New England Colonies Lesson

The New England Colonies

Module 3 Lesson 2

Multiple Choice

Name the New England Colonies:

• New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware

• Virginia, Maryland

• Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Connecticut

• North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia

Multiple Choice

Which colony is #1 on the Map?

• Rhode Island

• New Hampshire

• Massachusetts

• Connecticut

Multiple Choice

Which colony is #2 on the Map?

• Rhode Island

• New Hampshire

• Massachusetts

• Connecticut

Multiple Choice

Which colony is #3 on the Map?

• Rhode Island

• New Hampshire

• Massachusetts

• Connecticut

Multiple Choice

Which colony is #4 on the Map?

• Rhode Island

• New Hampshire

• Massachusetts

• Connecticut

Geography of the New England Colonies

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Geography

• Flat by the coastline

• Hills and mountains inland

• Harsh climate

  • Brutally cold winters

  • Warm, mild summers

• Rocky, hard soil

  • Not ideal for farming
    

Multiple Choice

What type of climate do the New England colonies have?

• Warm summers, cold winters

• Warm summers, warm winters

• Cold summers, cold winters

• Gold summers, warm winters

Multiple Choice

How did the climate of the New England colonies impact its agriculture?

• Not ideal for farming

• Ideal for farming

• Could only produce tropical crops

• Could only produce avocados

Social Aspects of the New England Colonies

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Puritans

• Fled England during the Great Migration because of religious persecution

• John Winthrop led a group to Massachusetts believing they made covenant with God to create an ideal Christian community: Massachusetts Bay Colony

• Wanted to purify, or reform, the Anglican (Protestant) church

• Thought that bishops and priests had too much power

• Very religious

Pilgrims

• Worked with Native American Squanto

  • learned to fertilize the soil with fish remains

  • First thanksgiving

• Created schools - had to attend

• Separatist group that left England due to religious persecution

• Landed in Plymouth Rock

• Strong community

Multiple Choice

Which social group believed they made a covenant with God to create an ideal community?

• Puritans

• Pilgrims

Multiple Choice

Which social group formed the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

• Puritans

• Pilgrims

Multiple Choice

Which social group had good relations with Native Americans?

• Puritans

• Pilgrims

Multiple Choice

Which social group landed in Plymouth Rock and had the first Thanksgiving?

• Puritans

• Pilgrims

Politics of the New England Colonies

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Politics

• Set up court system to send representatives

• Government leaders were church officials

  • Male church members were the only ones who could vote

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

  • made males who were not church members able to vote

• Pilgrims on the Mayflower voyage signed

• legal contract to have fair laws to protect the general good

Mayflower Compact

Multiple Choice

Who could vote in the New England colonies?

• Male church members

• Male and female church members

• Native Americans

• C

Multiple Choice

What contract in which colonists were to have fair laws to protect the common good?

• Mayflower Compact

• Fundamental Order of Connecticut

• Bill of Rights

• England Constitution

Multiple Choice

What order finally gave all male colonists the ability to vote?

• Mayflower Compact

• Fundamental Order of Connecticut

• The Bill of Rights

• England Constitution

Economy of the New England Colonies

Write the bolded words/statements in your notes.

Economy

• Shipbuilding

  • plenty of forest for materials

  • As slave trade grew, needed more ships

• Skilled Craftspeople

  • Apprenticeships

  • learned trades vital to colonies

• Merchants

  • grew powerful and wealthy

  • leading members of colonies

• Fishing

  • leading industry

  • Hunted whales too

Multiple Choice

What was is called when a younger person learned a trade from a skilled craftsman?

• Apprenticeship

• Slave labor

• Mercantilism

• Indentured servant

Multiple Choice

Who were leading members of the New England colonies?

• Merchants

• Shipbuilders

• Craftspeople

• Fisherman

Multiple Choice

Why was shipbuilding easy in the New England colonies?

• Plenty of forest

• Great trade relations with Egypt

• Plenty of chopped down trees from Native Americans

• Floated lumber from southern colonies