By M. Alexander

Massachusetts (Maine)

New Hampshire

Rhode IslandConnecticut

Massachusetts

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Click the wagon below to find out what “The Great Wagon Road” was. Explain what “The Great Wagon Road” was and how it changed the way people lived between 1730 and 1770 in terms of “diversity.”

Some people didn’t like the Church of England.

They wanted the Church to be more pure. These people were called Puritans.

They decided to start a colony in the North East part of the USA.

John Winthrop was the leader of the Puritans.

Massachusetts means at or near the great hill in Algonkian, Native American language.

The colony’s first settlement was Boston along the Charles River.

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Massachusetts and Connecticut had laws saying that if there were 50 families, a teacher needed to be hired and a school setup.

These schools were called grammar or writing schools.

See some videos on this site.

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Boys went to grammar schools while girls went to dame school.

There was no chalkboards, maps, or paper or current technology.

School teachers were strict and were allowed to hit their students or make them wear a dunce hat.

Click girl’s picture to compare their life to ours.

He left Massachusetts to live in Connecticut because he didn’t like the way the Puritans lived.

IN 1639,Connecticut had the FIRST WRITTEN LAWS IN NORTH AMERICA.

Roger Williams believed you should tolerate other people’s beliefs in God.

He left Massachusetts and started a colony, Providence.

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Anne Hutchinson was a woman who believed you could go directly to God so you could pray to God without going through a priest.

She moved to Providence with Roger Williams and started the Rhode Island Colony.

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The Puritans had their own laws for Courtship.

Click map to find out which of the colonies were southern, New England and Middle

Fill out the grid you are given telling the climate, religion and economy of each region.

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Good farming land (grains) Livestock, rivers and hills. Harbors.

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People came from Germany, Scotland & Ireland.

-Quakers (plain living, peaceful, against slavery and dancing)

-Germans (Pennsylvania Dutch, skilled workers and loved music).

-Scotch-Irish farmed and hunted.

Click picture to find out about Moravians

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-Called Breadbasket of Colonial America. The farmers raised a surplus so they could sell.

-Germans invented Pennsylvania rifle & Conestoga wagon.

-Philadelphia means brotherly love.

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-William Penn owned Pennsylvania and made it a place for religious freedom.

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The Southern Colonies included: Maryland (MD), Virginia (VA), North Carolina (NC), South Carolina (SC), and Georgia (GA).

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Rich land, plenty of rain & a long growing season. Coastal plains, swamps, forests, harbors.

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-Maryland was a safe place for Roman Catholics.

-South Carolina settled by French.

-Georgia founded by Oglethorpe for new start for debtors in England.

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-Planters’ duties to see that crops were planted, records kept, took care of everyone.

-Slavery was necessary for Southern plantation.

The cash crop for Virginia was Tobacco.

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