Wojciechowski, Alyse

Discover what life was like in early New York when the city was an impoverished Dutch settlement. The young host learns of the exploits of Henry Hudson and Peter Stuyvesant.

Describes the English, Spanish, French, and Dutch settlers' motivations for coming to the New World, the daily lives of each group, and their contributions to the development of American society.

Tells the story of Roger Williams, the Puritan minister who was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his radical beliefs, who went on to establish the colony of Rhode Island in 1636, based on the principle of religious freedom.

Explores the history of Santa Fe, New Mexico, the northernmost outpost of the vast Spanish empire in the New World, and the Spanish encounters with the Pueblo Indians who inhabited the region.

Follows the story of William Penn, his journey to the New World, and the founding of the Quaker colony of Pennsylvania in 1682.

Examines the daily life and culture of the French settlers who inhabited the area of Canada now known as Quebec.

Explores the history of Santa Fe, New Mexico, founded in 1610 as the northernmost outpost of the vast Spanish empire in the New World. In search of cities of gold, the Spanish expanded northward from Mexico, but instead of gold they found the Pueblo Indians, whom they converted to Catholicism and made Spanish citizens. Despite ongoing conflicts, the unique mix of the Spanish and Pueblo cultures left a lasting legacy that can still be seen in Sante Fe today.

Discover what life was like in early New York when the city was an impoverished Dutch settlement. The young host learns of the exploits of Henry Hudson and Peter Stuyvesant.