Geography and Climate
The reasons why farming was difficult in the New England colonies.
What is the soil is rocky and the climate was too cold.?
People did this to earn money in New England colonies.
What is built ships, capture whales, fished and sold lumber?
This religious group heavily influenced people in the New England Colonies.
Who are the Puritans?
Colonial children practiced writing on this.
What is a slate?
Person who goes on a journey for religious reasons.
What is a Pilgrim?
The growing season was only about 5 months long in the New England colonies because of this.
What is harsh winters?
The economy of the colonists was not based on farming due to these 2 factors.
What is the rocky soil and cold climate?
Small town and communities were common in these colonies
What are New England colonies?
Displayed the alphabet on it.
What is a hornbook?
The place where laws and decisions were made in a New England colony town.
What is the meetinghouse?
This colony got this name because the settlers came from England.
What is New England?
Lumber was used to build these water vessels.
What are ships?
A grassy area in the center of the New England colony town where citizens' livestock could graze.
What is the town common?
Basic level of education for boys aged between 5 and 7.
What is Dame school?
Ship that the Pilgrims came on.
What is the Mayflower?
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island
What is the New England colonies?
Whale oil was used for this.
What is fuel for lamps?
Single simple room, floors were packed dirt, walls were wooden boards, thatched roof
What is the house of a New England colonist?
Only wealthy or sometimes middle class girls were taught to do this by a tutor.
What is read and write?
Another word for large farm.
What is a plantation?
Thriving ocean based business in the colonies.
What is fishing, shipping, whaling and ship building?
1620 they came from England because they wanted religious freedom.
What are the Pilgrims?
The person who cleaned, cooked, cared for the children and was in charge of children's schooling.
Who is the mother?
Women did this job.
What is a school teacher?
The New England colonists left England because they wanted this.
What is religious freedom?