NEW ENGLAND

TYPE OF COLONY

• New Hampshire- Royal
• Massachusetts- Charter
• Connecticut- Charter
• Rhode island- Charter

Royal colonies are ruled by a governor appointed by a monarch
A Charter colony is under control of an individual.

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

• hilly & many mountains
• soil is rocky so farming is difficult

MAJOR CITIES

• Boston,Quincy,Plymouth
• Providence
• Hartford
• Dover

POPULATION

• settlers came from England
• came to practice religion without persecution

ECONOMY

• fishing and shipping
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Settlers became wealthy by buying slaves from West Africa in return for rum. They sold the slaves to the West Indies.

NATURAL RESOURCES

• fish and timber
• they depend on the ocean

INTERESTING FACTS

• religion-puritan
• depend on ocean
• Can't practice religion without persecution in England

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