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Moving Image		Rolling back the frontier MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:26:45 In the 1600s, European settlers left everything they knew to take advantage of Maine’s abundant resources. Despite back-breaking work, a harsh climate, and cultural clashes, they successfully carved out a new life for themselves. But by the end of the century, most of them would leave Maine in fear and live for years as war refugees. (Relevance: 3569) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Settlements

Still Image		Outline and drawing of the Fort at Saco, 1699 Maine State Archives, Still Image Map -- Outline and drawing of the Fort at Saco, 1699. (Relevance: 3081) Find Similar Resources	Fortifications Conflict-Stability: control of Maine, land disputes, French-English-Indians Forts Indians -- history 17th century, explorers, colonists, diseases Saco (York County, Me.) Land Disputes

Moving Image		The Frontier Wars MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 00:27:01 Land disputes, tensions about resource allocation and European wars combined to trigger intense strife and armed conflict between Maine's English, French and Native populations. The Frontier Wars were a series of six wars spanning nearly a century that devastated populations in Maine, and had a permanent and chilling effect on the relations between English settlers and Native Americans. (Relevance: 2602) Find Similar Resources	Natural resources Land Disputes Native Americans History - Colonial Period

Moving Image		The Penobscot Expedition and the Revolution MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:26:45 The Penobscot disaster is usually regarded as the worst American Naval disaster with the exception of Pearl Harbor. An accidental archeological discovery in the Penobscot River sheds new light on the desperate last moments of the worst defeat of the American Revolution. (Relevance: 1563) Find Similar Resources	Penobscot Expedition, 1779 History - Revolutionary War United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783

Moving Image		People of the dawn MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:26:37 The first and longest lasting period of Maine’s history is the world of the Native American, stretching from the retreat of the last Ice Age, 12,000 years to the present. People of the Dawn tells the story of the dynamic people who’ve inhabited the landscape of Maine. (Relevance: 1380) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Canoes and canoeing Maliseet Tribe Micmac Tribe Penobscot Tribe Passamaquoddy Tribe Wabanaki Tribe

Still Image		Drawing of Fort William and Mary Maine State Archives, Still Image Drawing of Fort William and Mary. (Relevance: 1362) Find Similar Resources	Fortification Conflict-Stability: control of Maine, land disputes, French-English-Indians Forts Land Disputes

Map		The draught of St. Georges Fort Maine Historical Society, Map The full title of this plan of Fort St. Georges reads, "The draught of St. Georges Fort erected by Captayne George Popham Esquire one [sic] entry of the famous river Sagadahock in Virginia taken out by John Hunt the viii day of October in the yeare of our Lord 1607." Scale [ca. 1:480]. The Sagadahoc River refers to that part of the Kennebec River between Merrymeeting Bay and the sea. This fort is in Phippsburg, Maine at the former Popham colony. (Relevance: 1047) Find Similar Resources	Fort St. Georges (Phippsburg, Me.) -- Maps, manuscript -- Early works to 1800 -- 17th century Fortification -- Maine -- Phippsburg -- Maps Forts -- Maine -- Phippsburg -- Maps Hunt, John Popham, George Popham, George (1550?-1608) Sagadahoc River (Me.) -- Kennebec River (N.H. and Me.)

Text		History of Penobscot Indians Fogler Special Collections, Text Account of the "History of Penobscot Indians" by Florence Nicola Shay (Relevance: 986) Find Similar Resources	Native Americans -- History Penobscot Indian Nation Penobscot Tribe

Moving Image		Religious Freedom MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:00:50 In the mid-1600s, approximately 5,000 English colonists lived in coastal settlements from Pemaquid to Kittery. The economy thrived, relations with Native Americans were generally good, and there was an atmosphere of religious tolerance. (Relevance: 769) Find Similar Resources	Freedom of religion Native Americans Settlements

Still Image		Casco Bay Fort Maine State Archives, Still Image Casco Bay Fort, 1705 (Relevance: 756) Find Similar Resources	Conflict-Stability: control of Maine, land disputes, French-English-Indians Fortification Frontier and pioneer life -- North America Land Disputes

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