Nat Geo - 8th Grade - Chapter 4.1.3

Nat Geo - 8th Grade - Chapter 4.1.3

Society and Religion

In New England, some African Americans performed tasks that were not available in other colonies - small consolation for their far-from-equal treatment.

Homework

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Objective

Today I will Identify the characteristics of slavery and the impact of Puritanism in New England.

Main Idea

New England was different from other colonial regions in terms of its use of enslaved labor and its religious views.

How did a developing American identity unite the colonies?

New England’s Puritan roots separated it culturally from the other colonial regions. That began to change as Puritanism declined toward the end of the 1600s. Lesson 1.3 examines the factors that led to this decline and some of the changes it brought.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Navigation Acts of 1651?

• Colonial products could be sold only to England or English colonies.

• European ships could only dock in New York and Charleston.

• Any English goods had to be carried on English ships or ships made in the colonies.

• Any European goods bound for the English colonies had to go to England first.

Vocabulary

Religious Freedom - The right to practice the religion of one’s choosing without government interference.

How does the artist depict the social status of the two subjects in the painting?

Open Ended

How were the lives of enslaved African Americans in New England different from the lives of enslaved people in the Southern Colonies?

Open Ended

What actions by Massachusetts Puritans contributed to Charles II canceling the colony’s charter?