In this passage colonial America the main idea is how people lived in colonial times. And how there life was different than the Native Americans and what happened back then. The passage also talks about the changes and differences that the Europeans and Native Americans and slaves faced. The first people to come from Europe to the Americas were looking for gold. When the Europeans came to the new land they had many differences such as the Europeans brought ideas of how they will live and owning their land. And the Europeans believe in owning land but the Native Americans did not. The Native Americans traded with the Europeans for corn and fur and the Europeans gave them metal and colonial cloth. Than they had a war and after the war the Native Americans moved. The Pilgrims and others who came just wanted to study their religion. The next largest group came from Africa. They were sold to the Europeans as slaves. Some slaves worked in tobacco fields and some worked in the kitchen.
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