When were colonial times?

Colonial times were a long time ago. Colonial times began about seventy years after Columbus discovered America. They began when some settles came from Spain to live in a colony in America. That was in the year 1565. Colonial times ended when the thirteen English colonies became the United States. That was in the year 1776. This book does not tell about all the years that made up colonial times. It does not tell about all the thirteen colonies. Look at the time line at the bottom of the page. The part that is in color shows the years this book is about. Look at the map. The part that is in color is New England. This book is about life in the New England colonies. What was it like to live then? Did boys and girls in colonial times do same things that you do today? Did they go to school? Did they have to worry about table manners? What did they do  on Sundays? What games did they play? What happened if they got sick? This book tells you. It also tells you about their work, their food their houses and their clothes. This book will help you imagine  what it was like to be a girl or a boy in colonial days. Therefore the New England colonies later because that states of Connecticut Rhode Island Massachusetts New Hampshire Vermont and Maine.