Colonial America Summary

In the passage “Colonial America”, many different kinds of people lived during colonial times and  went to the “New World” for various reasons. They didn’t always get along though.

There were indentured servants who had to work for someone for a period of time to pay back for their trip to the “New World” after there time was up, they were free. There were slaves, Native Americans, European settlers, and Africans.

The first people who came were English people who came to find riches with hopes to get rich. But after that many people came to practice their own religion.

Settlers and Natives planted crops like tobacco and rice, and grew food to trade.

People didn’t always get along. As more and more people arrived, they took natives resources needed to live and claimed their land. There was even a war known as King Philip’s War.

Many different kinds of people lived during colonial times and  went to the “New World” for various reasons. No one always got along.