6-1 new england
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New Hampshire: Portsmouth Rhode Island: Providence Massachusetts: Plymouth, Boston, Salem Connecticut: Newport, New Haven. 6-1 New England. I CAN... ID and label the New England colonies and natural boundaries on a map. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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6-1 New England
I CAN...• ID and label the New England colonies and natural boundaries on a map.• Describe the political, religious and economical aspects of the New England colonies.• Describe reasons for using slaves in the colonies.
New Hampshire: PortsmouthRhode Island: ProvidenceMassachusetts: Plymouth, Boston, SalemConnecticut: Newport, New Haven
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Reasons for colonization of NA(also what the 3 regions had in common )
Geography• Lots of wild land with
a coast line used for shipping (imports/exports).– Ships and boats were
their economic life-blood connected colonies to England and each other.
• Common western boundary, Appalachian Mountains. Rivers were their highways.
England's’ colonies• Colonies (owned by a mother/parent
country) followed the rules of mercantilism to supply England with raw materials.
• Navigation Acts req’d colonies to sell certain items only to England or other English colonies.
• Triangular Trade connected English colonies (rum/iron/grain/lumber) to Africa (slaves/gold) & West Indies (sugar/molasses/fruit), England (manufactured items).
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Founding of New England• 1636- Thomas Hooker and his congregation settled the
Connecticut Valley• Wrote and adopted the Fundamental Orders of
Connecticut• First constitution written in the colonies• Anne Hutchison questioned Puritan teachings• John Wheelright- agreed with Hutchison; left with
followers: founded New Hampshire.
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Farming & Fishing (economy) in NE
• Poor, rocky soil, long winters, huge forests, and short growing season made farming difficult. Very few large farms, small farms provided veggies & grains.
• Fishing (cod), whales (oil), furs, and trees = raw materials from NE.
• Shipbuilding (nearly 1/3 of British ships were built in NE) and commerce (buying and selling of goods) filled NE coastline using water power (industry, factories, shops).
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• Navigation Acts and Triangle Trade!• Large families (@9 children) cared for by
women.• More free black colonists lived in NE than
any other region… NE economy did not call for large unskilled work force.
• Wealth began to balance out religion in NE… look for Salem Witchcraft Trials, Deism, Great Awakening in Religion of NE
Political life in NE
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Religion in NENE towns were originally structured around religion. Between 1720 and 1750 people began drifting away from the church… (why?)… new emphasis on wealth:
Salem Witchcraft Trials, MA
Deism – believed God created the universe and then let it run itself so an understanding of people and nature meant understanding God.
GREAT AWAKENING: new wave of religious enthusiasm began where preachers went town-to-town to return people to the faith. “Everyone was equal in God’s eyes”