1. The Culture and Religion of the New England Colonies
By: Iris, Yerin, David, Sari

2. Way of Life: -iris Daily Life: Clothing:
Life in the New England colonies were very difficult.
Anything or anyone who could walk helped with chores and helped settle in.
Had very bad soil, but managed to farm.
Were too poor and didn't have enough land to buy African slaves.
Had to cut down trees to build the farm.
Clothing:
clothing was very vital and important in the New England colonies.
the types of clothing you wore, ranked your social status.
wealthy men wore satin gowns.
the middle class men wore very simple clothes. A linen shirt and a doublet, (which is like a jacket). They also wore breeches also called pants.
Women in the middle class wore a shift (under shirt), corset and long skirts.

3. Way of Life cont: -iris Food: Religious Practice:
A lot of seafood was eaten during this time. (ex; shrimps, clam, oysters, fish, etc.)
They also ate meats such as, rabbit, deer, geese, duck, chicken, etc.
Women were the ones who grew the food.
When the women grew the food, the men would go out and hunt.
They hunted for deers, rabbits, ducks, fish, etc.
Religious Practice:
were extremely diverse and were the first of the 13 colonies on the basis of their religious beliefs
Puritans did not want to leave the Church of England.
Practically devoted their lives to the church.

4. Religion DC
Most people went to church in a meeting house to pray and to attend other events as well.
Most meeting house were in the center of the town and were also town meeting places which gave it the name of meeting house.
The meeting house was a place you’d be in for a day because church services would last that long and to top it all off, you would sit on uncomfortable wooden benches.
Religion depended on where you live. For example, New England colonists were known are puritans or people who live their lives very strict.
Middle colonists were all types of religions like catholic, jewish, and others too.
The southern colonists were also a mixture of religions.

5. education in new england colonies -Yerin
In 1647, a Massachusetts law stated that every town of 50 or more families will support elementary schools and every town of 100 or more families will support a Latin, or grammar, school
Both boys and girls attended the elementary schools, and there they learned to read, write, cipher, and they also learned religion. They valued education so much that they created public schools for kids to attend and learn to read for reading the bible.
What about the poor?
Unlike the upper class children, the poor children learned apprenticeship.
Both boys and girls were apprenticed depending on their term (up to fifteen years!)
The children in the middle and southern colonies received very little formal education due to the fact that they lived far apart or because of religious differences. Unlike those colonies, towns in the New England Colonies were required to provide public schools.
Puritans valued education, for the sake of religious study and because of that, they demanded a great deal of Bible reading. The parents also taught their children to read because they would need the skill to read the bible
Puritans - an extreme form/group of the Church of England
They believed that if you weren’t a Puritan, you would go to hell.
Girls: Learned sewing, household management, reading, and basic religious knowledge
Boys: Learned trading
Fun Fact: Like most places in the world, boys received more education than girls in the New England Colonies as well

6. Toleration(sari) tolerance (sari miller) important facts massachusetts
* the pilgrims had tolerance for other beliefs and religions
*accepted people for who they are
*even though, they were poor, not well educated, and very open minded doesn't mean they can't accept people for who they are
* they believe that people should be allowed to live and worship as they chose
*got along well with indians
rhode island
* the puritans had no tolerance for any other form of religion
* they got along well with indians
* on the other had they believe god told them how to teach people to live and worship
* not a lot of patience for options that differed from theirs
* wealthier than the pilgrims
new hampshire
* there was no religious freedom or tolerance
connecticut
* the colonists who settled who settled the connecticut colony were seeking more religious freedom but were still strict and intolerant of other religious beliefs
work cited
*"13 Colonies 3." - Google Slides. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Jan

7. Fun Facts -sari * smallest region
* not been blessed with large expanses of rich farm land or mild climates
* played a dominant role in american development
* because it was too hard to farm they began shipbuilding, fishing, and trade
* the farmers had to work hard because it was hard to farm in the winter
* also supported by vibrant cultural life
work cited

8. Important People -Yerin
Connecticut
Thomas Hooker - Thomas Hooker is most famous for being a leader of the Connecticut Colony. He was also called “the Father of Connecticut”. He was an important figure in the early development in Connecticut. He took part in the creation of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut as well.
Rhode Island
Roger Williams - Williams is most well known for founding the state of Rhode Island and advocating separation of church and state in Colonial America. He is also well known for being a radical Pietist (a movement within Christianity that attempts to focus on individual holiness and a consistent Christian life) defending his religious principles and other things that Roger Williams founded the first Baptist church in America and edited the first dictionary of Native American languages.
Massachusetts
John Winthrop - He is known for founding and leading early Massachusetts. Winthrop served as the first governor of Massachusetts and often paid his own money to build buildings or help families emigrate. He chose Boston as the capital and the seat of the General Court and the legislature.He helped Massachusetts start out as a colony. John WInthrop is considered one of the most important figures of Massachusetts.
New Hampshire
John Mason - John Mason was famous as the founder of the New Hampshire Colony. After serving as the governor of Newfoundland, he and Sir Ferdinando Gorges received a patent from the Council for New England for all the territory lying between the Merrimack and Kennebec rivers. His partner, Sir Ferdinando Gorges and him took their own share of the
land and later on, Mason
named the area between
the rivers “New Hampshire”.
He was one of the men
who discovered New
Hampshire and is
considered one of the most important figure to New Hampshire to this day

9. Events during the 1620’s-1740’s -iris
1651: The first navigation act. Allowing New England ships exports “enumerated articles” be sold to England.
1663: The second and third navigation act. New england verified the 2nd and 3rd navigation acts, allowing them to regulate colonial trade.
1677: First map or New England Printed. John Foster has created the very first map of the New England colony
1680, 1684: New Hampshire and Massachusetts chartered.
1686: Formation of New England. King James comes to combine the colonies together.
1713: The Utrecht Treaty. The treaty ends Queen Anne’s war, and declares that Britain gains property of Newfoundland, the Hudson Bay region of Canada, and as well as the Caribbean island of St. Kitts.
1735: The Great Awakening. The Great Awakening was the name when “evangelical religion” was being believed in.

10. Population DC
During this time, there were approximately eight hundred thousand (800,000)
This is because new England was about half of the population
The population was mostly made of English settlers and some Irish (New England)
Middle colonists were known as domestic servants meaning that they were above slaves but not regarded as part of a family
The New England church was somewhat different from the previous system made by the Anglicans from england
People in New England actually fined those who offended religion

11. Citation DC
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13. Works Cited -iris
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