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New England Colonies Chapter 1 Summary
Climate - The climate was temperate, they have four seasons and their weather isn’t burning hot, nor freezing cold yearlong.
Economy - Their main economic activities were fishing, shipping, trading, and lumbering.
Geography/resources - Their soil was rocky and not suitable from growing crops. But, corn, pumpkins, rye, squash and beans were planted. They had rocky mountains with thick trees. Also some of their natural resources were fish, whales, forests. New England imported some of their agricultural products from other colonies.
Nationalities - People in the New England colonies were all from England, and came to practice their own religion on the Mayflower.
Year Founded : New Hampshire; 1638 Massachusetts; 1630 Connecticut; 1636 Rhode Island;

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