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13 Originals : Founding the American Colonies by TimePage - This site offers links that contain a lot of information on each original colony. Includes maps.

20th Century Year by Year - Fact Monster presents the 20th century year by year. Contains timelines back to 1000 A.D. also. Searchable by individual year or decade.

American Memory Timeline - This site goes into the collection of the Library of Congress and brings you selected primary sources on a variety of topics in U.S. history.

America's Story - The Library of Congress presents a fun American history site which includes state information, brief biographies, a timeline and more.

Archiving Early America - Loads of information on early America, including historic documents, biographies and portraits. Please ignore the flashing ads and simply close them out.

Chart of the Thirteen Original Colonies - A simple chart that includes colony name, year founded and by whom, etc.

From Revolution to Reconstruction - This site does a good job of outlining American history, from early America through the 20th century.

KidZone @ Colonial Williamsburg - Learn about colonial life and have fun too.

Liberty!: Chronicle of the Revolution - This PBS site outlines the American Revolution for everyone. The timeline is very helpful.

National Museum of American History : Kids - This site has many of their kid-friendly exhibitions on the web. A fun way to explore segments of our nation's history.

Our America Timeline @ Scholastic.com - This is a fun, clear timeline that spans from the Colonial Period to World War II.

Our Documents - This site presents 100 milestone documents in American History. Gives background information on each document and images of the originals.

U.S. History @ Social Studies for Kids - The author of this site presents clear information.

Wayback - US History for Kids - A fun US History site brought to you by PBS that features different aspects of living "wayback" when.

World Almanac for Kids : U.S. History Timeline - This is an easy, clear timeline that covers 15,000 years of history! Scroll down the page to see the timelines under "U.S. History".

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