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Chapter 7 Section 3
Life in Colonial New England
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History
7th Grade
10/31/2006

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Enumerated Articles
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These products such as tobacco and cotton could only be sold to England
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Farming
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This was one occupation that was not profitable (like whaling and fishing were) in New England
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New England's coastline had many...
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harbors
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Smuggling
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importing or exporting goods illegally. it was very common in New England
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Apprentice
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a young person who learned a skill from a master at his craft
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Christopher Hussey
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He discovered a valuable substance known as spermaceti from sperm whales
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Navigation Acts
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laws made in 1651 by England to tax and regulate trade in the colonies. New Englanders weren't very happy about it because only England got the profit.
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Barrels
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A cooper in New England was responsible for making these to carry whale oil
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Jonathan Edwards
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the leader of the Great Awakening
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New England Colonies
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Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire
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Zabdiel Boyleston
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He prevented many from dying of the Small Pox in New England by creating a inoculation that gives people a very mild case of smallpox in order to build up a resistance to the disease
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Edward Teach
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Blackbeard- a famous pirate. terrorized shipping off the Virginia and Carolina coasts.
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