1. MAIN IDEA: FISHING AND TRADE CONTRIBUTED TO THE GROWTH AND PROSPERITY OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES 4.1 New England: Commerce and Religion

3. WHERE IS THE BACKCOUNTRY?

4. HOW DOES THIS MAP OF A NEW ENGLAND TOWN SHOW THAT NEW ENGLANDERS PRACTICED SUBSISTENCE FARMING?

5. New England Resources: Farming and Harvesting the Sea WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF HAVING A DIVERSIFIED ECONOMY?

6. WEALTH = POWER MORE WEALTH MEANS MORE POWER PROFITS FROM EXPORT > IMPORT EXPENSES COLONIES PROVIDE: 1. SUPPLIES OF RAW MATERIALS 2. A MARKET FOR FINISHED GOODS MERCANTILISM

7. England Colonies Raw Materials Finished Products Currency

8. http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/ maps/g5s_u3/index.html#top http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/search.html Triangular Trade/Slavery Interactives

9. Mercantilist Controls on Trade Navigation Acts, 1651 1. only English ships may trade with the colonies 2. Cash Crops and raw materials like lumber could only be sold to England or its colonies 3. European imports Europe must first pass through England (and be taxed) 4. English tax collectors were to tax any goods not shipped directly to England

10. SMUGGLING PIRACY Why would colonists smuggle? What are the risks? What attracted pirates to the colonies? Where did they operate? Colonial Reaction to the Navigation Acts

11. New England Society Northern colonies’ economy grows faster than England’s ( Protestant Work Ethic ) More urbanized than other colonies Growing merchant class VERY diverse economy More & more diverse people, less “Puritan” Slavery  Existed, but not on the same level  Farming in the north is less labor intensive

12. New England ColoniesMiddle ColoniesSouthern Colonies Climate p.110 Resources p.110 People p.112 African- Americans p.112 Economic Development p.110-112

13. New England Colonies Middle ColoniesSouthern ColoniesBackcountry Climate p.110 Resources p.110 People p.112 African- Americans p.112 Economic Development p.110-112