New England

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New England

• Location In the Northeastern part of the Current
  U.S.
• Colonies Massachusetts, Connecticut, New
  Hampshire, Rhode Island
• (The area of Vermont was claimed by New York and
  New Hampshire)
• (The area of Maine was part of Massachusetts.)

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Massachusetts

• Settled by the Pilgrims in 1620
• Joined by the Puritans in the 1630s.
• Massachusetts became VERY religious.

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Connecticut

• Founded by Thomas Hooker from Massachusetts
  because he felt that the elected leaders had too
  much power in 1636.

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Connecticut

• The settlers wrote the Fundamental Orders of
  Connecticut
• It became a separate colony in 1662.

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Gave the vote to ALL men who owned property, not
  just the church members.
• 1st Constitution in the Americas.
• It also limited the governments power.

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Rhode Island

• Roger Williams from Massachusetts also thought
  that the church had too much power in the
  government.
• He believed in Religious tolerance.
• In 1636, he bought land from the Indians and made
  a settlement there.

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Religious tolerance.

• Willingness to let others practice their own
  beliefs.

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Rhode Island

• Anne Hutchinson was ordered out of Massachusetts
  for questioning the Puritan teachings.

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New England Economy

• The soil was rocky.
• Their forests were full of wild turkey and deer.
• People also cut down the trees.
• Fishing was also very good Cod, Halibut, and
  Whales.
• Whales supplied oil for lamps.