New England Colony

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New England Colony

• New Hampshire
• Founded in 1623
• Founded by John Wheelwright
• Presented by Mitchell Mogler and Annabelle Smith

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Geographical Characteristics Climate

• Ice and rocks cut deep valleys through the
  mountains.
• The glaciers scraped up the rich soil and pushed
  it south leaving a thin layer of dirt.
• Summers were warm, but winters were long and
  bitterly cold.
• The growing season lasted only from late May to
  early October.

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Reason For Settlement

• Wanted economic freedom and religious freedom.

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Religious Beliefs !

• They were puritans.
• They disagreed with the church of England.
• They wanted to make themselves and their church
  pure or free from fault.

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Government / Laws

• They self governed them selves.
• Usually only male church members could vote or
  serve in town government.

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Settlements\ Homes

• They lived in small wooden houses with few
  rooms and windows.
• Most light came from candles or lamps.
• Many homes had just one main room with a huge
  fireplace.
• Wealthier families might have a second story or
  loft, where there would be more room for
  sleeping.

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Education / Recreation

• Puritans wanted to be able to read the bible.
  Some parents taught there children how to read
  and write at home, but many New England towns had
  schools.
• Older boys could go on and study at colleges such
  as Harvard.
• Sports such as horseracing, and bowling were
  common.
• People also played an early version of baseball
  called town ball.
• In winter colonists went ice skating or sledding
  down hills.

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Agriculture/ Manufacturing

• There Agriculture was potatoes and fishing.
• There manufacturing was textiles and shipbuilding.

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Towns and cities

• The first settlement in New Hampshire was in 1623
  by a Scottish man named David Thompson at the
  mouth of the Piscataqua River and was named
  Little Harbor.
• Edward Hilton a London fish merchant founded
  Dover 6 miles up the river.
• In 1631, some English colonists sent by John
  Mason began a town where wild strawberries grew.
  They called there town Strawberry Banke.
• It was later named Portsmouth.

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Other Interesting Facts

• The French and Indian War had cost the English a
  lot. Now they had to raise money. So England
  started taxing the American colonists. The
  colonists hated those taxes. At first they just
  protested. But then they became fighting mad.

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Important people to know

• John Mason. He was a English colonist who wanted
  to start a colony in New Hampshire.
• Martin Pring. He was the first known explorer in
  New Hampshire.