New England ColoniesSOL USI.5b: The student will demonstrate

knowledge of the factors that shaped colonial America by: b) describing life in the New

England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern Colonies, with emphasis on how people

interacted with their environment to produce goods and services, including examples of

specialization and interdependence

Colonial Life

• Life in the colonies reflected GEOGRAPHICAL features of the settlements.

• ECONOMIC specialization and interdependence existed in the production of goods and services in the colonies.

New England Resources:

• Natural Resources: timber, FISH, deep harbors

• Human Resources: skill craftsmen, shopkeepers, SHIPBUILDERS

Craftsmen and ShopkeepersBlacksmith Peddler

Master Cooper Shoemaker

New England Geography and Climate

• Appalachian Mountains, Boston Harbor, hilly terrain, ROCKY soil, jagged coastline.

• Moderate summers, COLD winters

The Boston Harbor

Boston Harbor Today The Boston Tea Party

New England Specialization

• Fishing, Shipbuilding, industry, and NAVAL supplies.

New England Colonies: Examples of Interdependence

• New England depended on the SOUTHERN Colonies for raw materials such as cotton

• New England depended on the MIDDLE Colonies for grain and livestock

New England Social/Political Life

• Village and CHURCH as center of life.

• Religious reformers and SEPARATISTS.

New England Civic Life

• TOWN MEETINGS