Settling New England

• 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

Discovery: 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)

• Tea

• Spices

• Wine

• English Goods

Tea

Spices

WineEnglish goods

Colonial Trade (Colonies)

• furs

• lumber

• grain

• whale oil

• dried fish

Furs

Lumber

Grain

Oats

Wheat

Whale oil

Dried Fish

Colonial Trade (Africa)

Slaves