Exploration and Colonial America

Each vole in the Defining Documents series contains approximately 80 primary source documents with an in-depth critical analysis. A document analysis guides readers in understanding key elements of language, rhetoric, and social and political meaning that define the significance of the document in American history. This title includes important journals of exploration, reports of New World settlements, early political tracts on self-governing, plus narratives on colonial life and slavery and indentured servitude.