PPT-13 Colonies New England Colonies

Rhode Island Connecticut Massachusetts New Hampshire New England Climate and Physical Features Rocky Soils Short farming season Subsistence farming Bad farming conditions Great harbors for port. Middle Atlantic, Southern. Vocabulary. Region. : human creations used to manage and interpret the complexity of Earth’s surface. Patroons. : . a person who held an estate of land with certain privileges like land ownership, the right to establish civil and criminal courts, and the right to appoint local officers. New Immigrants come to America. . Most of the New England colonists were religious . dissidents. . . New Immigrants come to America. Most New England colonists disagree with England’s . Middle Atlantic, Southern. Level 1. Vocabulary. Region. : areas of land created by human used to manage and interpret the complexity of Earth’s surface. Patroons: . a person who held an estate of land with certain privileges like land ownership, the right to establish courts, and the right to appoint local officers. Turn to pages . 24-25 . of the Atlas. Read the introduction. Then look at map A, . “New England Colonies. ”. Use the information to complete the following sentences.. The . New England Colonies included Massachusetts, New Hampshire, ______________________________ and Connecticut.. Empire . and Inequality. Break up into small groups.. Talk about and answer these questions:. Based . on your readings, particularly in the documents, what . hierarchies of power . developed in the colonies.  . Create your new colony. You have found a new colony-congratulations! Now you have some decisions to make:. Economy-How will you make $$?. Government-How will it be structured?. Social/cultural aspects-what are they? What is life like? Are there social classes?. Review- Reasons for European Settlement. Desire for spices, fabrics, gold- things they couldn’t get in England. The Renaissance. New navigation technology- stern rudders that could sail into the wind. Chapter 5. Roanoke Island. England’s first attempt at a colony in America. “Lost colony” – because the settlers disappeared when John White returned from England 3 years later.. Walter Raleigh. Economy of New England. Most New Englanders were farmers, but soils were rocky and the growing seasons were short. They grew mostly subsistence and staple crops to eat or trade locally.. More than any other region, New England profited from the sea by fishing, whaling, and trading.. 1600’s . and 1700’s, they . became . the home to people of . many . lands. These people . brought . their own customs . and . traditions. In time, they . shaped . these old ways into a . new . American Culture. Puritans. Separatists. Englishmen who disagreed with the Church of England. Plymouth Colony. King James I, 1603-1625. The . Mayflower. Cape Cod, November 1620. Land Grants. Boundaries of the Virginia Company land grants. The goals and interests of European leaders at times diverged from those of . colonial . citizens, leading to growing mistrust on both sides of the Atlantic, . as . settlers, especially in the English colonies. Southern Colonies. 13 Colonies. New England-1620. New England Colonies. New England Colonies. Massachusetts Bay Colony. Rhode Island Colony. Connecticut Colony. New Hampshire Colony. Puritan. Town meeting. WHO? English, Persecuted Christians, Merchants, Shipping, a few Slaves and Indentured Servants.. Pilgrims, Puritans. SUBSISTENCE? Subsistence farms, fishermen, ship builders, merchants. TRADITIONAL PURITAIN DRESS.