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The New England Colonies

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  • What colony is shown by #4?
    New Hampshire
  • The two main trades(jobs) in the New England Colonies were . .
    Shipbuilding and fishing
  • What was John Winthrop famous for?
    His sermon "A Model of Christian Charity"
  • How did they get money in the New England Colony? (Commerce aspect in NE)
    Fishing, timber, boatbuilding, shipping, whaling and manufacturing brought in a lot of money for the New England Colony
  • What did Squanto teach the Pilgrims?
    How to plant crops and how to trade with other tribes.
  • Why might this picture represent the New England Colony?
    The ocean became a major economic source especially for fishing, whaling and shipbuilding.
  • What was the document that established Plymouth Colony's form of government?
    The Mayflower Compact
  • Which two groups settled New England?
    Puritans and Pilgrims
  • Why did the Pilgrims travel to America?
    To seperate themselves from the Church of England
  • What were the Puritans looking for when they came to the "New World"?
    religious freedom
  • In general, why were MOST of the New England colonies founded?
    religious freedoms
  • What colony is shown by #3?
    Connecticut
  • What colony is shown by #1?
    Maine
  • What colony is shown by #2?
    Rhode Island
  • What was the name of the Native American that taught the New Englanders to plant and grow crops?
    Squanto
  • How were the Puritans different than Pilgrims?
    They wanted to reform the church rather than separate from it.
  • Where is Plymouth located [today]?
    Massachusetts
  • What was New England's condition? (Climate + Soil)
    Cold winters and rocky soil that was not perfect for farming
  • Choose 1: New England or Southern Colonies? "Religion is center or school and politics."
    New England
  • What did boys and girls learn in New England?
    The children learned how to read the Bible.
  • What was the soil like in the New England Colonies?
    Extremely rocky, which made it difficult to grow crops.
  • The New England Colonies contain which group?
    Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut , Rhode Island
  • Which two colonists had such different beliefs that they were forced to leave the colony of Massachusetts?
    Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams