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Published by K. Sokolik, 2019-08-02 14:06:09

Carriage_Stop_1_Boston

Carriage_Stop_1_Boston

Boston

On the front of your postcard, draw and
color a picture of Boston. On the back
write a 3-5 sentence summary of your
carriage stop. Include and highlight these
words: Massachusetts Bay, 1630, Puritan,
town meeting, education and climate.

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Life in the New England Colonies

The rocky coastal geography New England caused it to develop as a commercial
and industrial region. The land and climate doesn't support large-scale farming.
Natural harbors made fishing, shipping, and shipbuilding profitable. Fast-moving rivers
ran mills and machinery to manufacture goods. A strong working class developed.
Families immigrated to the area and 90% of them lived in or near small villages
along the rivers. Homes and businesses were built in rings around a common building.
Woodlands and pasture lands for livestock were often shared. Since New England
farms were fairly small, homes were pretty close together.
This neighborly design encouraged business and made community schools practical.
New England was the first region in which public education appeared. But the most
important aspect of community life may have been the town meeting, held in the
common building. These provided an opportunity for townsmen to voice their
concerns and interests.
In New England women enjoyed a higher social standing than they had in Europe. A
competent wife was an important advantage in the new world. All women were
educated, since everyone needed to study the Bible. They were even allowed to
cast their husband's vote at town meetings if he were absent.

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Education

In the New England colonies, the Puritans built their society around the teachings
of the Bible. The Puritans valued education, because they believed that Satan was
keeping those who couldn't read from the Bible’s lessons. According to The
American Colonial Gazette, a newspaper, two of every three Puritan men and one
of every three Puritan women could sign their names. This was the accepted
standard of literacy for the time.

Many young Puritans boys, ages six to eight, learned reading, spelling, and prayers
at a "dame school." A dame school was run very much like a home day care.
Later, the boys went on to a Latin grammar school to prepare for college.
After college, boys entered religious or political careers or they trained in a
trade. Girls who went to dame school usually continued their education at home in
household skills.

The Puritan church continued to influence government and daily life in the colony.
A “half-way” covenant of a partial church membership to those who drifted
from the faith was offered. But dedicated Puritans continued to watch
themselves and each other for signs of evil. In 1692, a few teenage girls in Salem,
Massachusetts, came under their watch. The girls blamed their troublesome
behavior on a slave who practiced witchcraft. Soon, fingers were pointed at
other people as well. Over the next year, 150 people were arrested on suspicion
of witchcraft, a crime punishable by death. In the end, 20 people were executed,
and at least five more people died in prison. Just as quickly as the panic began,
the Salem Witch Trials came to an end.

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Government

The first document for the governing the colonies originated outside of
the Plymouth Colony. The Mayflower Compact was an agreement
between all of the male passengers of the Mayflower, agreeing to follow
the compact’s rules to ensure their own survival.

American Democracy began in Boston. When the Puritans landed on the
shores of Massachusetts Bay in 1630, they started a tiny town they
named Boston after the patron saint of travelers. The Puritans came in
search of religious freedom and the belief that individual voices should be
heard. The Puritans found the new freedoms they were seeking and
discovered something else as well.

The people of Boston realized that people deserved to have a say in how
they were governed. They created the town meeting, where every man
had a voice. Town meetings made Boston the most democratic place in
the British Empire and set the stage for the American Revolution.

After the Revolution, this idea of local control led to the Massachusetts
Constitution of 1780, which provided powers to create a “government of
laws and not of men.” This document served as a model for the U.S.
Constitution.

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View of Boston

Tremont Street in Boston

State Street in Boston


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