New England: Commerce and Religion

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New England Commerce and Religion
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Many settlers in the New England colonies
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and
Road Island made a living from the sea. The
majority of New Englanders, however, were farmers.
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By the 1700s, the colonies formed three distinct
regions the New England, Middle, and Southern
Colonies. Another area was the Backcountry,
which ran along the Appalachian Mountains to the
far western part of the other regions.
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Territories in the Americas colonized or claimed
by a European great power in 1750.
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Factors such as climate, resources, and people
made each colonial region distinct.
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New England

• New England had long winters and rocky soil.
  English settlers made up the largest group in
  this regions population.

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The Middle Colonies

• The Middle Colonies had shorter winters and
  fertile soil. The region attracted immigrants
  from all over Europe.

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The Southern Colonies

• The Southern Colonies had a warm climate and good
  soil. There, some settlers used enslaved
  Africans to work their plantations.

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The Backcountry

• The Backcountrys climate and resources varied,
  depending on the latitude. Many Scots-Irish
  immigrants settled there.

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Middle Colonies
Backcountry

• Southern Colonies

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Most New England farmers lived near town and
practiced subsistence farming, that is they
produced just enough food for themselves, and
sometimes a little extra for trading.
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Coastal New England cities like Boston, Salem,
New Haven, and Newport grew rich as a result of
shipbuilding, fishing, and trade.
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New England settlers engaged in three types of
trade trade with other colonies, direct trade
with Europe, and triangular trade.
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______ like Boston, Salem, New Haven, and Newport
grew rich as a result of______ .

• 1) Southern costal cities - shipbuilding,
  fishing, and trade
• 2) Farming communities - slavery, tobacco, and rum

• 3) Coastal New England cities - shipbuilding,
  fishing, and trade
• 4) Coastal New England cities - slavery, tobacco,
  and triangular trade.

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Factors such as ______ made each colonial region
distinct.

• 1) climate, resources, and people
• 2) socioeconomic status and birthright

• 3) socioeconomic status, religion, and country of
  origin
• 4) climate, socioeconomic status, and occupation

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Most New England farmers lived near town and
practiced______ .

• 3) slave trading
• 4) manufacturing

• 1) subsistence farming
• 2) fishing

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New England settlers engaged in all of these
types of trade except

• 1) trade with other colonies
• 2) slave trade

• 3) direct trade with Europe
• 4) triangular trade

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Which distinct East Coast region ran along the
Appalachian Mountains to the far western part of
the other regions?

• 1) The Backcountry
• 2) New England

• 3) The Southern Colonies
• 4) The Middle Colonies

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Triangular trade was the name given to a trading
route with three stops.
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The Navigation Acts of 1651, were designed to
ensure that England made money from its colonys
trade.
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Provisions of the Navigation Acts

• All shipping had to be done in English ships or
  ships made in the English colonies.
• Products such as tobacco, wood, and sugar could
  be sold only to England or its colonies.

• European imports to the colonies had to pass
  through English ports.
• English officials were to tax any colonial goods
  not shipped to England.

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The Navigation Acts failed to keep smugglers and
pirates like the infamous Blackbeard from
interfering with colonial shipping.
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Edward Teachc. 1660 - November 22, 1718AKA
Blackbeard (18th century lithograph)
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Bartholomew Black Bart Roberts (1682-1722) at
Ouidah with his ship and captured merchantmen in
the background.
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The Jolly Roger is the name now given to any of
various flags flown to identify the user as a
pirate. The most famous Jolly Roger today is the
Skull and Crossbones, a skull over two long bones
set in an X arrangement on a black field.
Historically, the flag was flown to induce
pirates' victims to surrender readily.
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New England had few slaves because slavery was
impractical in this region. Of the few slaves
there were, some were able to buy their freedom.
Because of this, New England was home to more
free blacks and any other region.
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In New England, the Puritan church weakened
considerably in the early 1700s.
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Which was not a provision of the Navigation Acts
of 1651?

• 1) All non-English citizens had to pay stamp tax.
• 2) English officials were to tax any colonial
  goods not shipped to England.

• 3) All shipping had to be done in English ships.
• 4) Products such as tobacco, wood, and sugar
  could be sold only to England or its colonies.

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New England had few slaves because slavery was
______ in this region.

• 3) expensive
• 4) impractical

• 1) considered immoral
• 2) against Puritan religion

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______ was the name given to a trading route with
three stops.

• 1) Triple trade
• 2) Triangular trade

• 3) Pyramidal trade
• 4) The slave trade

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In New England, the ______ church weakened
considerably in the early 1700s.

• 4) Puritan
• 3) Church of England

• 1) Quaker
• 2) Baptist

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The ______ of 1651, were designed to ensure that
England made money from its colonys trade.

• 3) Free-Trade Agreement.
• 4) Alliance of Sailors

• 1) Navigation Acts
• 2) Intolerable Acts