The American colonists came from a variety of countries and for various economic, religious, and social reasons. Learn more about the diverse group that came to settle in the colonies with today's episode!

60Second Civics, Episode 5197: August 14, 2024 (a rebroadcast of Episode 4407: August 12, 2021)

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The show’s theme song is “Complacent” by Cheryl B. Engelhardt. You can find Cheryl online at cbemusic.com.

Content Credits:
Visual 1 & 7 (Jamestown): Sydney King/NPS: https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/histor...
Visual 2 (Pilgrims on Mayflower): George E. Perine, Smithsonian American Art Museum: https://www.si.edu/object/signingcom...
Visual 3 (Quakers): Thomas Rowlandson/Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum: https://www.si.edu/object/quakersmee...
Visual 4 (Shipping bay): Franz Xaver Habermann, Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.3...
Visual 5 (Flags): nudesignyork/Canva
Visual 6 (William Penn): Henry Inman, Independence National Historical Park/National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/inde/learn/histor...
Visual 8 (Slave trade ship): Lieutenant Henry Samuel Hawker, National Museum of African American History and Culture: https://www.si.edu/object/portuguese...
Visual 9 (Slave auction): Library of Congress/NPS: https://www.nps.gov/articles/plantati...
Visual 10 (1866 freedom from slavery celebration): Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/...