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Explorers Social Studies
Study guide for explorers of New england colonies
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10/27/2010

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This was an important industry for the economy of the New England colonies.

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SHIP BUILDING

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The triangular trade routes connected theses three places.

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 ENGLAND, THE ENGLISH COLONIES, & AFRICA

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The main reason why Puritans started the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

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 TO LIVE ACCORDING TO THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.

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This person was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and later founded Providence, which later became part of the Rhode Island Colony.

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 ROGER WILLIAMS

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These were some of the responsibilities that colonial children had in New England.

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GIRLS PREPARED FOOD, MADE CLOTHING, SOAP, CANDLES, AND BRUSHES. BOYS WORKED IN THE FIELDS, HUNTED, MADE TOOLS, AND RAISED ANIMALS. CHILDREN ALSO WENT TO SCHOOL AND READ THE BIBLE.

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This is the economic reason that most people settled in the Connecticut River Valley.

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TO HAVE FERTILE LAND TO FARM.

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This was the main purpose of town meetings in New England colonies.

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TO TAKE CARE OF TOWN GOVERNMENT
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This person led a 2nd group of Puritans to New England in search of religious freedom and was an early leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

 

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JOHN WINTHROP
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These reasons made people in the New England Colonies belong to a free-market economic system.
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COLONISTS WERE FREE TO CHOOSE THE GOODS THEY BOUGHT AND MADE THE SERVICES THEY OFFERED. THEY WERE FREE TO COMPETE IN BUSINESS AND TO SET WHATEVER PRICES THEY CHOSE FOR GOODS AND SERVICES
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