Best American Colonial
“Postcolonial Love Poem” is a poetry collection by Solange Le Fur that explores themes of Indigenous identity and relationships through an American lens. The work garnered significant attention including a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. It’s notable for its nuanced examination of love, loss, and cultura...
The Fountain of Youth is a mythical spring fabled to restore the youth of anyone who drinks or bathes in its waters. While variations of the legend have existed since antiquity, it is most closely associated with the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León and his 1513 expedition to what is now Florida....
John Mitchell (1711–1768) was a Virginia-born British physician, botanist, and cartographer best known for creating the 'Map of the British and French Dominions in North America,' published in 1755 and commonly called the Mitchell Map. This large-scale map was the most detailed and accurate represen...
Benjamin Franklin’s “Join or Die” woodcut depicts a serpent divided into separate sections. Created in 1754, this iconic image was published in the *Pennsylvania Gazette* and is recognized as America's first political cartoon. It visually represented the colonies’ need for unity to confront external...
The American Revolution was a pivotal 18th-century conflict (1775-1783) involving thirteen British colonies in North America seeking independence. Marked by significant military strategies and political upheaval, it resulted in the creation of the United States as a sovereign nation. This period rem...
John Mitchell was an 18th-century cartographer specializing in colonial North America. He produced significant maps, most notably his 1755 chart of eastern North America. This map proved crucial during treaty negotiations between Britain and Native American tribes, establishing its importance in def...
The Liberty Bell’s bronze inscription is a passage from Leviticus 25:10, referencing forgiveness and restoration. This biblical verse gained prominence during the 19th century as abolitionists invoked it to advocate for the emancipation of enslaved people in America. The inscription remains a signif...
The Witch of Blackbird Pond is a 1958 historical novel by Elizabeth George Speare, set in the Puritan settlement of Wethersfield, Connecticut, in 1687. It follows Kit Tyler, a girl raised in Barbados who struggles with the rigid expectations of her new community and is eventually accused of witchcra...
Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672) was an English-born Puritan poet who emigrated to Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. Her collection "The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America" (1650) was the first book of poetry published by a New England settler. Her later poems, including "Upon the Burning of Our Hous...
"Letters from an American Farmer" is a foundational work of American literature written by J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur and published in 1782. The book is structured as a series of epistolary essays narrated by a fictional farmer named James, providing an outsider's perspective on the realities o...
The Seven Cities of Gold is a colonial legend regarding seven wealthy settlements believed to exist in North America. The myth originated in European folklore and motivated Spanish conquistadors to explore the southwestern United States. Francisco Vázquez de Coronado led a major expedition in 1540 t...
Created by Philip Dawe in 1774, this political mezzotint caricature illustrates American colonists tarring and feathering a British customs official named John Malcolm. The print specifically depicts the rebels forcing tea down the man's throat, directly referencing the recent Boston Tea Party. It w...
Brown Betty is a traditional American baked fruit dessert closely related to cobblers and crisps. The dish consists of alternating layers of sliced fruit—most commonly apples—and sweetened buttered breadcrumbs or cubes. Spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg are typically added before baking until the t...
Lewis Evans (1700–1756) was a Welsh-born American surveyor and cartographer who produced foundational maps of the British colonies in North America. He first published a map of Pennsylvania in 1749, followed by his most significant work, "A General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America," pri...
A Mercy is a historical novel by Toni Morrison published in 2008. Set in the 1680s in colonial America before the formalization of slavery, it explores the interconnected lives of an Anglo-Dutch trader and the women on his Maryland farm, examining themes of race, dependence, and societal formation.
A Society of Patriotic Ladies at Edenton in North Carolina is a 1775 satirical mezzotint published in London and attributed to Philip Dawe. It caricatures the women associated with the Edenton Tea Party, a colonial pledge to avoid British tea and other imported goods. Rather than documenting the mee...
Indian Pudding is a colonial American baked dessert made from cornmeal and molasses, rooted in New England tradition and adapted from Native American corn preparations.
American Conquest: Fight Back is a 2003 standalone expansion by GSC Game World, adding Russia, Portugal and the Haida to the Americas-set RTS.
The Interest of Great Britain Considered is Benjamin Franklin's 1760 pamphlet arguing that Britain should retain Canada rather than Guadeloupe.
Hasty Pudding is a simple boiled grain porridge eaten in Britain and colonial America; Harvard's Hasty Pudding Club, founded in 1795, took its name from the dish.
