New England Colonies
Bailey Smith
Massachusetts/ Plymouth Rock
- Founded in 1620 by about 100 Puritan Separatist Pilgrims
- They made their economy by fishing, and shipbuilding
- They had a corporate government
- At the very beginning the amount of survivors was about 50 people
- They had a Puritan religion
- In 1692 the Salem Witchcraft trials lasted for three months from June to September
New Hampshire
- Founded by Captain John Mason in 1623
- Their economy was mixed farming
- The government started as a corporate and turned into a royal
- They had a puritan religion
- In 1765 the Stamp Act goes into effect
Rhode Island
Roger Williams founded this colony in 1636
The economy was mixed farming
The government was corporate
Most of the Native Americans were Wampanoag, Pequots, Narragansett, and Nipmuck
They had no specific religion
In 1638 the Portsmouth compact was signed
Connecticut
- Thomas Hooker founded it in 1636
- Their economy was mixed farming
- The government was corporate
- Their population was about 1,742 people
- They had a puritan religion
- In 1848 Slavery in Connecticut was abolished