amesQuest's Links Page is a central repository that repeats the resources lists within each individual webquest area. If you find links that are broken within the individual webquests, it is possible that they have been corrected and are working on this page.

General History of Jamestown

A Brief History of Jamestown
A Timeline of Jamestown History
The Jamestowne Society
Outline of American History-The First Europeans
Outline of American History-Early Settlements
Outline of American History-Jamestown

Documents from Jamestown

Instructions for the Virginia Colony, 1606
The First Virginia Charter, 1606
The Second Virginia Charter, 1609
The Third Virginia Charter, 1612
List of Occupations in Jamestown

People in Jamestown

Biography of John Rolfe
Letter from John Rolfe asking permission to marry Pocahontas
Biography of Pocahontas
Powhatan-Renape Nation Website
Biography of John Smith

English History

Elizabeth I and the Elizabethan Period
Everyday Life in the Elizabethan Age
Monarchs of Britain
The British Monarchy-official web site
Sir Francis Drake and the Spanish Armada-from The English Mercurie
Brief Biography of Sir Francis Drake

General Powhatan Resources

The Powhatan-Renape Nation
Virginia's Indians: Powhatan
Native American Cultures

Other Tribes

History of Early Virginian Indians
Nansemond Indian Home Page
Susquehannock Indians
Virginia Indians: The Monacans

Pocohontas Myth

Chief Roy Crazy Horse comments on the myth
The Real Pocahontas
Native Opinion of Pocahontas

Colonists

The Church in England
Puritanism in New England
Bible Gateway
A letter from Richard Frethhorne, to His Parents (Virginia, 1623)
All About the Puritans
Religion and Government in Colonial America
1639 Church Tower (photograph)

Africans

Yoruba Religion and Myth
Yoruba: History and the Gods
The Yoruba and Other Major Nigerian Tribes
The Effects of Colonialism on Yoruba Religion
Fourth World Documentation Project
African Studies
Religion/Cultures of Africa

Native Americans

North American Clashes with European Settlers
The Establishment of Jamestown and the Decline of Indian Power
Corn and the Powhatan
Virginia's Indian Tribes: Powhatans
Virginia's Indians: Monacans
Native American Cultures

Indentured Servitude

North American Colonies: Planters, Merchants, Laborers
Indentured Servitude in Colonial New York
The Indentured Contract in 17th Century Virginia
Runaway Slave and Servant Fliers



Slavery

"Securing the Leg Irons: Restriction of Legal Rights for Slaves in Virginia and Maryland 1625-1791"
Slavery in America
Slavery: African Slave Trade
The Jamestown Settlement: Historic Landmarks of Black Africa











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