Unit 1: English Colonies Flashcards
mostly english men and women
New England
society works hard
New England
Men w/ property who were purist could vote women couldn't vote at all marriage was important childbearing was important barely any divorces abusing a spouse is looked down upon even amount of men to women ratio
New England
Population young and old
many babies born
old people live longer because it’s a better climate
New England
Puritans
Rhode Island–very religiously tolerant
Bay colony–separatists (pilgrims)
New England
Want to separate from the Church of England to escape oppression
New England
had a treaty with natives
slowly developed wars with natives
natives died a lot by disease
tense relationship with natives
New England
not democracy had a government and governor self government to enforce God's laws only puritans are part of congregations non believers still pay taxes and follow rules
New England
only believers are allowed to be part of congregation
only believers can govern
clergymen
New England
get their money from fur trade, fishing, and making boats
New England
too rocky to be agricultural
small farms existed, but there weren’t a lot
more manufacturing and building
New England
Not a lot of slavery because there were only few farms in the north, and slaves are not that profitable in rocky soil
had more indentured servants
New England
Rocky soil
mountains close to shore
short, rapid rivers
New England
cool temp
clean water
summers really hot
winters really cold
New England
soil really rocky
not good for crops like in the south
New England
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Hapshire
New England
lots of labor on farms
South
Africans for slaves indians during battles mostly english French come for religious freedom Scots come for religious freedom
South