The 13 American Colonies

The first colonies in North America were founded on the eastern coast. After European explorers had sailed up and down the Atlantic coast of North America English, Dutch and French settlers followed in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Contents : 8  pages

• Introduction and History
• Why the colonists came
• Colonists and Native Americans
• Economy
• Education
• Religion
• Government and Law
• The American Revolution
• Exercises
• Key

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