Colonial America: A History to 1763, 4th Edition provides updated and revised coverage of the background, founding, and development of the thirteen English North American colonies.

• Fully revised and expanded fourth edition, with updated bibliography
• Includes new coverage of the simultaneous development of French, Spanish, and Dutch colonies in North America, and extensively re-written and updated chapters on families and women
• Features enhanced coverage of the English colony of Barbados and trans-Atlantic influences on colonial development
• Provides a greater focus on the perspectives of Native Americans and their influences in shaping the development of the colonies