New England

In general, why were MOST of the New England colonies founded?

• make money
• better soil
• economic opportunity
• religious freedoms

What industry was NOT an important part of the New England colonies?

• Logging
• Shipbuilding
• Fishing
• Printing

How was the climate in the New England colonies?

• hot all year round
• Mild winters/ harsh summers
• Harsh Winters/ Mild Summers
• no climate changes

What were the two main jobs in the New England region?

• Farming and hunting
• Trading and clothes making
• rug weaving and basket weaving
• Fishing and Ship Building

What was the soil like in the New England colonies?

• Thin and sandy
• Thin and rocky
• Thin and rich
• Thin and fertile

What natural resource was found in New England that allowed for shipbuilding to become so important?

• Sea
• Forests
• Shipbuilding
• Industry

Why did people come to this New England region?

• religious freedom
• money
• trade
• gold

Puritans wanted to make religion more ________.

• mandatory
• pure
• exciting
• laid back

Where did the Puritans settle?

• Virginia
• Cape Cod
• Massachusetts Bay Colony

A wooden slab with lessons pasted to it used in colonial schools.

• colony
• colonist
• hornbook
• apprentice