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New Engand
1620
Massachusetts
John Winthrop
Massachusetts; Witches keep out!
INFO
ECONOMY
FOUNDED
Founded in 1620 when puritans were set off track. Colonists were going to virginia to gain religious freedom. It was used for the puritans church and every day life.
SUMMER
WINTER
FERTILE SOIL
ROCKY
ECONOMY
- Traded rum, fish, woods, manufactured goods, and cash crops.
- Focused on ship building.
- Farming was difficult for all of the New England colonies, however corn, pumpkins, rye, squash and beans thrived in this environment.
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS/INFORMATION/PEOPLERELIGION
- Main document was the Mayflower Compact. Massachusetts colony was self governed.
- Geography is rocky poor soil, trees, and mountains. This made farming difficult for the colonists.
- People living in the Massachusetts Bay Colony were puritans, better known as the pilgrims.
- The religion that these people followed was Christianity.