New England: Commerce and Religion Fishing and Trade contributed to the growth and Prosperity of the New England Colonies

Key Vocabulary Backcountry Subsistence Farming Triangular trade Navigation Acts of 1651 Smuggling

We’re Coming to America…*  The English Population in North America Quadrupled from 1700 to 1750  Three Regions (New England, Middle, And Southern Colonies) combined with the Backcountry, making up the English Colonies  Backcountry Colonies ran along the Appalachian Mountains

Colonies and their Description  New England: Long Winters, rocky soil, Large English population  Middle: Short Winter, Fertile Soil, Settlers from all over Europe  Southern: Warm climate, good soil, used slaves to Farm plantations  Backcountry: Climate and resources varied, mostly Scottish or Irish immigrants

Men about town  New England Farmers were subsistence farmers, growing only what they needed  Farms were sold to congregations and divided among the townspeople  Towns would form in clusters around a “green” used for town or meeting spaces  Towns often pooled money together to buy what they needed

Sea what we can eat  New England Turned to the Atlantic Ocean to supplement its farming industry  The woods of New England Provided Raw Materials to make fishing ships  Boston, Salem, Newport, and New Havel survived off of shipbuilding, Fishing, and Trade

Is this Geometry Class?  New England Survived using THREE types of trade: Trade with colonies, direct exchange of goods with Europe, and Triangle Trade  Triangle trade had THREE stops which formed a Triangle  England Enacted the Navigation Act of 1651 to profit from colonial Trade

Navigation Acts of 1651  All shipping had to be done using English ships or ships from the English colonies  Tobacco, wood and sugar could only be sold to England and its colonies  European Imports had to pass through English Ports  English Officials taxed any goods not shipped to England

Smuggler’s Blues  Colonial Merchants ignored the Navigation Acts and smuggled goods they needed  Pirates Would interfere with Ships and Shipping Routes of England

Let Freedom Ring  Slavery In New England was limited due to long winters  Slaves could work as house Servants and would be loaned out to the shipping docks  Some slaves earned money and could buy their freedom, but were still discriminated against buy white settlers

Im-Puritan Values  Puritan Religion Weakens as Economic successes become more important  Competition from Other Religious Groups also weakened the Power of the Puritans  Massachusetts gave voting rights to all landowners weakening the Church’s Political Power

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