Unit 3 The English Colonies ANY GOVERNMENT IS FREE TO THE PEOPLE UNDER IT WHERE THE LAWS RULE AND THE PEOPLE ARE A PARTY TO THE LAWS

Colonial America, 1750

The 13 Colonies!

The New England Colonies  Religion was the center of life for most early New England colonist.  As a result nearly every town had it’s own church, which was usually one of the towns first major structures

Lesson 1-The Massachusetts Bay Colony  The first settlement in the new world was Plymouth. This was founded by the Pilgrims.  10 years later another group of religious settlers founded a colony.  The Puritans set up a community in North America so they could make money, free practice their beliefs, and live their Christian ideas.  In 1628 King Charles I, granted the New England Company a charter  The fist settlement they made was Salem on the Massachusetts Bay Interesting Fact: Salem was the puritans’ first settlement in the Massachusetts By area. It’s name comes from the Hebrew word shalom which means ‘peace’

o In 1630 John Winthrop brought a 2 nd and much larger group of Puritans from England to settle o Winthrop served as the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony o Many new villages were built around Boston o In 1637 Winthrop first started work on forming a confederation among the people of New England. o Winthrop became the first president of the confederation when it was formed in 1643

A Puritan Village At the center of each Puritan village was the common, or village green. Other buildings that might be found around the common were a general store, a sawmill, and a black smith. A black smith is one particular craft in the village in which a person would have to specialize. To specialize is to become skilled at one kind of job. In the early days Puritans tended to barter for goods and did not spend money very often

A Puritan Village Another Building that would be found near the common was the school. Puritans schools were some of the first schools founded, in fact several still are around today including Harvard which was founded in Harvard was the first collage in the Colonies The meetinghouse was at the center of the village life because that was where church services were held. This was also where they conducted town meetings.

Home and Farm Life Women and Girls o The heart of the Puritan home was the fire place. It was found in the middle of the room and was used to cook, bake and keep the home warm. o Women and girls spent many hours preparing the food for the rest of the family. o They churned cream in to butter, dried and preserved fruits, pickled cabbages and other veggies. o The women and girls also made all the clothing for the family Men and boys The men and boys spent the majority of their days working in the fields. They were able to grow crops such as, corn, rye, barley, and wheat, pumpkins and squash. They learn their farming techniques from the Wampanoag Indians. They also raised livestock such as; cattle, hogs, and sheep