This is a 5th grade informational text about the start of European colonization in the New World, including information about Christopher Columbus and opportunities that were sought after in the New World. While reading, students should be able to quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. Students should also determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text, and explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text (License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).