NEW ENGLAND

TYPE OF COLONY

• NEW HAMPSHIRE; ROYAL,
• MASSACHUSETTS; CHARTER
• CONNECTICUT; ROYAL
• RHODE ISLAND; CHARTER
• A CHARTER COLONY IS A COLONY WITH A WRITTEN DOCUMENT FROM THAT IT CAME FROM. A ROYALCOLONY IS A COLONY THAT OWNED AND RULED BY A KING

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

• FLAT CLOSE TO THE COAST LINE
• HILLY AND MOUNTAINOUS FARTHER INLAND
• SOIL WAS GENERALLY ROCKY SO IT WAS HARD TO FARM

POPULATION

• ENGLISH SETTELERS
• THEY LEFT ENGLAND TO ESCAPE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION AND BUSINESS ENDEAVORS

NATURAL RESOURCES

• WOOD, FISH and other SEA FOODS

ECONOMY

• VERY DEPENDENT ON OCEAN
• FISHING, TRAPPING, LOGGING, WHALING, SHIP BUIILDNG

FUN FACTS

• religion: puritan
• natives taught them how to plant crops
• Massachusetts owned new hampshire until 1679

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