New England: Commerce and Religion

1. New England: Commerce and Religion SWBAT Analyze and assess the importance of discovery, exploration, and early colonization of America regarding its Commerce and Religion GLE 2.3A DOK: 3 Vocabulary: common: shared land where public activities took place/congregation: a group of people who belong to the same church/cash crop: crops raised to be sold for money

2. Resources 1700s Distinct religions New England, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies, and the Backcountry

3. New England Subsistence Farming: produced just enough food for themselves Congregation: Puritans settled the town and divided its land among the members (common) Grew rich from exporting lumber and fish to England

4. Navigation Acts 1615 New England growing rich � England wanted its share: All goods had to be carried on English ships or on ships made in the English colonies Products such as tobacco, wood and sugar could be sold only to England or its colonies European imports to the colonies had to pass through English ports Officials were to tax any colonial goods not shipped to England - lead to smuggling -

5. Triangular Trade New England participated in 3 kinds of trade: Trade with other colonies Trade with England Triangular Trade: trade set up to exchange slaves, rum, sugar and molasses Leave New England with rum and iron, stop in Africa and trade for slaves, head to Indies and trade slaves for sugar and molasses (sugar and molasses back to New England to make rum) New England had few slaves (no plantations)

6. King Phillip�s War 1675-1676 Europeans � land could be owned Native Americans � land should be shared New England began to spread & their culture was influencing the Native American culture Metacom � leader of the Wampanoag Tribe Lead revolt that destroyed 12 Puritan towns n

7. Slave�s in New England Few slaves � mostly worked in the homes � No plantations