1. Colonial Period Images of early colonial life from the Dutch and English colonies.

2. Early colonists had to deal with many dangers including Indian attacks during early colonial years.

3. Early Dutch colonial fashion.

4. New Amsterdam circa 1630’s.

5. Farming as well as the fur trade made up the Dutch economy.

6. The stockade was an early form of punishment for criminal behavior in the colonies.

7. Another type of stockade used to punish people during colonial times.

8. Wealthy colonists could afford items brought over from Europe to furnish their houses.

9. Only wealthy landowners or merchants could build such large houses in the colony.

10. The Europeans gave Natives metal pots,pans and knives in return they got furs or pelts from the Natives.

11. A map showing where Native Americans were living when the colonists started to arrive.

12. Original site and ruins of Jamestown.

13. A replica of a Dutch colonial house during the early colonial period. 1630’s and 1640’s.

14. This is a replica showing the Mayflower which brought the early colonists.

15. The original site and reproduction of an early colonial settlement..

16. Colonial Williamsburg as how it looks today.