A new home in America lesson

People who from one country to settle in a different country are called immigrants

Some of the first immigrants were people from Spain, France, and England

In the 1600s and 1700s, European immigrants sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to come to North America

They brought with them skills and energy the country needed

One European immigrant, John Roebling built the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City

The search for this land was very dangerous

An explorer named Daniel Boone helped make this search for land easier

The Cumberland Gap trail was used by American Indians for years

It ran through the Cumberland Mountains

Daniel Boone and 28 other men worked to widen the Cumberland Gap trail and add new paths

This new road was called the Wilderness Road

Wagons could now travel through the mountains

As a result, thousands of settlers and explorers traveled west, beyond the Appalachian Mountains