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Chapter 1
John Smith Remembers Jamestown 3
The Mayflower Compact: Settlers Define Their Rights 5
William Penn Conducts a "Holy Experiment" 7
The Costs of Building a Colony: A Bill to the King 9
Chapter 2 All New World 13
An Italian Explorer Meets the North Carolina Indians 15
'A Hidious and Desolate Wildernes": A Pilgrim's Lament 16
The Best Land in the World: A Pilgrim's Praise 18
Life without Bread: A Pioneer Diary 20
Chapter 3 The Native Americans 23
Indians Provide Unexpected Aid to the Pilgrims 25
Indian Raid: A Colonist's Recollection of Horror 27
A Call for Help from the Frontier 29
Like Snow before the Sun: An Indian Chieftain Grieves for His People 30
Chapter 4 The First African Americans 32
A Slave in Virginia Writes to the Bishop of London 35
Two Slaveholders Voice Fears of Rebellion 37
Olaudah Equiano Tells How He Was Made a Slave 38
Nobody to Look to but God: Old Elizabeth's Story 40
Chapter 5 Daily Life 43
A Doctor in the House: Folk Remedies in the Colonies 45
Everyday Business: Buying Ribbon in a General Store 47
Colonial Recreation: A Dramatic Bull Bait 49
Country Life and Customs: A Minister's Journal 51
An Indentured Servant Tells Her Story 53
Chapter 6
Etiquette for Children: The School of Manners 59
The Well-Dressed Colonial Boy and Girl: Two Family Accounts 61
A Connecticut Youth's Education 63
Bad Deeds and Good Deeds: Mary Osgood Sumner's Journal 64
A Boy's Letter to His Father 66
Chapter 7 Rei.tg-ion 68
The Trial ofAnne Hutchinson 71
"Miracles" and 'Accidents": A Letter from Cotton Mather 73
After the Witch Trials: An Accuser Changes Her Mind 75
The Great Awakening: A Minister Warns Sinners of Their Fate 78
Chapter 8 Learning and Culture 80
America's First Woman Writer Dedicates Words of Wisdom to Her Son 83
"The Surest Foundation of Happiness": Benjamin Franklin
on Education 85
A Matter of Musical Taste: An Anonymous Letter 87
The Colonies' Leading Physician: Benjamin Rush Recalls His Practice 89
A Slave Finds Her Voice 91
Chapter 9 Toward Independence 95
Virginia's Leaders Scorn the Stamp Act 97
A Loyalist's Ordeal: Colonists Take Sides 100
Ruin or Salvation: John Adams Looks Ahead 102
The Sacred Cause of Liberty: A Pennsylvania Farmer's Letter 104
A Student Speaks Out 107
The End of the Colonial Era: Thomas Paine's Common Sense 110