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1
The New England Colonies

• Chapter 6 section 1
• Pages 150-155

2
Making a living

• Farming in New England
• The land was hilly and rocky
• The Growing season was short
• People began subsistence farming, where all
  members of the family worked together to produce
  just enough food for their own needs

3
Fishing

• Fishing in New England
• The waters were a better source of feed then
  farming
• Cod fish were abundant and it could be salted,
  kept and traded
• Fishers caught enough fish to Export to the West
  Indies
• With the profits they could import goods they
  needed

4
Whaling

• They used whales parts of the whale to make oil
  lamps, candles, and other products
• Nantucket and Martha's vineyard became important
  whaling ports

5
Living from the Forrest

• This forests covered much of New England
• Timber was used in
• Building houses
• Firewood
• Ship building
• Building ships employed many people including
  artisans (craftsmen)

6
Women in the Economy

• Women played an important role in the economy
• Many of them worked side by side with their
  husbands
• Women who's husbands worked at sea often opened
  shops
• Others produced goods such as cloth, candles,
  soap, and furniture

7
Triangular Trade Routes

• Colonial ships followed regular trade routes that
  formed a triangle
• Ships took fish, grain, meat, and lumber to the
  west indies
• There they traded for sugar, molasses, and fruit
  that they took back to New England to make rum
• The rum along with manufactured goods were taken
  to west Africa and traded for slaves
• The slaves were then brought back to the colonies
  and traded for fish, grain, meat, and lumber.

8
Belief in Education

• Puritans believed that people needed enough
  education to read the Bible
• Parents who could read taught the children at
  home- this was a Dame school
• Because books were scarce, many times they used a
  horn book, a flat piece of wood with the alphabet
  engraved on it covered by a transparent piece of
  horn

9
The First Public Schools

• Because of the puritans concern for education
  Massachusetts law required all children to learn
  to read
• Massachusetts School Law provided that every town
  of 50 households had to hire a teacher
• This was the first public school in America
• The first college was Harvard, it trained
  ministers , lawyers, and docters

10
The Town

• Settlers built their homes in 2 rows facing each
  other, at one end what the Church or meeting
  house
• The meeting house is where people met to discuss
  and resolve the problems of the town
• This was called a town meeting