1. FOA
So far, we’ve discussed two of the three colonial regions (South & Middle) and you’ve researched the New England colonies. Based on what you’ve found, which one of the three regions would you have wanted to settle in and live in if you had lived back then? Why?

2. New England Colonies
SOL USI.5b: The student will demonstrate knowledge of the factors that shaped colonial America by: b) describing life in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern Colonies, with emphasis on how people interacted with their environment to produce goods and services, including examples of specialization and interdependence

3. Colonial Life
Life in the colonies reflected GEOGRAPHICAL features of the settlements.
ECONOMIC specialization and interdependence existed in the production of goods and services in the colonies.

4. New England Resources:
Natural Resources: timber, FISH, deep harbors
Human Resources: skill craftsmen, shopkeepers, SHIPBUILDERS

5. Craftsmen and Shopkeepers
Blacksmith
Peddler
Master Cooper
Shoemaker

6. New England Geography and Climate
Appalachian Mountains, Boston Harbor, hilly terrain, ROCKY soil, jagged coastline.
Moderate summers, COLD winters

7. The Boston Harbor
Boston Harbor Today
The Boston Tea Party

8. New England Specialization
Fishing, Shipbuilding, industry, and NAVAL supplies.

9. New England Colonies: Examples of Interdependence
New England depended on the SOUTHERN Colonies for raw materials such as cotton
New England depended on the MIDDLE Colonies for grain and livestock

10. New England Social/Political Life
Village and CHURCH as center of life.
Religious reformers and SEPARATISTS.

11. New England Civic Life
TOWN MEETINGS