Settling New England
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New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Reasons for settling
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Bay Colony
example of Christian living
Providence
Roger Williams and Anne
Hutchinson
live in cooperation
Connecticut
disagreed with laws of
Massachusetts
Thomas Hooker
New Hampshire
better life
Conflicts
1630s - Pequot War – Indians
wanted to stop settlers from
taking land
•1675 - King Philip’s War –
Indians united to fight settlers
•Indians lost
Metacomet / King
Philip
Life in New England
Religion
• Every part of life
based on religion
• Lived by strict
rules
–Punished for
speaking out
–Worked hard
DAILY LIFE:
Town Life:
• People help
each other
• Bartered/traded
items
• Center of town –
center of life
Jobs in New England
Home Life
• Women and men
had certain jobs
• Worked on farms
Making the 13 Colonies:
New England Colonies
(Getting Enough
Food…3:47)
School life
• Learned to read so can read Bible
• Some boys went to college
New England’s Economy
Farming
Crops and livestock
Traded – free market system
OTHER PRODUCTS/JOBS:
Logging and Shipbuilding
Fishing and Whaling
Colonial Trade
Colonial Trade (England)
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Tea
Spices
Wine
English Goods
Tea
Spices
Wine
English goods
Colonial Trade (Colonies)
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furs
lumber
grain
whale oil
dried fish
Furs
Lumber
Grain
Wheat
Oats
Whale oil
Dried Fish
Colonial Trade (Africa)
Slaves