New Americans: Colonial Times
Subtitle: 1620-1689 (American Story (Paperback))
Contributors: Giulio Maestro (Illustrator)
Publisher: Tandem Library
Published: July 2004
Language: eng
Format: School & Library Binding
ISBN-13: 9781417638918
Subjects: History - Canada - Pre-Confederation (to 1867); History - United States/Colonial & Revolutionary; Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
First sentence: THE HUNDRED YEARS FOLLOWING THE VOYAGES OF Christopher Columbus many other European explorers sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to reach the New World At first they came in search of new trade routes to the Far East Then as the riches of the Americas were discovered the explorers were followed by conquerors and later by settlers, Spain, with her strong naval fleet ruled the seas, and by 1600 her treasury was filled with gold and silver stolen from the people of South America and Mexico.