The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Although there are no options for this question we can say the following.
Yo did not specify to what region you are referring to. That is why we are going to answer in general terms.
The means of transportation that were frequent in the region during the colonial era were ships to cross the Atlantic Ocean, boats to navigate in the rivers, and wagons and horses to transport people to short distant places.
Of course, Europeans used to ships when they traveled to the American continent. Some rivers were navigable and boats were already used by Native American Indians. Horses and wagons were used to carry heavy loads to short distant places. But let's remind that colonists like to walk, and they walked a lot.