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Chapter 2: The Southern Colonies in the 17th Century, 1601-1700

Links

    Africans in America: The Terrible Transformation http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/title.html
"A site on the Atlantic slave trade and the history of Africans in America during the three centuries following European contact with Africa. One section of a four-part site created by PBS Online as a supplement to their television documentary, The Terrible Transformation covers the years 1450-1750. It contains a brief narrative of the period and an extensive resource bank that includes short explanations of key people and events, historical documents, and commentary on specific subjects by historians."*

   Captain John Smith, http://www.history.org/other/journal/smith.htm
"A hypertext article on English explorer and Jamestown settler John Smith. Written by Dennis Montgomery for the Colonial Williamsburg Journal, the article is both a biography of Smith during the time of English settlement and an appraisal of his legacy as man and myth."*

    Jamestown Rediscovery, http://www.apva.org/
"A site focusing on the recent archaeological discoveries made at the Jamestown settlement. Created by the Association for the Preservation of Virginian Antiquities, the site provides detailed maps and descriptions of the various excavations. A brief history of Jamestown, exhibitions of artifacts, a list of early settlers, and a timeline are also available."*