New England Colony Massachusetts Founded in 1630 Founded by John Winthrop

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New England ColonyMassachusettsFounded in
1630Founded by John Winthrop

• Presented by Amanda Dern and Zoe Schroeder

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Geographical Characteristics Climate

• Was rocky and had lots of sand.
• Was shaped by glaciers and covered with ice.
• The ice took away all the rich soil and it left a
  thin rocky layer of dirt.
• It was too sandy for farming so it was hard for
  them to farm.
• Summers were steamy hot and winters were bitterly
  cold.
• The growing season was short because it lasted
  from late May to early October.
• They had thick trees in the forests.

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Reason For Settlement

• A place were they could serve their god and
  follow the rules of their bible.
• So they could have a fair vote in their laws.
• They wanted to form good communities.

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Religious Beliefs

• They were Puritans
• Only Puritans could come to the church.
• Everyone could attend a town meeting.
• One law required all people to attend church
  services.
• They believed that they should set a good example
  for other people by following laws based on the
  bible.

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Government

• They had self-government.
• Everyone could attend a town meeting, but only
  men who owned property could vote.
• They had more self government than people in most
  other European colonies.
• The puritans had some experience with
  self-government in England, Massachusetts.

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Education

• Puritans wanted people to read the bible.
• Fifty or more families had to build a school to
  teach reading and writing.
• Parents thought that their children should
  learn about Christianity.
• Parents taught their children to read so then
  they could read the Bible.
• Once the kids knew how to read they could also
  read school books too.
• New England villages had more than 100 families
  build grammar schools.

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Agriculture/Manufacturing

• The Agriculture was fishing and the food was
  livestock and corn and also lots of fish.
• The manufacturing was lumbering and ship
  building.
• They caught whales for whale blubber to use for
  the oil in lamps.
• The most common fish they caught was cod.
• Whaling was one of the most important industries
  in New England.

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Settlements/Homes

• They lived in small wooden houses with few rooms
  or windows.
• Homes just had one main room, with a huge
  fireplace.
• A table stood in the middle of the room for
  meals.
• At night families slept on mattresses near the
  fire to keep warm.
• Wealthier families might have a second story or
  loft, where there would be more room for
  sleeping.

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Towns/Cities

• Some major cities in Massachusetts were Boston,
  Quincy, Plymouth, Salem, Lexington, And Concord.
• A settlement first started in Plymouth and so
  went on.
• In 1620, the pilgrims set up a colony at
  Plymouth, what is now Massachusetts.

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Other Interesting Facts

• Massachusetts children dont have to go to
  school, they just have to go to the church
  meeting every Sunday.
• Massachusetts was named for Large Hill Place.
• Puritan religion shaped the government of
  Massachusetts Bay colony.
• The meeting house was the most important building
  in the puritan community.
• Puritans banished Roger Williams from
  Massachusetts.

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Important People To Know

• Roger Williams
• Anne Hutchinson
• The Narragansett Indians
• The Wampanoag Indians
• Metacomet the leader of the Wampanoag Indians
• King Phillip
• Pequot Indians
• William Bradford