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CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE Europeans Come to America 4 CHAPTER TWO Hardship and Survival 12 CHAPTER THREE Trade Cooperation and War 18 CHAPTER FOUR Work and Education 26 CHAPTER FIVE Colonies No More 36 A Day in the Life 42 Stop and Think 44 Glossary 46 Learn More 47 Index 48 About the Author 48
5 CHAPTER ONE EUROPEANS COME TO AMERICA In 1492 Italian explorer Christopher Columbus thought he had discovered a new world He had sailed from Spain across the Atlantic Ocean He had spent the last five weeks at sea His crew grew restless afraid that they would never make landfall and return home again But then the crew started to see birds flying and vegetation floating in the water These were signs that land was nearby Columbus’s Columbus’s first voyage across the Atlantic consisted of three ships the Niña the Pinta and the Santa María
