colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

An account of the madness that overtook Salem Village, Massachusetts, when several young girls accused a number of adults in the community of being witches.

Scottish Highlander Jamie Fraser, made aware by his time-traveling wife Claire of the outcome of the impending American Revolution, and living under the shadow of a newspaper clipping from the future that reports the deaths of him and his family, faces a dilemma when the colonial governor of North Carolina asks him to secure the region for King and Crown.

Examines the lasting cultural and political effects of America's Declaration of Independence from Britain in 1776, an event that ensured a revolution and led to a powerful new nation.

Presents critical essays on Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" and includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an introduction by critic Harold Bloom.

Uses primary sources to debate the spread of Puritanism in the United States and how historians view the Puritans.

A four-act play about the witch hunts and trials in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts.

After hearing Patrick Henry's speech and riding with Paul Revere on his famous midnight ride, the Liberty's Kids set off for Lexington, Massachusetts, where they witness the "shot heard round the world" and the start of the American Revolution.

Boston in 1773 is an inhospitable place for the two teenagers whose lives are about to intersect there.

Examines the life of sixteenth-century explorer and colonial leader John Smith, focusing on his role in establishing and governing the colony of Jamestown, and discussing his further explorations of New England.