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- Early America & Unfreedom ; Convict labor, slavery, abolition, humanitarianism and human rights
- ("early america" OR "colonial America") AND ((convict* AND labor) OR unfreedom)
- Indigenous History; settler-colonial & indigenous relations, slavery & indigenous peoples
- ("early america" OR "colonial America") AND relations AND (indigenous OR "native americans")
- ("early america" OR "colonial America") AND slavery AND (indigenous OR "native americans")
- Age of Revolutions (Haiti/Latin America); Slaverly, abolition, political/religious rights, warfare and government
- atlantic history, religious history; syncretic religion in caribbean/louisiana, influences of african religions and catholicism, culture
- Jamestown; memory, memorialization, nationalism, state identity
- Jamestown AND (va* OR virginia*) AND (commemorat* OR memory OR memorial* OR nationalis* OR identity)
- Military History/Religious History; Catholicisim, Catholic involvement in the American Revolution, warfare, religious rights
- Catholic* AND revolution AND ("united states" OR american OR 1775)
- Catholic* AND revolution AND ("united states" OR american OR 1775) AND (warefare OR "religious rights" OR "religious freedom" OR "religions freedoms")
- Trans-Atlantic History; Franco-American relations from 1776 to 1820 or nativism & immigration
- Environmental / Medical History Livestock and the Environment or Disease (Smallpox Yellow Fever etc)
- ("environmental history" OR "medical history") AND ("early America" OR "colonial America")
- ("early America" OR "colonial America") AND (smallpox OR "Yellow fever" OR disease*)
- Colonial North America & Religion; Indigenous religious conversion, cultural conquest, and religion as a means for creating a "godly society"
- religion* AND ("early america" OR colonial america") [overviews]
- ("native americans" OR "indians of north america" OR indigenous) AND relig* AND (convert* OR conversion*)
- ("native americans" OR "indians of north america" OR indigenous) AND relig* AND (convert* OR conversion*) AND ("early america" OR "colonial america" OR "early north america" OR "colonial north america")
- Maritime history, Gender, Medical; Gender concepts or mental health trends in 18th century sailors, social/personal environment on ships
- Journalism and the Press; Free press, political cartoons, political humor, propaganda, Alien and Sedition, First Amendment, defamation and libel laws
- history AND (journalism OR press) AND "united states" AND ("Freedom of the press" OR cartoon* OR humor OR propaganda OR "alien and sedition" OR "first amendment" OR defamation OR libel)
- Medical history/revolutionary war; diseases and their impacts, spy rings, Revolution
- ("medical history" OR disease*) AND ("united states" OR america*) AND revolution
- revolution AND ("united states" OR america*) AND spies
- Early American Republic & Medicine/Science; Early medicine and science of race and gender
- ("united states" OR america*) AND history AND medicine AND "early republic"
- ("united states" OR america*) AND history AND medicine AND (Race OR gender)
- Scientific racism-- United states -- history
- history AND "united states" AND (science OR medicine) AND ("early america" OR "Early republic")
- Children during the American Revolution; Childhood development during the American Revolution era (1760-1800), perspectives of white and enslaved children during the American Revolution, impact
- (children OR childhood) AND "american revolution"
- (children OR childhood) AND "american revolution" AND (slave* OR enslaved)
- religious groups/communities; Utopian communities, development of new religious groups
- "united states" AND history AND utopia* AND religio*
- Atlantic Slavery & Piracy ; enslaved peoples, escaped peoples, sailor culture and tradition, piracy, atlantic trade
- (pirate* OR piracy) AND (slave* OR enslaved) AND atlantic
- (pirate* OR piracy) AND (slave* OR enslaved) AND caribbean
- Memory and memorialization ; intended remembrance vs public memory, American Revolution
- Moral Regulation and Revolutionary Principles Revolutionary Lockean Ideals, Religious Liberty, Privacy, Happiness
- locke* AND (revolution AND 1775)
- books (see ideological origins)
- worldcat - includes primary sources
- "religious liberty" AND (revolution AND 1775)
- Founding Fathers and Enslavement Perception of enslavement in the 18th century (mainly revolution era), certain founding father's changing perspective on slavery
- slavery AND (opinion* OR depiction* OR "political aspects") AND (revolution OR 18th) AND "united states"
- I suggest using secondary lit to focus on specific individuals, then finding works about their relationship with the institution of slavery. ex jefferson
- Propoganda; Revolution-supportive propoganda, how people interact with pro-war propoganda, anti-war propoganda
- propaganda AND revolution AND 1775
- Medical/Health care history / Folklore quakers and mental health, health/wellness practices for indigenous peoples/quakers/enslaved people, appalachian folklore and where it stemmed from
- (quakers OR enslaved) AND (health OR medicine)
- Indians of North America -- Medicine
- (medicine) AND (folk* OR traditional) AND (quaker* OR enslaved)
- medicine AND (folk* OR traditional) AND america* AND (indigenous OR "native american" OR "indians of north america")
- Indigenious Political Systems How do the Powhatan Tribe's decision making processes reflect their culture/spitual values? (17th and 18th century)
- subject search for Powhatan* AND history
- Powhatan* AND ("power structure" OR "power structures" OR politics OR political OR governance)
- Witchcraft in early America How witchraft and colonialism worked together to oppress women
- witchcraft AND "united states" AND history
- 18th Century America Cultural Views Sex, courtship, sexuality, gender roles, how all of these impact politics and racial attitudes
- as subject, "united states" AND history AND 18th AND race
- as subject, "united states" AND history AND 18th AND race AND (sex OR sexuality OR gender OR courtship)
- you will probably need to narrow to fewer aspects
- Colonialism and religion How the black legend has shaped modern revisionist history in terms of Columbus
- "Black Legend"
- "black legend" AND Columbus
- Columbus AND historiography
- Utopian socities in Early America Impact of Utopian societies on Early American Society
- "united states" AND history AND utopia* AND "early america" OR "colonial america" OR "early american"
