Blog #2- Due Monday, December 10th
When Europeans decided to start settling in the New World they were taking a huge risk. They were going places where no one (Europeans) had lived before. They had to build their own houses and towns, gather their own food, create their own government and laws for the colony, and protect themselves from attack (and that was only if you survived the difficult voyage across the sea!!).
With all of these obstacles, why did people decide to leave their homes to come settle in the New World?
If you were going to lead a group of settlers to the New World, what supplies would you bring with you? How would you run your colony- what type of government would you have? Who would run the government? Who would make the laws? What types of laws would you have? Who would be allowed to live in your colony?
