TheNew England Colonies
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island
Massachusetts
- Founded in 1629 by John Winthrop
- Puritan dominated
- Fur Trading, Fishing, Shipbuilding
- Town Meetings
- Good Dealings with natives till later
New Hampshire
- 1679
- Royal Colony
- Charles II
- Fishing, trading
- Good Dealings with Natives till the Pequot Wars
Connecticut
- 1636 by Thomas Hooker
- Town Meetings
- Farming, Fishing, Trading
- Good Dealings with Natives till Pequot Wars
Rhode Island
- 1644 by John Williams
- Religious Freedom
- No taxes for the church
- Farming, Fishing
- Good dealings with the Natives