Merceur- English Colonies Quiz

Massachusetts (Massachusetts Bay) - Date Founded

Massachusetts (Massachusetts Bay) - Date Founded

1630

Massachusetts (Plymouth) - Date Founded

1620

Massachusetts (Massachusetts Bay) - Founders

Puritans led by John Winthrop (no popish traditions)

Massachusetts (Plymouth) - Founders

Pilgrims led by William Bradford took over after John Carver, first governer dies surrealists left angelican church so died by spring

Massachusetts (Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth) - Economy/Occupations

Crops, livestock, farming, limber, pastures, forests.

Massachusetts (Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth) - Daily Life

Shipping, lumber, harsh winters and warm summers, sand coast with good ports, rich pastures, and forests

Massachusetts (Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth) - Religion

Puritan

Massachusetts (Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth) - Gov’t/Laws

Self governing with strong religious influence. Guided by rules of the bible.

Massachusetts (Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth) - Why Founded

Puritans seeking escape from religious prosecution

Connecticut (Hartford and New Haven) - Date Founded

1636

Connecticut (Hartford and New Haven) - Founders

Thomas Hooker

Connecticut (Hartford and New Haven) - Economy/Occupations

Farming crops and livestock, ship building, fishing, whaling

Connecticut (Hartford and New Haven) - Daily Life

Cold winters, mild summers, forested hills, seacost

Connecticut (Hartford and New Haven) - Religion

Puritan

Connecticut (Hartford and New Haven) - Gov’t/Laws

Written constitution (Fundemental orders) self governing

Connecticut (Hartford and New Haven) - Why Founded

Puritans seeking a new settlement

New Hampshire (Exeter) - Date Founded

1638

New Hampshire (Exeter) - Founders

Captain John Mason established a fishing village near the mouth of the Piscataqua River. 1638 John Wheelwright was banished from Boston for defending sister in law and found a settlement called Exester. Maine is soverign in 1820.

New Hampshire (Exeter) - Economy/Occupations

Farming, fishing, sawing timber, coastal trade, and shipbuilding

New Hampshire (Exeter) - Daily life

Colonists were able to utilize New Hamshires short coastline for fishing and ship building.

New Hampshire (Exeter) - Religion

Any!

New Hampshire (Exeter) - Gov’t/Laws

1639, Exeter Compact signed and patterned after mayflower compact

New Hampshire (Exeter) - Why Founded

Sought freedom from strict religious and economic rules in coastal farming colony

Rhode Island (Providence) - Date Founded

1623

Rhode Island (Providence) - Founders

Roger Williams and Ame Hutchinson wanted to seperate Church and State banned for critisizing puritan faith

Rhode Island (Providence) - Economy/Occupation

Farming (large cattle) and dairy farms small independent farmsm lumber, ship building, fishing, whaling

Rhode Island (Providence) - Daily Life

Hot, humid summers, and cold snowy winters, coastal low lands flat and rocky

Rhode Island (Providence) - Religion

Various Faiths

Rhode Island (Providence) - Education

Home Schooled

Rhode Island (Providence) - Gov’t Laws

Self Governing

Rhode Island (Providence) - Why Founded

People seaking religious freedom (Puritans called sewer of England)