New England

2.  New Hampshire
 Massachusetts
 Rhode Island
 Connecticut

3.  New Hampshire-founded
in 1623 by
Proprietors for
trading and fishing
reasons
 Massachusetts-founded
in
1620/1630 by the
Pilgrims and Puritans
for religious reasons
 Rhode Island-founded
in 1636 by
Roger Williams for
religious freedom
 Connecticut-founded
1636 by the
Puritans/Thomas
Hooker for religious
freedom and more
land during the
Great migration

4.  Subsistence farming
 Shipbuilding industry
 Waterpower
 Grain and saw mills

5.  Operated under a
direct democracy
 Held town-hall
meetings where
each man could
vote on topics that
affected the
community
 Often guided by
religion
 Mayflower
Compact- a
contract written by
the Pilgrims that had
majority rule, self
government, and
the common good
 Fundamental Orders
of Connecticut- was
the first Constitution
and included voting
rights

6.  Came to the
colonies for religious
freedom
 Had very strict rules
which were the
cause of the Salem
Witch Trials
 Believed their ways
were the best ways
and they were ‘a
city on a hill’