The 13 Original Colonies

First, Look in Grolier Online Encyclopedia. Look in the GME (multi-media encyclopedia just type in you colony name, find the hit that looks like it pertains to your colony, then scroll down to the history section.

Second, Look at the individual sites listed below.

Then, if you still need information go to this site.

Connecticut

        Connecticut Colonial History (from the State of Connecticut)

        Connecticut Colonial History ** (from Our Country Volume I)

Delaware  

        Delaware: A Brief History (from the State of Delaware official first page)       

        New Sweden: The Early History of New Delaware (from the History Society of Delaware Kid's page)

        Colonial Delaware    (from the History Society of Delaware Kid's page)

        More Colonial Delaware (with clickable links to important historical Delawareans from the History Society of Delaware Kid's page)

Georgia

        The History of Colonial Georgia ** (from Our Country Volume I)

Maryland

         The Colonial History of Maryland ** (from Our Country Volume I)

Massachusetts    

            The History of Colonial Massachusetts ** (from Our Country Volume I)

            Plimouth (from Plimouth  Plantation: A Smithsonian Institute Affiliation Program)

New Hampshire

            A Brief History of New Hampshire (from the State of New Hampshire Almanac, a publication of the State of New Hampshire website.)

New Jersey

            New Jersey Colonial History  ** (from Our Country Volume I)

New York

            The History of New Netherlands  *( from The Great Republic Vol. I )

            New Netherlands (From the New York State Library)

            New York State Facts Kid Page: (from New York State Department of State  ) 

  New York Colony *(from the Great Republic Vol. II)

North Carolina

           Carolina's Colonial History ** (from Our Country Volume I)

            North Carolina History: The Colonial Period (from the State of Carolina Kid's Page)

            The History of Roanoke Island (where the very first European colonist, Virginia Dare was born) from Roanoke Island Festival Park, a Division of North Carolina Depart. Cultural Resources

Pennsylvania

            Colonial Pennsylvania History ** (from Our Country Volume I)

            Pennsylvania *(from The Great Republic Vol. I )

Rhode Island

            Rhode Island Colonial History **(from the Great Republic Vol. I. )

  Rhode Island History  (fom the State of Rhode Island website, this page contains the history of of Rhode Island as presented in the Rhode Island Manual, updated by Elmer Cornwell, Professor of   Political Science at Brown University)

South Carolina

              Carolina's Colonial History ** (from Our Country Volume I)

            A Brief Overview of South Carolina History ( from the South Carolina Department of Archives and History)

            South Carolina History (from an interactive time-line of state history created at Furhman University, Greenville, South Carolina)         

Virginia

            The Colonial History of Virginia ** (from Our Country Volume I)

            Jamestown (from the virtual Jamestown site  sponsored by the Andrew Mellon Foundation))

*This site contains excerpts from Volume II of The Great Republic by the Master Historians. The book was published in the early 1900's and edited by renowned American historian Hubert H. Bankcroft. It covers United States' history from the period preceding the American Revolution through the presidency of Thomas Jefferson. Within the book, Bancroft comments on each historical event, as well as includes more detailed accounts by other historians.

**Volume I of Our Country, published in the late 1800's. This series chronicles American history from the Viking explorations in the 10th century through the French and Indian wars

***picture from the Picture History website www.picturehistory.com sponsored by the The Kohlberg Foundation.