1. New England Colonies 10/21/14

2. Bell Ringer New England Colonies: Area north of the middle colonies, settled by Puritans from England. Then, take out your note sheet from yesterday & turn in homework

3. Review Who settled the Southern colonies? What type of religions were present in the Middle colonies?

4. Religion New England was settled by Puritans- radical Protestants- from England “saved” if they prayed, lead moral lives

5. Religion Puritans came from all social classes- mostly middle class Had to leave England because of religious persecution BUT they were not tolerant of religions themselves

6. Massachusetts 1620 Puritans came over on the Mayflower Plymouth Colony was settled Mayflower Compact- form a government and obey law

7. Massachusetts John Winthrop helped to settle Government was radical- men elected governor and assemblies

8. Salem Witch Trials Persecuted witches for “evil magic” Salem, Massachusetts: tried and convicted, executed 19 witches

9. Salem Witch Trials Only stopped when members of prominent families were accused

10. Climate Cold Winters Rugged landscape Short Growing Season: So, not a lot of farming- mainly small farms

11. Economy Couldn’t make enough money off of farmed goods Did export lumber and fish Boston major seaport

12. Social Life Few Africans living in New England Middle Class families moved to New England Equal balance of men and women

13. Social Life Education was more available “grammar school” for boys “dame school” for girls

14. Colonial Comparison Chart Page 9 in notes Let’s fill in Middle/New England with the information from the past two days

15. Homework/Reading Worksheet N- New England Colonies Worksheet O- New England Summary with Main Idea

16. Bell Ringer-10/22 Using the Colonial Comparison Chart (#9) skim your notes and then tell me: 1 similarity between the colonies 1 difference between the colonies

17. Today We will be going in to the computer lab to do a ‘webquest’ I have given you your colonial region/computer # You must know your CPS log in details

18. Today We will be going today, tomorrow and Friday if needed Let’s take a look at your packet

19. Computers Rules: NO EATING, NO DRINKING, YOU ARE WORKING SOLO RIGHT NOW, TUCK IN YOUR CHAIRS WHEN DONE, LOG OFF WHEN DONE.

20. Computers ROWS: 11-19: Southern Colonies 21-29: Middle Colonies 31-39 New England Colonies