://www.apva.org/history/index.html
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/page2.html
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/jsmith.html
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/smith_voyages/introduction.html

Bacon, Bacon’s Rebellion
http://www.ustrek.org/odyssey/semester1/100700kids/100700daphbaconkids.html
chttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p274.html

Berkeley
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0807178.html
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAberkeley.htm

Settlers of Jamestown
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p261.html

slaves
http://www.whc.neu.edu/prototype/06/br2n1.html
http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/199710/msg00025.html
http://www.stratfordhall.org/ed-servants.htm


History of the Jamestown colony with a link to a page on J. Smith
http://www.apva.org/history/

Biographical info
http://www.jamestowne.org/Johns1.htm


In-depth biographical info
http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/smith.cfm

2. Bacon’s Rebellion
In-depth description of the rebellion with bibliography http://www.nps.gov/colo/Jthanout/BacRebel.html
Encyclopedia entry
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/B/BaconsR1e.asp
Brief sketch
http://www.apva.org/apva/bacreb.html

3. Governor William Berkeley
Encyclopedia entry
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/B/BerkeleyW1.asp
Thorough description http://www.iath.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/essays/billings_essay.html
http://wwwlow.bham.wednet.edu/colony%20slavery.htm

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