Early American Peoples

(Period: Early America)

Synopsis:

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Historical synopsis courtesy of A Hypertext on American History from the colonial period until Modern Times by Department of Humanities Computing, University of Groningen, The Netherlands and the former United States Information Agency (1953-1999).

Key Facts:

• Promoters encouraged immigration to the New World.
• About half of the settlers may have come through the indentured servant system.

Key People:

• William Penn - founder of the Pennsylvania colony.

Vocabulary:

• Indentured servants - people who worked in exchange for something (in this case passage to the New World) or land.