Term Paper Resource Guide to Colonial American History

Roger M. Carpenter

• Publisher: Greenwood
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN: 9780313355448
• eBook ISBN: 9780313355455
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Early American History
• Index: History

With this guide, major help for term papers relating to Colonial American history has arrived in a volume sure to enrich and stimulate students in challenging and enjoyable ways. Chock full of stimulating and creative term paper suggestions and vetted research resources focusing on the Colonial Era, this volume is indispensable for students, librarians, and instructors. Students from high school age to undergraduate will use it to get a jumpstart on assignments in Colonial American history with the hundreds of term paper suggestions and research information offered here in an easy-to-use format. Users can quickly choose from the 100 important events, ranging from the first attempt at colonization at the Lost Colony of Roanoke, Virginia, in 1585 to the ratification of the Constitution in 1791. With this book, the research experience is transformed and elevated. Term Paper Resource Guide to Colonial American History is a superb source to motivate and educate students who have a wide range of interests and talents. Coverage includes key wars and conflicts, establishment of colonies and colleges, legislation and treaties, religious events, exploration, publications, and more.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1. Roanoke, Virginia, ''The Lost Colony,'' Is Founded (1584–1590)
• 2. Spanish Conquistadors Establish St. Augustine (1585)
• 3. Spanish Colonize New Mexico (1598)
• 4. Fur Trade Leads to Native Dependency on European Goods (1600 on)
• 5. England Establishes the First Permanent North American Settlement at Jamestown, Virginia (1607)
• 6. Samuel de Champlain Instigates Hostilities between New France and the Iroquois (1609)
• 7. John Rolfe Introduces Tobacco to Virginia (1616)
• 8. Marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe Ushers in a Brief Period of Peace in Virginia (1616)
• 9. Smallpox among the New England Indians Depopulates the Region (1616)
• 10. Dutch Import the First African Slaves to Jamestown, Virginia (1620)
• 11. Pilgrims Establish Plymouth Bay Colony (1620)
• 12. Opechancanough and the Virginia-Powhatan War (1622)
• 13. Dutch Establish American Colonies at New Amsterdam and Fort Orange (1626)
• 14. English Puritans Begin Their ''Great Migration'' and Establish Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630)
• 15. France Regains Quebec and Jesuits Attempt to Convert Native Americans (1632)
• 16. Maryland Is Established as a Haven for English Catholics (1634)
• 17. Roger Williams Is Expelled from Massachusetts for His Dissenting Religious Views and Founds the Colony of Rhode Island (1636)
• 18. Harvard College Is Established (1636)
• 19. Pequot War (1637)
• 20. Massachusetts Bay Colony Banishes Anne Hutchinson for Her Dissenting Religious Views (1638)
• 21. John Eliot Establishes ''Praying Towns'' to Convert the Native Peoples of New England to Christianity (1640s)
• 22. Miantonomi Urges New England's Native Peoples to Unite (1642)
• 23. Opechancanough Leads a Second War against Colonists in Virginia (1644–1646)
• 24. Iroquois Initiate the ''Beaver Wars'' (1649)
• 25. English Parliament Institutes the Navigation Acts (1650s)
• 26. Massachusetts Bay Colony Persecutes Quakers (1657–1659)
• 27. Slave Codes Are Developed (1660s–1700)
• 28. Massachusetts Churches Approve the Halfway Covenant (1662)
• 29. Maryland Makes Slavery an Inheritable Status (1664)
• 30. English Capture New Amsterdam (1664)
• 31. John Locke Writes the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina (1669)
• 32. English Merchants Establish Hudson's Bay Company (1670)
• 33. Carolina Is Founded and Soon Becomes Only Mainland Colony Where Slaves Outnumber Free Men (1670s)
• 34. King Philip's War in New England (1675–1676)
• 35. Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia (1676)
• 36. Pueblo Revolt (1680)
• 37. William Penn Establishes the Colony of Pennsylvania (1682)
• 38. Robert LaSalle Explores the Mississippi and Names the Region ''Louisiana'' (1682)
• 39. Robert LaSalle Leads an Expedition by Ship That Attempts to Find the Mouth of the Mississippi River (1684)
• 40. James II Establishes the Dominion of New England in an Attempt to Tighten Royal Control of the Colonies (1685)
• 41. Massachusetts Colonists Revolt Against the Dominion of New England (1688)
• 42. King William's War (1689–1697)
• 43. Leisler's Insurrection in New York (1689)
• 44. Coode's Rebellion in Maryland (1689)
• 45. Salem Witchcraft Trials (1692)
• 46. Spain Reestablishes Control over the Pueblos (1692–1696)
• 47. The Iroquois Great Peace with New France and New York (1701)
• 48. Queen Anne's War (1702–1713)
• 49. Deerfield Massacre (1704)
• 50. First Successful Colonial Newspaper Established in Boston (1704)
• 51. Tuscarora War (1711)
• 52. New York Slave Uprising (1712)
• 53. Yamasee War in the Carolinas (1715–1716)
• 54. French Establish New Orleans, Gaining Control of the Mississippi River (1718)
• 55. Beginnings of the Plains Indian Horse and Gun Culture (1720s–1750)
• 56. Sieur de la Vérendrye Explores the Northern Plains (1727)
• 57. Natchez Wars (1729)
• 58. James Oglethorpe Establishes the Colony of Georgia as a Buffer between Spanish Florida and English Colonies (1732)
• 59. Printer John Peter Zenger Stands Trial for ''Seditious Libel'' (1734–1735)
• 60. ''Walking Purchase'' (1737)
• 61. Stono Rebellion in South Carolina (1739)
• 62. George Whitefield Begins His First Tour of the Colonies (1739)
• 63. Russians Make Contact with Aleutian Peoples (1740s)
• 64. Jonathan Edwards Delivers Sermon Entitled ''Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God'' (1741)
• 65. New York Slave Conspiracy (1741)
• 66. Treaty of Lancaster (1744)
• 67. King George's War Begins (1744)
• 68. New Englanders Capture the French Post at Louisbourg (1745)
• 69. Benjamin Franklin Publishes Essay on Population (1751)
• 70. Benjamin Franklin Publishes Experiments with Electricity (1751)
• 71. George Washington Builds Fort Necessity (1754)
• 72. Albany Congress (1754)
• 73. Braddock's Defeat (1755)
• 74. Battle of Fort William Henry (1757)
• 75. William Pitt Becomes Prime Minister (1757)
• 76. Battle of Quebec (1759)
• 77. Cherokee War (1759)
• 78. France Cedes All of Its North American Possessions in the Treaty of Paris (1763)
• 79. Pontiac's Rebellion (1763)
• 80. Paxton Boys Attack Native Americans in Pennsylvania (1763)
• 81. Proclamation of 1763
• 82. Beginnings of the Regulator Movement in the Carolina Backcountry (1760s)
• 83. Russians and Spaniards Explore and Settle the Pacific Coast (1760s)
• 84. Stamp Act (1765)
• 85. Townshend Acts (1767)
• 86. Spanish Build Missions in California (1768)
• 87. Tea Act (1773)
• 88. Coercive Acts (1774)
• 89. First Continental Congress (1774)
• 90. Skirmishes at Lexington and Concord (1775)
• 91. Thomas Paine Publishes Common Sense (1776)
• 92. Declaration of Independence (1776)
• 93. American Victory at Saratoga Results in an Alliance with France (1777)
• 94. Congress Adopts the Articles of Confederation (1781)
• 95. Battle of Yorktown (1781)
• 96. Treaty of Paris Ends the American Revolution (1783)
• 97. Spain Interferes with U.S. Navigation of the Mississippi River (1785)
• 98. Shays's Rebellion (1786)
• 99. Constitutional Convention (1787)
• 100. Constitution Is Ratified (1787–1791)
• Index