"Based on material from Grey House Publishing's Working Americans Series by Scott Derks.". Edition statement supplied by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Essay on Colonial America. Introduction. SECTION ONE: PROFILES, 1494: Portuguese Explorer Sails to the New World -- 1513: Iroquois Leader of Upstate New York Onondaga Tribe -- 1521: Native Warrior From Florida's West Coast -- 1524: Spanish Conquistador of Noble Heritage -- 1586: Young Girl Travels to the New World and Back Again -- 1608: Polish Glass Factory Manager in the Jamestown Colony -- 1615: Indentured Servant on a Tobacco Plantation -- 1620: English Reformist Travels to the Netherlands then the New World -- 1633: Laborer Works on Turtle Bay Mill in New Amsterdam -- 1635: Mohawk Tribesman Efforts Help Prevent Smallpox -- 1643: Thread Spinner in Massachusetts Supplements Income -- 1656: First Woman Slave to Sue for Her Freedom -- 1671: French Jesuit Missionary in Wisconsin -- 1675: Native American Converts to Christianity -- 1686: Governor of the Dominion of New England -- 1711: Deputy Governor of North Carolina -- 1722: Candle Maker and Mother in New Hampshire -- 1730: Tobacco Inspector in Maryland -- 1733: Merchant in West Indies Trade for Molasses -- 1740: Successful Blacksmith in Virginia -- 1741: Slave Executed for Role in Uprising -- 1752: Plantation Owner's Wife Challenges Slaves' Treatment -- 1754: Delegate at the Albany Congress -- 1758: Soldier in the French and Indian War -- 1763: New Jersey Farmer Defies Royal Proclamation. SECTION TWO: HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT, Historical Snapshot--1600 to 1774. SECTION THREE: ORIGINAL 13 COLONIES, Connecticut -- Deleware -- Georgia -- Maryland -- Massachusetts -- New Hampshire -- New Jersey -- New York -- North Carolina -- Pennsylvania -- Rhode Island -- South Carolina -- Virginia. SECTION FOUR: ECONOMY ON THE TIMES, Currency in Colonial America, essay -- Selected Incomes -- Services and Fees -- Slave Trades -- Commodities -- Selected Prices. SECTION FIVE: ALL AROUND US - WHAT WE SAW, WROTE, READ & LISTENED TO, All Around US, 1492 to 1775.
Summary:
This is Who We Were: Colonial America, 1492-1775 is the 13th volume in the This is Who We Were series. It 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. Like the other works in this series, this volume observes the lives of working Americans, in this case, pilgrims, colonists, settlers, slaves and Native Americans -- those who helped shape the history of the country -- decade by decade. It covers all ages, a wide range of geographical and social backgrounds, and a variety of professions, some of which focus on fortune, some on fame, and some on survival. All profiles are supported by dozens of images, and demonstrate the various roles that colonial Americans -- Natives, European immigrants, and African slaves -- played in laying the groundwork for the establishment of the American project. This volume celebrates the contributions of a wide swath of Americans in shaping the future nation's development and direction, deepening the understanding of how their actions influenced the world in which we live today. In a detailed fashion, this content helps the reader reflect on the role that colonial actors, both large and small, played in shaping the future of our country, reinforcing the fact that all of us continue to be capable of effecting change in our own community, building a new future for the ongoing American experiment. - Publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.