New England:
Commerce and
Religion
Fishing and Trade contributed to the
growth and Prosperity of the New
England Colonies.
Key Vocabulary
Backcountry
Subsistence Farming
Triangular trade
Navigation Acts of 1651
Smuggling
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The English Population in North America
Quadrupled from 1700 to 1750
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Three Regions (New England, Middle, And
Southern Colonies) combined with the
Backcountry, making up the English Colonies
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Backcountry Colonies ran along the
Appalachian Mountains
Colonies and their Description
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New England: Long Winters, rocky soil, Large
English population
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Middle: Short Winter, Fertile Soil, Settlers from all
over Europe
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Southern: Warm climate, good soil, used slaves to
Farm plantations
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Backcountry: Climate and resources varied, mostly
Scottish or Irish immigrants
Men about town
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New England Farmers were subsistence farmers,
growing only what they needed
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Farms were sold to congregations and divided
among the townspeople
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Towns would form in clusters around a “green”
used for town or meeting spaces
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Towns often pooled money together to buy what
they needed
Sea what we can eat
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New England Turned to the Atlantic Ocean to
supplement its farming industry
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The woods of New England Provided Raw
Materials to make fishing ships
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Boston, Salem, Newport, and New Haven
survived off of shipbuilding, Fishing, and
Trade
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New England Survived using THREE types of
trade: Trade with colonies, direct exchange of
goods with Europe, and Triangle Trade
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Triangle trade had THREE stops which formed
a Triangle
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England Enacted the Navigation Act of 1651
to profit from colonial Trade
Navigation Acts of 1651
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All shipping had to be done using English ships or
ships from the English colonies
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Tobacco, wood and sugar could only be sold to
England and its colonies
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European Imports had to pass through English Ports
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English Officials taxed any goods not shipped to
England
Smuggler’s Blues
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Colonial Merchants ignored the Navigation
Acts and smuggled goods they needed
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Pirates Would interfere with Ships and
Shipping Routes of England
Let Freedom Ring
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Slavery In New England was limited due to
long winters
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Slaves could work as house Servants and
would be loaned out to the shipping docks
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Some slaves earned money and could buy
their freedom, but were still discriminated
against by white settlers
Im-Puritan Values
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Puritan Religion Weakens as Economic
successes become more important
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Competition from Other Religious Groups also
weakened the Power of the Puritans
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Massachusetts gave voting rights to all
landowners weakening the Church’s Political
Power
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