- 1500's American History
16th century Spanish exploration and conquest of North America by Hernando de Soto and Cabeza de Vaca.
www.conquestchannel.com
- American Revolution and Its Era
Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789. From the Library of Congress.
memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/armhtml/armhome.html
- Buffalo Soldiers & Indian Wars
Overview of the history of Buffalo Soldiers in the conflicts between American Indians and the U.S., with photos, background, biographies, and more.
www.buffalosoldier.net
- Carrington, Henry Beebee "H.B." (1824-1912)
Served as a Union general.
pages.cthome.net/diamond
- Civilizations Under Siege
Concerning the European conquest of the Americas.
odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/conquest/siegexx.htm
- Colonial North America
From the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook07.html
- Conquistadors
Online companion to the series examining the explorations of Cortes, Orellana, Cabeza de Vaca, and Pizarro. Also offers an online learning adventure for students and teachers.
www.pbs.org/conquistadors
- Cultural Readings: Colonization and Print in the Americas
www.library.upenn.edu/special/gallery/kislak/index/cultural.html
- Dakota Conflict Trials 1862
Over 300 Sioux were hung as result of the trials.
www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/dakota/dakota.html
- Early America's Bloodiest Battle
About the campaign to establish Fort Wayne in Indiana.
earlyamerica.com/review/summer/battle.html
- Historical Maps of the Americas
Includes historical overview maps, nations, regions, and individual cities.
www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history_americas.html
- Hubbard, Mina
Includes background, biographies, and information about the centennial of her exploration of Labrador.
www.mina2005.ca
- Indian Captives of Early American Pioneers
Family ancestor's stories of Indian captivity; indexed by surname.
www.rootsweb.com/~indian/index.htm
- Indian Wars
Various accounts of a number of different conflicts.
www.adena.com/adena/usa/im
- Journal of the Indian Wars
Quarterly publication of the study of the American Indian Wars.
www.savaspublishing.com/JIW.html
- National Indian Wars Association
Re-enacting the period of 1870-1890.
www.indianwars.org
- Panoramas: The North American Landscape in Art
[read review]
Celebrating the heritage of the continent. Sponsored by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Landscapes/index.html
- Portola Expedition of 1769
Information on the land and maritime expeditions of what was later to become California.
www.mchsmuseum.com/portola1769.html
- Red River War, The
Describes the 1874-5 conflict between the U.S. Army and the Comanche, Kiowa, Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes in the Texas Panhandle.
www.redriverwars.pampa.com
- Role of the Dutch in the Iroquois Wars
www.lowensteyn.com/iroquois
- Spain, the United States, & the American Frontier: Historias Paralelas
Explores the comparative history of Spanish expansion across the North American continent as well as the American expansion westward and the meeting of their frontiers. Pilot study provided by the Hispanic Reading Room of the Library of Congress.
www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/frontiers/splash.html
- Treaties Between the United States and Native Americans
From the 1778 Treaty With the Delawares to the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty.
www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/ntreaty/ntreaty.htm
- U.S. Treaty With the Potawatami, 1828
From the Avalon Project at the Law School of Law.
www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/ntreaty/pot1828.htm
- Visualizing the West
Promotes scholarship, collaboration, and creativity in research of the cultural representation of the Western U.S. and Canada.
www.wou.edu/visualizingthewest
- WestWeb
Western American history resource. Includes Canadian and Mexican resources.
www.library.csi.cuny.edu/westweb
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