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Course 1 of 8 · 1607 to 1763

# Colonial America

Before there was a United States, there were thirteen colonies.

6 modules · 24 lessons

- Download on the **App Store**
- Get it on **Google Play**

![The cover of the Colonial America course: the black cat in the dress of the period.](https://ameri.download/images/cover-colonial-america-1024.webp)

## The story in brief

The story starts with failed settlements and hard winters. Roanoke vanished, Jamestown survived on tobacco, and the Pilgrims signed an agreement aboard the Mayflower before they ever touched land.

From there the colonies grew in different directions: Puritan towns in New England, busy ports in the middle, large farms in the South. Town meetings and elected assemblies taught colonists to govern themselves, a habit that would matter later.

## Three moments to know

1. **Jamestown is founded**

   The first lasting English settlement in North America, in Virginia. It survives, and later thrives, on tobacco.
2. **The Mayflower Compact**

   Passengers on the Mayflower agree to make and obey their own laws before landing at Plymouth.
3. **The French and Indian War ends**

   Britain wins Canada and the lands east of the Mississippi, and a new question follows: who will pay for the war?

## What you will learn

Before there was a United States there were thirteen colonies. This course follows how they took root, from the first explorers to the eve of the Revolution.

- Follow the explorers and settlers of Roanoke and Jamestown, and see how tobacco made Virginia grow.
- Sail with the Pilgrims, sign the Mayflower Compact and survive the first winter at Plymouth.
- Meet the Wampanoag and the other native nations of the 1600s, and learn the story of the first Thanksgiving.
- See how Puritans, farmers and merchants built towns, schools, ports and trade across New England, the Middle Colonies and the South.
- Understand how town meetings and elected assemblies taught colonists to govern themselves, and how the French and Indian War changed everything.

## Inside the course

6 modules and 24 short lessons, in the order the app teaches them.

**Module 1 · 4 lessons Explorers, Roanoke and Jamestown**

1. 1 Explorers Reach the New World
2. 2 The Lost Colony of Roanoke
3. 3 Jamestown: Survival, Tobacco and the First Assembly
4. 4 Let's Review

**Module 2 · 4 lessons The Mayflower and the Pilgrims**

1. 1 The Mayflower Sets Sail
2. 2 Crossing the Atlantic and the Mayflower Compact
3. 3 Plymouth and the First Winter
4. 4 Let's Review

**Module 3 · 4 lessons The Native Peoples and the First Thanksgiving**

1. 1 The Nations of Eastern North America
2. 2 Squanto and the Wampanoag
3. 3 The First Thanksgiving
4. 4 Let's Review

**Module 4 · 4 lessons The Puritans and New England**

1. 1 The Puritans and Massachusetts Bay
2. 2 Towns, Churches and Schools
3. 3 Self-Rule in New England
4. 4 Let's Review

**Module 5 · 4 lessons Colonial Economy, Life and Self-Government**

1. 1 The Middle Colonies: Ports and Open Markets
2. 2 The South: Farms, Tobacco and Trade
3. 3 Town Meetings, Assemblies and Self-Government
4. 4 Let's Review

**Module 6 · 4 lessons The French and Indian War**

1. 1 Britain and France Fight for the Continent
2. 2 Washington's First Campaign
3. 3 The British Victory of 1763
4. 4 Let's Review

Finish all 6 modules to earn the Colonial America certificate of completion, part of Premium.

## Start Colonial America in the app.

Short lessons, questions along the way and a certificate when you finish.

- Download on the **App Store**
- Get it on **Google Play**

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