Module 3 Lesson 2 - The New England Colonies

What was the geography like in the New England region?

• long growing seasons

• rocky soil and thick forests

• hot and humid

• long, harsh winters

What type of economy did the New England region have?

• cash crop plantations

• staple crop farms

• ocean-based (fishing, shipbuilding)

• fur trapping

What was the geography like in the New England region?

• long growing seasons

• rocky soil and thick forests

• hot and humid

• long, harsh winters

Reason for founding the region

• economic opportunity

• religious freedom

• fur trapping

• farming land

What groups founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

• Pilgrims (Separatists)

• Dutch

• Catholics

• Puritans

Why did people learn to read and write?

• to read the Bible

• to argue with the King

• to communicate with the Natives

• to open schools

What important document created a representative government in this region?

• Declaration of Independence

• Fundamental Orders

• House of Burgesses

• Mayflower Compact

The New England colonies were mostly settled by which group of people?

• Quakers

• Catholics

• Puritans

• Debtors

The first New England settlement was called

• Jamestown

• Plymouth Rock

• The Mayflower

• Massachusetts

A Wampanoag man that helped facilitate peace and farming for the colonists in New England

• Pocahontas

• Powhatan

• Squanto

• Sacajawea