The Northern Colonies

By Jacob Abbott

Book Overview

Step into the rugged and ambitious world of early colonial America in this vivid account of the settlements that laid the foundation for the United States.

In American History: Volume IV-The Northern Colonies, celebrated historian Jacob Abbott recounts the dramatic story of the English colonies established in the northern regions of North America during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Combining vivid storytelling with historical insight, Abbott brings to life the struggles, hardships, ambitions, and achievements of the settlers who helped shape the future of colonial America.

Readers journey into the world of Puritan settlements, frontier towns, trading ports, and expanding colonial communities as the northern colonies developed amid wilderness conditions, political conflict, and religious controversy. The narrative explores the founding and growth of colonies such as Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and others, introducing readers to the leaders, ministers, merchants, and pioneers who influenced the course of early American history.

Abbott vividly recreates the atmosphere of colonial life, describing harsh winters, frontier dangers, relations with Native American tribes, maritime trade, religious disputes, and the growth of self-government in the New World. Readers encounter famous events and personalities associated with colonial New England and the northern settlements during a formative period in American development.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1500570303
• ISBN13: 9781500570309
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"