Map of the 13 colonies
NEW ENGLAND
MIDDLE
SOUTHERN
Subsistence Farming
Industry
Puritans
THE
NEW ENGLAND
COLONIES
New England
Colonies
ActivityClass discussion over New England Colonies
Journal Notes
Postcard
The New England Colonies
The four original New England Colonies were
New Hampshire,
Massachusetts,
Connecticut,
and Rhode Island.
Culture and Settlers
Most of the people who had come to the New
England colonies left England looking for religious
freedom and a chance at a new life. The Pilgrims
and later the Puritans settled into New England.
Culture and Settlers
The Pilgrims landed in Plymouth in 1620 and
learned how to survive with the help of the local
Native American tribes. The Puritans came to
New England 10 years later and established the
Massachusetts Bay colony. Both the Puritans
and Pilgrims were not tolerant of other religions.
“The New England Way”
Due to the extreme faiths of the Puritans and
Pilgrims, life in New England centered around
the church. The Puritans and Pilgrims believed
that the “ New England Way” was to work 6 days
a week and go to church on Sunday. Everyone in
the colonies, were to be educated so that they
could read the bible.
Pilgrims in New England
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Geography and Climate
• The climate of the New England Colonies was
colder than the other two colonial regions
because they were the farthest north. The hard
rocky soil and long-cold winters made farming
difficult in New England.
Subsistence Farming
Since large-scale farming was so difficult in the
hard, rocky soil of New England, most families in
New England practiced what is called
“subsistence farming”. This is were a family
operates a small farm and only grows enough get
by (subside on).
Subsistence farming
means you only grow
enough for your family
and a little to trade
Economy of the New England
Colonies
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Industry and Economy
Due to the long winters and hard, rocky soil,
agriculture (farming) was not a major industry
(business) in New England. Instead, New England
colonies looked to the area’s natural resources in
the forest and sea to survive and make money.
Industry in New England
• The natural resources of the New England
Colonies included fish, whales, trees and furs.
Lumbering, fishing, shipbuilding and trade
became very important to the region’s economy.
Using the Sea in New England
Clip from 1956 “Moby Dick”
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New England Geography
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Salem Witch Trials
Religion was such a big deal in the New England
colonies that in one particular town, Salem,
Massachusetts, people began accusing each
other of being witches. To Puritans, the devil was
very real. They believed any thing bad or scary
was the work of the devil.
Salem Witch Trials
In 1692, a group of young girls first accused their
slave of being a witch. Overtime, others in the
town of Salem began being accused of being
witches and working with evil spirits.
Salem Witch Trials
Things got so bad that over 100 Puritan
community members were accused of being
witches. The clergy men were in charge of
holding the witch trials and determining if the
accused community members were actually
witches.
The Salem Witch Trials
During the Salem Witch Trials, the male leaders
arrested a 4 year old. Her name was Dorcas
Good. She had been accused by older girls of
witchcraft. Dorcas was sent to prison. She spent
7 long months chained to a wall in a dark
dungeon. In prison she was not even allowed a
doll because they were afraid she could use it for
witchcraft.
The Witch Hunt
The male clergy men ( church leaders) in Salem
ended up sentencing 20 people who had been
accused of being witches. Their executions were
horrible. They included be hanged and crushed to
death by tons of rocks. Ironically, it was the people
in the community that seemed to have no power
that were accused the most often. This included,
women, the old, the sick and the poor.
Horrible Histories
Witch trials
Postcard
Create a Postcard from one of the New England
colonies. In your postcard discuss the following…
Your picture MUST be detailed enough for someone to know what region
you are writing about by just looking at the picture!!!
What New England colony do are you writing from?
What are the colonists around you like?
Why did the colonists in New England come to
America?
What is the climate and land like in New England?
Describe subsistence farming.
What types of jobs do most people have? why?
Movie Continued…what’s
happening now..
Puritans, Puritans
and More
Puritans!!
More and More Puritans Come to
America
As more and more Englishmen come over to
America looking for a new life conflicts (fights)
over land begin to grow. The English believed that
there was all this open, unclaimed land that was
just there for the taking.
How do you think this idea of free land
impacted how the English interacted with the
Native Americans?
King Philip’s War
King Philip was the son of the great chief
Massasoeit. Massasoeit was the powerful leader
of the Wampanoag tribe that was weakened by
diseases brought over by the Europeans.
Massasoeit was the one who decided to help the
pilgrims survive by showing them how to hunt, fish
and grow crops.
Describe what happens during King Philips
War.
Reading the Mayflower Compact
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