colonial period images of early colonial life from the dutch and english colonies
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Colonial Period
Images of early colonial life from the Dutch and English colonies.
Early colonists had to deal with many dangersincluding Indian attacks during early colonialyears.
Early Dutch colonial fashion.
New Amsterdam circa 1630’s.
Farming as well as the fur trade made upthe Dutch economy.
The stockade was an early form of punishment for criminal behavior inthe colonies.
Another type of stockade used to punish peopleduring colonial times.
Wealthy colonists could afford items brought overfrom Europe to furnish their houses.
Only wealthy landowners or merchants could build suchlarge houses in the colony.
The Europeans gave Natives metal pots,pans and knivesin return they got furs or pelts from the Natives.
A map showing where Native Americans wereliving when the colonists started to arrive.
Original site and ruins of Jamestown.
A replica of a Dutch colonial house during the earlycolonial period. 1630’s and 1640’s.
This is a replica showing the Mayflower which brought the early colonists.
The original site and reproduction of an early colonialsettlement..
Colonial Williamsburg as how it looks today.
