In this module, you have read about the early foundations of what would become the United States. You have studied pre-Columbian cultures, the impact of connecting the Old World and the New World. You have studied the reasons people came to the colonies (some of their own free will and others not) and the squabbling of the Old World Powers. All this happened in a place known as the Atlantic World. The Atlantic World consists of all those places touching the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to England, the Caribbean, the American Colonies and more. Swirling around this Atlantic world, as you have learned, were ideas, technologies, trade, armies, navies, people, and more. It was the highway of the age. Many people chose to come to America. In this discussion, you are to pull it all together and travel the Atlantic to one of the new colonies. To be successful with your main post, you must:

Create a character (with name)

Develop a backstory (who you are, when you were born, where you came from, etc.)

Give your reasons for coming to a colony

Discuss the journey

Talk about your arrival and where you settled (your geographic location)

Talk about the new life you live (what you do for a living, the food you eat, the things you do for entertainment, etc)