1. Chapter 4.1 New England: Commerce & Religion
A painting of a French seaport from 1638, at the height of mercantilism, by Claude Lorrain.

2. centers of colonial trade (Triangular Trade)
1. Subsistence farming
3. Shipbuilding
Meet needs of family
Very important*
Entire family worked
(farming and/or hand-
made items to use
New England
Long winters & thin, rocky soil made large scale farming difficult
Lumber from the region
Coastal towns became
centers of colonial trade
(Triangular Trade)
2. Small businesses
4. Fishing & whaling
(numerous small towns)
Commercial fishing
Water power mills
Skilled craftspeople
Harvest whales for oil
& whalebone
Shop keepers

3. New England Shipyard

4. New England Shipyard
Some yards build up to
12 ships a year . . .

5. Whaling . . .

6. Whaling . . .

7. Boston harbor & seaport . . .

11. Decline of the Puritan Religion & power
And what ever happened to the Puritans?
Decline of the Puritan Religion & power
3. Focus on
material wealth
1.non-Puritan
immigrants
2.Political changes
(others had rights)
The Puritan Legacy
work ethic
education
opposed royal power
support representative gov’t
voting on community decisions

12. 6. New York & Philadelphia
5. Cash crops
7. Businesses
New York & Pennsylvania
grew large quantities of
grains
Home-based crafts
Middle Colonies
Enjoyed more fertile soil & a slightly milder climate
Mills, mines, ironworks
Sold in/out of the colonies
Small-scale
manufacturing
6. New York & Philadelphia
8. Immigrants
Very busy seaports
diverse
Two of largest cities in
America
Unique skills & knowledge
Very successful farmers,
craftsmen, & business

13. Trip across the Atlantic Puritans Part of Triangular Trade
10. Tobacco & Rice
Sold on world
markets
9. Plantations
11. Growth of slavery
very labor intensive
Planters (owners)
West Africa origins
Became major part of
colonial economy
Large farms that grew
cash crops
Southern Colonies
Had rich soil & a warm climate well suited for certain kinds of farming
A small village
Used slave labor
12. The Middle Passage
14. Critics of Slavery
13. The Life of the Slave
Trip across the Atlantic
Puritans
Part of Triangular Trade
Most did field work
Quakers & Mennonites
Overseers
Terrible conditions
Began a debate
Slave codes
Sold at slave markets