Lesson 2.3 New England Colonies

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What was at the center of New England towns?

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town meeting house

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What did the colonists and Native Americans fight over the most?

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land ownership

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Why were the New England colonies founded?

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The colonists were looking for religious freedom

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What would happen if you didn't follow the rules in the New England colonies?

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You would be strictly punished or possibly kicked out of the colony.

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A religious group who wanted to purify the Church of England and settled Massachusetts Bay for religious freedom.

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Puritans

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Group of English Protestants who wanted to break away from the Church of England and established Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620 to seek religious freedom after having lived briefly in the Netherlands.

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Pilgrims

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1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America. The set of rules was signed by the 41 Pilgrim men and set up a government for the Plymouth colony.

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Mayflower Compact

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Economy of the New England colonies

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Shipbuilding, fishing, lumber, manufacturing. Few slaves.

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The Pilgrims survived at Plymouth due to the help of...

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Squanto and Samoset

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Name the New England Colonies: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware; Virginia, Maryland; North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia

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Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Connecticut