Massachusetts
natural resources available / ship building & fishing / less disease
Facts
- Plymouth found in 1620 by Pilgrims
- Massachusetts Bay found in 1630 by John Winthrop
- Agriculture and Manufacturing industries
- Massachusetts is a New England Colony
- The climate was cold but had less disease
- There is no religious freedom, the Puritans are in control
- Fish, whales and forests are natural resources
- You can make a living fishing, whaling and shipbuilding
- Whale oil valuable, it can be used in lamps
- Corn, pumpkins, squash, beans and rye are planted
- Colony became a state on February 6, 1788