Mrs.Makel Flashcards
(19 cards)
Algonquians
Commen ancestors to native Americans
Pilgrims settled in
Plymouth
Puritans settled in
The Massachusetts bay/colone
Why did the pillgrims and puritans come to the US
To be free and have there own religion
Atlantic coastal plain- why was this a good place for the early Americans to live
Flat area, good soil, close to the ocean
Products that come from New England
Ships, houses, cranberries, lumber, sea food, cloth and syurp
Boston tea party
90,000 pounds of tea dumped into the Boston harbor
Life in New England
Hard
One room school houses
Unfair taxes
Overfishing and problem
Fishing to much
They need to. Make sure that there were enough fish for future fishers
First Thanksgiving celebrated between who
Pilgrims and Native Americans
Why was shipbuilding big in the NE rejoin
A lot of people use them to go fishing and because they were by the ocean
How did the NE people survive
Hunting and fishing
MAINE
AGUSTA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
CONCORD
VERMONT
MONTPELIER
MASSACHUSETTS
BOSTEN
CONNECTICUT
HARTFORD
RHODE ISLAND
PROVIDENCE
What was wrong with whaling?
Hunters caught so many there weren’t enough