Early Settelement in AMERICA
     contact us | site guide | search                            SETTLEMENT Resource Menu    Topic Framing Questions • What motivated the Europeans in their initial settlements? • How did the European nations differ in their vision of a successful settlement? • How did they differ in the institutions they created to maintain their settlements? • What factors led to the survival or abandonment of a settlement? • What relationships evolved among European settlers, Native Americans, and enslaved Africans? • What did "America" signify to Europe in 1630? What did "Europe" signify to Native Americans and enslaved Africans?   1. First Arrivals» Reading Guide - Spanish: Columbus's first settlement in the New World, 1493 - English: The first months of the Jamestown colony, 1607 - English: The first year of the Plymouth colony, 1620-21 - Artifacts: Isabella Jamestown Plymouth When we talk about the European s...