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Title: Ashley ,Dakota, Briggs, Taylor and Austin. Glaciers Meltin


1
Chapter 8New England
  • Lesson 1
  • Geography of New England

By Ashley ,Dakota, Briggs, Taylor and Austin
2
Glaciers Melting
  • Enormous glaciers moving across the land
    transformed the region.
  • As the ice moved it picked up soil and minerals.
  • Over time the Earth grew hotter and the glaciers
    slowly melted, making pits, hollows and plenty of
    lakes and ponds.

3
The Land Left Behind
  • Deep rich soil was left behind.
  • Rivers that were calm and still now rushed over
    rocks and waterfalls on their way to the sea.
  • This created New Englands largest flat farm
    region, the Connecticut river valley.

4
New Englands Resources
  • The first colonist in New England thought of the
    forest as a rocky", sterile ,unkempt,
    wilderness.
  • They because the summers were short. Indians and
    colonists could only count on four to five months
    for planting their crops.
  • The best industries, which fuel its economy even
    today, were found in the forest and the seas.
    (Examples trees, animals furs, turtles, bass,
    and other fish.)

5
Chapter 8Lesson 2
  • By Briggs, Austin , Taylor, Dakota, and Ashley

6
A CITY UPON A HILL
  • The Puritans believed in Gods law. They also
    kept a close eye on the colony and any wrong
    doings were seen and made public. They refused
    to tolerate ideas different from their own.

7
ROGER WILLIAMS SPEAKS OUT
  • Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts
    because he had dangerous opinions. His opinions
    were that governments should not tell you which
    religion to follow and Puritans had no right to
    start a colony in North America without buying it
    from its true owners, the Indians.

8
WILLIAMS SETTLES RHODE ISLAND
  • Roger Williams started Rhode Island.
  • They welcomed all religions. The Puritans,
    however, looked down at it and called it the
    sewer because it tolerated different religions.

9
ANNE HUTCHINSON
  • Anne Hutchinson was a rebel. She got driven out
    of Massachusetts because she believed that
    praying to God was more important than going to
    church. She was kicked out of Massachusetts and
    went to Rhode Island.

10
THOMAS HOOKER BEGINS CONNECTICUT
  • Thomas Hooker began Connecticut. He led 100
    followers to Connecticut River Valley.
  • Connecticut made a plan of government called The
    Fundamental Orders of Connecticut. It showed the
    colonists thought they could govern themselves.

11
Chapter 8
  • Lesson 3

By Casey and Kyle
12
The New England Village
  • The Puritans carefully laid out there villages in
    England.
  • There was a vast field in the middle of the
    village called the Village Common
  • Houses, shops and schools were being built by the
    common.
  • The Puritans were strong and always looked out
    for one another.

13
Working Hard and Making Do
  • The puritans had to work hard, day and night they
    continue working in England's thin stony soil.
  • The New Englands growing season wasnt very
    long, so they couldnt grow a moneymaking crop
    (cash crop) like tobacco.
  • The children played while the men chopped wood
    and made furniture and women wove wool to make
    clothes for her family.

14
Village Schools
  • Massachusetts and Connecticut had the laws that
    if any town with more then 50 families had to
    hire a teacher and set up schools called grammar
    schools.
  • Children did reading, writing and a little
    arithmetic at a school called Dame school or
    known as a private school.

15
Village Schools cont.
  • The girls education ended at dame school, because
    the Puritans thought the girls did not need any
    more education.
  • The older boys had to end up going to grammar
    school for next 6 years.

16
Town Meetings
  • Town meetings were talked over in the Meeting
    House.
  • In the meeting house they talked about there
    problems and there needs such as were will we
    build our new road?
  • New Englanders argued and voted, that they would
    learn how to make Democracy work, and only men
    who joined the church could vote.

17
Town Meetings cont.
  • Each year voters took part in their democracy by
    choosing someone to fill in town public offices.
  • A pubic office is the position of power and
    responsibility.

18
A New Way of Life
  • The new Englanders lived in a harsh life yet it
    still grew larger by the year.
  • They watched each other to see the way others
    live. (by laws.)

19
Chapter 8
  • Lesson 4

By Alex and Natalie
20
Turning to the Sea
  • Early colonists started farms at first.
  • Later they looked to the forest and the sea.
  • New England colonies became known for their
    shipbuilding. (Remember the forest and sea were
    resources.)

21
Fishing and Whaling
  • Most of the ships they built were for fishing.
  • Cod was caught and dried for trade.
  • Whales were hunted for their oil which was used
    in lamps.

22
Trade Develops
  • New England sea captains became rich in the
    triangular trade.
  • Traders sailed to Africa with goods from the
    colonies (rum, iron goods, guns). Then slaves
    were transported to the West Indies. Finally,
    molasses was traded to the colonies from the West
    Indies (the Caribbean).

rum, iron goods, guns
molasses
slaves
23
The Nightmare Journey
  • The voyage across the Atlantic was called the
    Middle Passage.
  • The journey was a nightmare.

24
A Growing Region
  • Europeans soon learned to use the riches of the
    forest and the sea.
  • The region grew and turned into coastal towns and
    busy seaports.
  • Through shipbuilding, fishing, and trade
    merchants brought new riches to New England.
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