Settling New England New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island

Settling New England • • New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut

Reasons for settling

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

1630 s - 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

Wine English goods

Colonial Trade (Colonies) • • • furs lumber grain whale oil dried fish

Furs

Lumber

Grain Wheat Oats

Whale oil

Dried Fish

Colonial Trade (Africa) Slaves