Massachusetts

= Massachusetts Kevin, Fadel = =I. Leaders = William Bradford, John Winthrop, John Carver, King James, King Philips, Massasoit, General George Washington = II. What reasons = William Bradford- 2nd governor, King James- King of England, King Philip or Metacom-Indian Sachem, John Winthrop- Founder, John Carver- 1st governor. = III. What was grown/Occupations = Grown: Squash, Corn, Beans, Pumpkins, Grain, Indigo, Tobacco Occupations: Farming, Hunting, Fishing, = IV. What was made/Occupations = Made: Tools, Weapons, Wood Products, Canoes, Clothes, Shoes, Ships, Soft furs, Flour Occupations: Blacksmith, Cooking, Picking Berries, =V. Natural resources/geography: = Scallops, cod, lobsters, crabs, clams, flounders, haddock, herbs, evergreen trees, pine trees, oak trees, maple trees,cranberries, beavers, foxes, white tailed deers, porcupines, raccoons, bears, skunks, buffalo, rabbits, musk rats, pheasants,wild ducks, geese, snakes, pigs. =VI. Problems/Challenges = Neighboring Indians, Harsh Winters, Food Shortages and Water Shortages, Laws, Government, Native Americans, Slaves and Servants =VII. Life in the colonies = = A. Clothing = Hats, puffy shirts/dresses, formal silk pants, gaudy shirts and dresses, Long Dresses. The children and adults usually dressed warmly because of the cold snowy winters, and also quite lightly in the summer and spring = B. Education = Villages with more than 50 Families have a school to learn and read the bible. Puritans believed in education deeply and were very smart people. They also wanted their children to be smart so they founded Harvard very soon after they arrived in Massachusetts, but it was a rough start. The first teacher beat the kids feed them spoiled meat, and ran off with college money.But it prospered later and is still open to highly capable people today. = C. Government = Puritans, hated the idea of Democracy, and cared about themselves practicing praying to god. But some stillpracticed there own kind of government, and created their own laws. But had a Government called the House of Burgesses and all the money made and sent to England relied on Agriculture, and specifically tobacco. = VIII Relationships with Natives = They were very friendly with the Native Americans, and neighbored one another. And celebrated peace on what is now the Thanksgiving. The animals were a big probems and interfeered with the relationship between colonists and Natives. The reason was that the animals ate the Natives crops, and the Natives got angry. So they built the Native's all fences around their crops, and got along again.But their relationships were much different in the 1500's when the Europeans, raided and killed the natives. = IX. Slavery = They got the idea to use blacks as their personal servants, to do the things that they were to lazy to do, and started selling and trading the blacks. But there were much less slavery than the Southern colonies and the Mid-Atlantic colonies. Blacks were somtimes Indentured Servants, to serve their time, for the people who paid for their boat fare, and when they finished their time serving the people who paid their boat fare, (which could be several years for some servants) they could be respected people of the New England Colonies. =X. Interesting Tidbits = Wampanoag Homes were called wigwams. Diseases like smallpox and the plague wiped out 1/4 of the Wampanoag population. There was as many as 12,000 Wampanoag Indians and they were divided roughly by 40 villages. Wampanoag Indians lived in SE Massachusetts. Wampanoag means "eastern people". Wampanoag spoke algonquin dialect. =XI. Climate = Very Distinct Seasons, and the average summer temperature is 72 degrees, While Winter's average temperature is 29 degrees. Fall is very beautiful with lots of colors. Spring is very beautiful when all the plants, and crops grow. Humid continental temperatures are common in Massachusetts. Warm summers and cold and snowy winters. Winter can bring severe snowstorms, and summers can bring thunderstorms. Destructive tornadoes. .