Language Arts: 6 Analyze multiple
accounts of the same event or topic, noting
important similarities and differences in the
point of view they represent.
Social Studies: 5.4 Students
understand the political, religious,
social, and economic institutions that
evolved in the colonial era.
SPECtacular evidence about the
New England Colonies
With your SPECtacles on, your group will research
a colony to find:
• why the colony was founded, the different
beliefs, their customs, how they made a living,
and how they ruled themselves.
• Choose another group with a different colony
and compare or contrast your results.
• Be prepared to present your findings to the
class.
Show what you know
T F Maine was once part of the Massachusetts
Colony.
T F
Roger Williams founded Connecticut.
The Protestant work ethic was important in
T F all the New England Colonies.
T F
Puritans admired the teachings of Calvinism.
T F
The Pilgrims of Plymouth were
Separatists.
T F
New Hampshire’s first colonists came from
Plymouth.
T F
The Colony of Rhode Island had a great
amount of religious freedom.
T F
Mercantilism, control over trade, was a
protective British trade policy.
T F
The economy of the American Colonies
depended on three different “rectangular”
trade routes
T F
The Colony of Connecticut was established
when three towns joined together.
A SPECial Way to Learn about
History
Social: How do
they interact
with people?
Economic:
What do they
value?
Political: What
are their rules and
how are they
carried out?
Cultural: What
are their beliefs?
How do they
express
themselves?
Facts about the Social, Political, Economic
and Cultural aspects of the New England
Colonies
All aspects
Political Facts
Economic Facts
Religious Facts
The Puritans came to the New
World to find Religious freedom
and new economic opportunities in
farming.
Find out
more here
Or
Reflections -- Social
Studies book pages
206 – 221.
Find out
more here
or
TFK Reader
The Creation of the
Rhode Island Colony
Rhode Island and Providence were settled
because more religious freedoms were
needed. Roger Williams and Anne
Hutchinson were important founders and
leaders of these settlements.
Find
out
more
here
The Connecticut Colony was
settled searching for
freedom of beliefs, better
farmlands and a new form of
government. Thomas Hooker
was an important leader in
this colony.
New Hampshire was settled to find
more economic opportunity. John
Mason, an Englishman, sent settlers to
create a fishing colony.
Find out
more here
Quiz on the New
England Colonies
Presentation Ideas
 Power Point
 www.Edu.glogster.com
 Make a book – each chapter showing a letter
from SPEC
 Your choice
• Anthony Fitzpatrick, American History Foundation.
SPECtacular History.
• Google Images
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http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/firsts/cartoon/snake.html
http://www.petpeoplesplace.com/petstore/pet-image-large/colonialcurrency-rhode-island-1780-two-dollar-note_350440346117.jpg
http://www.palinurusbooks.com/PALINURUS_RECENT_CTLaws.htm
http://www.quiltersmuse.com/american_independence_museum.htm
• Reflections. United States History Making a New
Nation. Harcourt, 2007.
• Time for Kids: The Creation of the Rhode Island
Colony. Harcourt, 2007.