Studies Weekly #9 New England Colonies

Watch this video for a quick summary of the 4 New England Colonies in our newspaper! If the video doesn't play, no worries! Just use your newspaper :-) Pilgrims vs Puritans: Similar, but not the same! Use the Venn Diagram to sort these facts into groups: Pilgrims, Puritans, or both. Puritans Arrived 10 years later Valued Education Leaders like kings Salem Witch Trials Pilgrims Arrived 1st Valued hard work Everyone was equal 1st Thanksgiving Both Religious Freedom Massachusetts Lost colonists that didn't like all those rules! Open your newspaper to Page 2 "The New England Colonies." Fill in the blanks. The New England colonies were not all the same. Each had different founders, settlers, and governments. The geography, climate, and jobs of each colony were different, just as they are in the states today. The economy of the New England Colonies was a market economy, meaning that people in the colonies chose trades and used resources to provide other colonists with goods or services they needed or wanted. Who is That? Use your newspaper to match the following leaders to their colonies: John Winthrop Massachusetts Bay Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson Rhode Island Thomas Hooker Connecticut John Mason New Hampshire Around 20,000 people came from England to Massachusetts during the 1630's. This was known as _. The Great Escape Rhode Island The Great Migration Connecticut How did New Hampshire get its name? It is similar to Old Hampshire John Rogers traveled from Hampshire, France to start the colony It was founded by William Hampshire John Mason traveled from Hampshire, England to start the colony The Fundamental Orders was a constitution based on the _. right to free speech free consent of the people right to live in Connecticut free bread on Sundays Two college-level schools founded in the New England colonies are: Harvard and Yale Yale and Salem Florida and Florida State William and Mary Robert Frost was a famous poet who wrote about life in Jamestown New Jersey Plymouth New England The Pequot War Write a quick summary of the Pequot War. Who fought it? Whatdid they fight over?Howdid it end? Search your newspaper for the information.