New England Colonies
SOL USI.5b: The student will demonstrate
knowledge of the factors that shaped colonial
America by: b) describing life in the New
England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern
Colonies, with emphasis on how people
interacted with their environment to produce
goods and services, including examples of
specialization and interdependence
Colonial Life
• Life in the colonies reflected
GEOGRAPHICAL features of the
settlements.
• ECONOMIC specialization and
interdependence existed in the production
of goods and services in the colonies.
New England Resources:
• Natural Resources:
timber, FISH, deep
harbors
• Human Resources:
skill craftsmen,
shopkeepers,
SHIPBUILDERS
Craftsmen and Shopkeepers
Blacksmith
Master Cooper
Peddler
Shoemaker
New England Geography and
Climate
• Appalachian
Mountains, Boston
Harbor, hilly terrain,
ROCKY soil, jagged
coastline.
• Moderate summers,
COLD winters
The Boston Harbor
Boston Harbor Today
The Boston Tea Party
New England Specialization
• Fishing, Shipbuilding, industry, and
NAVAL supplies.
New England Colonies:
Examples of Interdependence
• New England depended on the
SOUTHERN Colonies for raw materials
such as cotton
• New England depended on the MIDDLE
Colonies for grain and livestock
New England Social/Political
Life
• Village and CHURCH
as center of life.
• Religious reformers
and SEPARATISTS.
New England Civic Life
• TOWN MEETINGS