This is an excellent read:
Alice Earle’s Classic Book (Also Available at the Edmond Library)
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/22675/22675-h/22675-h.htm
Home-Life-Colonial-Days
Colonial Websites for kids
1. http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/
2. http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/colonization_colonial_life.html
3a. http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCurrency/
3b.http://www.frbsf.org/currency/independence/index.html