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The American Settlers



This is what the American settlers looked like. The American settlers came to America because they wanted to go to the new land. They also wanted religious freedom. This is a map of the English Colonies. There were 13 colony that bordered the Atlantic ocean.



This is the Jamestown flag. Many people in Jamestown made a good living. If a person would not work he or she would not get food. Jamestown ,Virginia became the first permanent English setttlement in North America. John Carver wrote the Mayflower Compact in 1620. The Mayflower Compact could not solve all the problem of the colony. All 41 of the adult male members on the Mayflower signed the Compact.

The Puritans were a religious group. They were unhappy with the way the king treated them. They are people that make law.