Chap 4 Sec 1

Notes

New England: Commerce and Religion

Distinct Colonial Regions Develop

• Between 1700–1750, ______doubles, then doubles again

• 3 regions: New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies

• Backcountry—______

Continued Distinct Colonial Regions Develop

• Several factors make each colonial region distinct

• New England—______, ______; mostly English settlers

• Middle Colonies—short winters, ______; settlers from all over Europe

• Southern Colonies—______; good soil; use enslaved African labor

• Backcountry—climate, resources vary; many ______

The Farms and Towns of New England

• ______—produce enough for themselves, little extra to trade

• ______causes New Englanders to do subsistence farming

• Farmers live near town because plots of land sold to ______congregation

• Congregation settles the town, divides land to members of ______

• In towns, farmhouses center around green—central square

Harvesting the Sea

• ______provides great economic opportunity in New England

• New England’s forest provides ______

• New England’s fish, ______become valuable trading articles

• Coastal cities like Boston, Salem, New Haven, Newport grow rich

Atlantic Trade

• New England has three types of trade:

- ______

- direct exchange of goods with Europe

- ______

• Triangular trade has three stops:

- in ______, trade goods for slaves

- in ______, trade slaves for sugar, molasses

- take sugar, molasses back to ______

Continued Atlantic Trade

• England passes ______to get money from colonial trade (1651):

- use English ships or ships made in English colonies

- sell ______only to England and its colonies

- European ______to colonies must pass through English ports

- English officials tax colonial goods not shipped to England

Continued Atlantic Trade

• Many colonial ______ignore Navigational Acts

• Importing or exporting goods illegally—______—is common

African Americans in New England

• Few slaves in New England; slavery not ______

• Some people in town have slaves: ______, cooks, gardeners

• Some slaves hired out to work; they can keep portion of wages

• Some enslaved persons save enough to buy ______

Changes in Puritan Society

• In early 1700s, gradual decline of Puritan religion:

- drive for ______competes with Puritan ideas

- increasing competition from other ______

- legislation weakens Puritan community