Settlement & the Thirteen Colonies
Jamestown, Plymouth, and beyond: why Europeans came to North America and how they established colonies with distinct identities.
Key Questions
- 1Why did different groups of Europeans come to North America?
- 2How did geography shape the economies and cultures of the three colonial regions?
- 3What happened to Native American peoples as European settlements expanded?
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