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New England Colonies ﻿ Paula & Sammy

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island are part of the New England Colonies.
 * Massachusetts was founded in 1630, by John Winthrop. The colony had hilly land, and a lot of forest land. The forests supplied them with wood to build tools with. There was also the Charles River that supplied them with water and fish.
 * New Hampshire was founded in 1630, by John Mason. This colony was originally granted by the Council of New England. New Hampshire used to be part of Massachusetts until the King Charles 1 seperated them in 1679. Puritan harshness led settlers from New Hampshire north. Most colonists moved to New Hampshire after the Pequot War. This colony later became a seperate colony under a royal charter.
 * Connecticut was founded in 1636 by Thomas Hooker. It was organized as a haven for Purtian Noblemen. English settlers from other New England colonies moved into the Connecticut valley in early 1630's. Connecticut was known as the River Colony. There were 2 English colonies in Connecticut. Saybrook and New Haven.
 * Rhode Island was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams. Rhode Island was the first to guarantee all of its citizens freedom of worship. This colony was founded on a seperation of Church and state. Rhode Island is known for its fiece independence.

These colonies were founded because colonists wanted religion freedom. Most New Englanders went for Church in Meetinghouses. People sat on wooden benches inside the meetinghouse most of the day because thats how long church lasted. For work people worked on a farm, and others cut down trees, ground Indian Corn, milked goats, lit a fire, fished, made candles, and built a ship. Boston was the main New England port. Most New englanders grew their own food. Parents believed children should have education about christianity. Families set up grammar school to teach boys latin and math and other subjects to get them in college. Girls weren't allowed to go to Grammar school or college. Schools were small, nothing like the schools now days. Children learned from a hornbook.