New England Colonies

1. New England Colonies SOL USI.5b: The student will demonstrate knowledge of the factors that shaped colonial America by: b) describing life in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern Colonies, with emphasis on how people interacted with their environment to produce goods and services, including examples of specialization and interdependence

2. Colonial Life • Life in the colonies reflected GEOGRAPHICAL features of the settlements. • ECONOMIC specialization and interdependence existed in the production of goods and services in the colonies.

3. New England Resources: • Natural Resources: timber, FISH, deep harbors • Human Resources: skill craftsmen, shopkeepers, SHIPBUILDERS

4. Craftsmen and Shopkeepers Blacksmith Peddler Master Cooper Shoemaker

5. New England Geography and Climate • Appalachian Mountains, Boston Harbor, hilly terrain, ROCKY soil, jagged coastline. • Moderate summers, COLD winters

6. The Boston Harbor Boston Harbor Today The Boston Tea Party

7. New England Specialization • Fishing, Shipbuilding, industry, and NAVAL supplies.

8. New England Colonies: Examples of Interdependence • New England depended on the SOUTHERN Colonies for raw materials such as cotton • New England depended on the MIDDLE Colonies for grain and livestock

9. New England Social/Political Life • Village and CHURCH as center of life. • Religious reformers and SEPARATISTS.

10. New England Civic Life • TOWN MEETINGS