1. The discoverer of America was Christopher Columbus. He was born in Italy, but lived in Spain for a long time. He was looking for India and was sure that he looked fir it, but it was America.
2. The first colonists were spanish, they looked for gold. The first English settlements appeared in America at the beginning of the 17th century. On the 6th on September a group of people left England on "Mayflower". They wanted to start a new life and to have no problems with the church. They set up a colony and called that part of the country "New England". People started a new life there, they farmed the land.
3. Yes, there were 13 colonies
4. Because they didn't want to deoend on England ir its King.
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6. New York, Los-Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San-Francisco