US Colonies
10/29/09 10:14 AM Jessica The New England Conies Who Settled English Pilgrims (Separest) Puritans John Winthrop Reasons for Settlement Religious freedom (broke away from church) Economic reasons Many came for land Proper laws/less power Ways of Making a Living Farming Fishing Trading Industry Ship building Other Facts Self government Document Mayflower compact Triangular trade Traded malestis, rum? Puritans went to war with Native Americans over land Native Americans were sold into slavery by English Roger Williams fled to Rode Island because he thought the government had too much power All religions could live there John Winthrop was the governor of Massachusetts Middle Colonies Who Settled Europeans All religions Dutch English Swedish Quakers Germans Puritans Artisans