TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Planting Roots 5 CHAPTER 2 The Mayflower Arrives 11 CHAPTER 3 Expanding the Colonies 17 VOICES FROM THE PAST American Indians and Colonists 22 CHAPTER 4 Uniting the Colonies 25 Focus on Establishing the American Colonies 30 Glossary 31 To Learn More 32 Index 32
CHAPTER 1 PLANTING ROOTS In 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh received important news from England’s queen She had given him permission to colonize North America This would allow English people to sail across the Atlantic Ocean and start new lives But North America was not empty It was already home to many American Indian nations Sir Walter Raleigh did not travel to North America but he made two voyages to South America 5
