Terms about the New England Colonies
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| Subsistence Farming | When farmers produce only enough to feed and maintain their families.
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| Export | A product that originates in one place and is sold in another.
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| Import | A trade product that is brought into a country.
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| Triangular Trade | Regular trading route that formed a triangle between West Indies, colonial America, Europe, and West Africa.
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| Metacomet | A leader of American Indians that started a war against the colonies.
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| Meeting House | The church where meetings were held.
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| John Carver | A business man who found and paid for the Mayflower and was the first governor of Plymouth.
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| William Bradford | The second governor of Plymouth.
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| John Winthrop | The first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company.
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| Anne Hutchinson | A Puritan who challenged the church leaders by saying the government and church should be separated.
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| Samoset | Introduced the Pilgrims to the American Indians.
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| Squanto | An American Indian interpreter who taught the Pilgrims how to survive.
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| Reason Massachusetts was founded | Religious freedom.
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| Industry in Massachusetts | Cattle & grain, lumber and timber, shipbuilding, fishing & whaling.
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| Religion in Massachusetts | Puritan, with strict observance of the Sabbath.
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| Government in Massachusetts | Elected governor and general court, Massachusetts School Law states any community with more than 50 houses must have a teacher.
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| Great Migration | The movement of English settlers to the American colonies from 1630 to 1640.
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| Massachusetts Bay Company | Company formed in 1629 by Puritans to start a colony in America.
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| Commonwealth | A self-governing political unit.
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| Puritans | Members of the Anglican Church who wanted to purify the church.
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| Separatists | Those who left the Anglican Church.
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| Pilgrims | English settlers seeking religious freedom in the Americas.
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| Mayflower Compact | An agreement made by Pilgrim leaders that ensured self-government.
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| John Mason | A co-founder of New Hampshire/Maine.
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| Ferdinando Gorges | A co-founder of New Hampshire/Maine.
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| Reason New Hampshire was founded | Profit from trade & fishing, part of Mass. for many years.
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| Industry from New Hampshire | Cattle & grain, Lumber and timber, fur trapping, naval stores, fishing & whaling.
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| Naval Stores | Products of pine forests used in wooden shipbuilding and maintenance.
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| Roger Williams | Founder of Rhode Island.
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| Reasons Rhode Island was founded | Different beliefs from Puritans (Mass.). Believed land needed to be bought from Native Americans.
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| Industry of Rhode Island | Cattle, grain, ironworks, shipbuilding, fishing, and whaling.
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| Religion of Rhode Island | A mixture of Quakers and Jews.
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| Government of Rhode Island | Separation of Church and State.
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| Toleration | The acceptance of different beliefs.
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| Thomas Hooker | A minister who led his congregation from Massachusetts to Connecticut, where they built a town they called Hartford.
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| Reasons Connecticut was founded | Massachusetts was too large, farming, fur trade, and religious freedom.
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| Industry of Connecticut | Cattle, grain, ironworks, and shipbuilding.
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| Religion of Connecticut | A branch from Puritan belief.
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| Government of Connecticut | An assembly and elected governor, men who were property owners could vote.
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| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | A plan of government for Hartford, Connecticut
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| Constitution | A plan of government.
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