This book, the 13th volume in the This is Who We Were series, includes 25 profiles-spanning more than 250 years-of men, women, and children living and working in the Colonial Era in the country that would become the United States of America.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Table of Contents.
Essay on Colonial America.
Introduction.
1: Profiles.
2: 1494: Portuguese Explorer Sails to the New World.
3: 1513: Iroquois Leader of Upstate New York Onondaga Tribe.
4: 1521: Native Warrior From Florida’s West Coast.
5: 1524: Spanish Conquistador of Noble Heritage.
6: 1586: Young Girl Travels to the New World and Back Again.
7: 1608: Polish Glass Factory Manager in the Jamestown Colony.
8: 1615: Indentured Servant on a Tobacco Plantation.
9: 1620: English Reformist Travels to the Netherlands then the New World.
10: 1633: Laborer Works on Turtle Bay Mill in New Amsterdam.
11: 1635: Mohawk Tribesman Efforts Help Prevent Smallpox.
12: 1643: Thread Spinner in Massachusetts Supplements Income.
13: 1656: First Woman Slave to Sue for Her Freedom.
14: 1671: French Jesuit Missionary in Wisconsin.
15: 1675: Native American Converts to Christianity.
16: 1686: Governor of the Dominion of New England.
17: 1711: Deputy Governor of North Carolina.
18: 1722: Candle Maker and Mother in New Hampshire.
19: 1730: Tobacco Inspector in Maryland.
20: 1733: Merchant in West Indies Trade for Molasses.
