america

Tells the story of the Dutch colony known as New Netherland and includes information on related topics and figures such as seventeenth-century Dutch ships, the Hudson River, Native Americans, and Peter Stuyvesant.

Chronicles the English attempts to settle in North America during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, including the failed colony on Roanoke Island and the more successful Jamestown settlement.

Traces the history of the 1763 Treaty of Paris, which ended the Seven Years' War, and explores how the Treaty set in motion an unexpected series of consequences that changed the history of North America.

Describes Spain's efforts to colonize and spread Christianity in the New World in the eighteenth century by building twenty-one missions along the coastal areas of what is now the state of California.

Discusses how the European invasion affected the Indians, including influence of the Spanish, French, English, and Dutch, and how the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War changed their lives.

Gives an account of the early encounters of the Indians of North American with Europeans.

Provides twenty-two step-by-step projects to help readers learn about the explorers that discovered America and their voyages.

Traces the rise and fall of the fur trade in America since the early seventeenth century, and discusses its influence on westward expansion.

Describes the fates of the 153 passengers bound for the colony in Jamestown, Virginia, after a hurricane stranded them for nearly a year on uninhabited Bermuda, based on the journal records kept by castaway and English gentleman, William Strachey.