10/1/2013 1 Colonial Culture Life in the Colonies, 1607 Life in the Colonies, 1607 Life in the Colonies, 1607 Life in the Colonies, 1607 – 1776 1776 1776 1776 New England Colonies Geography • Every colony had access to the coast • Short growing season • Harsh winters/cold climate • Hard/rocky soil • Large forests New England Colonies • Also : – Mayflower Compact – 1 st doc of self-gov’t – Fundamental Orders of CT – 1 st constitution • Subsistence farming • Whaling
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Colonial CultureLife in the Colonies, 1607 Life in the Colonies, 1607 Life in the Colonies, 1607 Life in the Colonies, 1607 –––– 1776 1776 1776 1776
New England Colonies
Geography• Every colony had access
to the coast
• Short growing season
• Harsh winters/cold
climate
• Hard/rocky soil
• Large forests
New England Colonies
• Also :
– Mayflower Compact – 1st doc of self-gov’t
– Fundamental Orders of CT – 1st constitution
• Subsistence farming
• Whaling
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• Pilgrims and Puritans were original settlers
• Movement toward more Religious freedom
• Great Awakening began here
• Towns formed by congregations
– Boston was major city
• Farms established around common area with Meetinghouse