LET US KNOW MORE AMERICA-CIVICS



  • WHY DID THE COLONISTS SAILED  DURING 1600/1700
  • SAILED TO AMERICAN COLONIES?
  • TO ENJOY A CHANCE FOR FREEDOM AND NEW LIFE.

  • Colonial America (1492-1763) European nations came to the Americas to increase their wealth and broaden their influence over world affairs. ... Many of the people who settled in the New World came to escape religious persecution. 
  • The Pilgrims, founders of Plymouth, Massachusetts, arrived in 1620.

 

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