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American Settlers In The 1600s
In the 1600s we saw the start of an overwhelming surge of pioneers from Europe to North America (INTEXT). Spanning more than three hundred years, this quest grew from a couple hundred English settlers to millions of newcomers settling into the New World (INTEXT). Energized by capable and differing motivations, these settlers would construct new civic establishments on the northern shores of what they portrayed as the New World (INTEXT). The principal English workers to what is presently the United States crossed the Atlantic long in the wake of flourishing Spanish provinces had been set up in Mexico, the West Indies and South America (INTEXT). Like every single early explorer to the New World, they came in little, well-packed vessels (INTEXT). A typical voyage would …show more content…
In the mid-1600s, England would soon fall into economic difficulties (INTEXT). During this time period it was very difficult to find employment and to provide for the family. Indeed, even skilled and talented people were having difficulty providing for their families (INTEXT). Laborers would evict their peasants and would favor the sheep production that was tacking over farmlands (INTEXT). These displaced laborers would find new work in the colonial expansion of the New World. Arriving at the shores of the New World, settlers would see the new land that was thick woods. The settlers would not have survived if it had not been for the assistance of the friendly Indians, who showed them how to develop local plants, for example, pumpkin, squash, beans and corn (INTEXT). What's more, the immense, wooden lands, expanding over 2,000 kilometers along the sea line, would prove to be rich in wildlife and wood for fires and shelters. They would use these wooden areas to build homes, furniture, small boats and other beneficial products that they would ship back to Europe in trade

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