Colonial Kids: An Activity Guide to Life in the New World

Colonial Kids: An Activity Guide to Life in the New World — page 3
o The People What would you say if your parents told you they were taking you to an unknown land called the New World where strange and unusual animals and plants lived The trip would be made in a boat not much larger than a school bus What if they men tioned there might be sea monsters pirates and oh yes worms in your food during the sea voyage And you would probably never be able to return to your homeland Quite an adventure wouldn't you agree A lot of children to the World and came New probably some of them really didn't want to For most though the New World and the opportunities that might be there were far better than where they had been living Look back into your own family’s history if they settled in North America before it became the nation it is today they were colonists The North American colonies were settled by