New England: Commerce and Religion

1. New England: Commerce and Religion By: Taylor Troyan New England Colonies

2. New England: Commerce and Religion • Main Idea – Fishing and trade contributed to the growth and prosperity of the New England Colonies. • Vocab – Backcountry – An Area that ran along the Appalachian Mountains through the far western part of other regions. • backcountry • Subsistence farming – When farmers produce just enough food for themselves and sometimes a little extra to trade in town.

3. New England: Commerce and Religion • Triangular trade – Was the name given to a route with three stops. • Navigation Acts – designed to ensure that England made money from its colonies’ trade. • Smuggling – importing goods illegally

4. Distinct Colonial Regions Develop • Main Idea – Several factors made each colonial region distinct. Some of the most important were region’s climate, resources, and people. • New England had long winters and rocks soil. • The Middle Colonies have shorter winters and fertile soil. • The Southern Colonies had a warm climate and good soil. • The Backcountry’s climate and resource varied and it depended on the latitude.

5. The Farms and Towns of New England • Main Idea – A congregation then settled the town and divides the land among the members of its church. This pattern lead New England towns to develop in a unique way. Public activities took place where the farms were by the town meetinghouse. • a farm from the new England colonies

6. Harvesting the Sea • Main Idea – New England rocky soil made it hard to farm. The Atlantic Ocean offered many other economic opportunities. Not far of the New England coast was some of the world’s best fishing grounds. • New England’s forest provided everything needed to harvest these great “pastures” of fish. New England’s fish and timber was among its most valuable articles of trade.

7. Atlantic Tradetriangular trade triangle • New England settler had many different types of trade. First was the trade with other colonies. Second was the direct exchange of goods with Europe. Third was the triangular trade. The Navigation Acts had four major provisions designed to ensure that New England made money from its colonies’ trade. • All shipping had to be done in English ships or ships made in the English colonies. • Products such as tobacco, wood, and sugar could be sold only to England or its colonies. • European imports to the colonies had to pass through English imports. • English officials were to tax any colonial goods not shipped to England.

8. African Americans in New England • There wasn’t a lot of slavery in New England most of the slavery was on small farms because the growing season was short, there was little work for slaves during long winter months. Some New Englanders in larger towns and cities did own slaves. Some enslaved people were able to save enough to buy their freedom. New England was home to more free blacks than any other religion.

9. Changes in Puritan Societysome puritans • The early 1700s saw many changes in the New England society. One of the most important was the gradual decline of the Puritan religions. • The drive foe economic success competed with Puritan ideas. • Increasing competition from other religious groups. • In 1691 a new royal charter for Massachusetts guaranteed religious freedom for all Protestants, not just Puritans.