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__THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES BY BRIGITTE, JULIA, MATT N, and BRANDON __ === “She’s a witch I tell you, a witch!” the colonists shouted out over the mob. They had all come to witness the trial of an accused witch. It was 1692, and this was one of the many trials that took place during the Salem Witch Trials. But way back in 1629, the Puritans had just arrived in Massachusetts Bay. Then between 1630 and 1640, trade thrived and the population began to grow. The Puritans had a very prim and proper lifestyle. Also in the New England colonies, there was triangle trade. A trade that made the colonists thrive and decimated the African society. Next, in 1675 and 1676 war broke out between the Europeans and the Native Americans over land. The natives didn’t like it that the Europeans were settling too much native land. The New England colonies were the place to be! ===

= __The Puritans__ = = by Brigitte = === The Puritans were a religious group that wanted to purify the practices of the Church of England. The Puritans came to Massachusetts around 1620. In 1629, a joint stock company owned by the Puritans received a royal charter to settle New England. The charter also stated that the colony had freedom to govern itself. In 1630, eleven ships arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony carrying about 1,000 passengers. There the Puritans founded Boston and Boston later became one of the most important towns in New England. From 1630 to 1640, about 20,000 more settlers came to the New England colonies from across the Atlantic Ocean. This was known as the Great Migration. The Puritans lived in religious “common-wealth” communities. ===

Instead of a monarch, the towns created self-governing congregations. The Puritans churches were called “Congregationalist.” This way of religion became known as the New England Way.
=== The most important building in a Puritan village was the meetinghouse. Religious services were held in the meetinghouse. Everyone in the village had to attend religious services. The meetinghouse was also used for town meetings. === === Puritans had very specific values. They valued hard work, education, religion, and strict rules. The Puritans believed that hard work honored God. The Puritans thought that everyone had to be educated enough to be able to read a Bible. The Puritans were a very religious community. Puritans believed that strict rules were very important, so that no one stepped out of line, and the village stayed in order. === === The Puritans had Democratic Rights. Only free men and investors could vote. Freemen meant any male church member. Although only certain people could vote, this was a major step in expanding voting rights. ===

Garcia, Jesus. "Changes in Purtian Society." Creating America. ED. Roger Beck. Illnois, Boston, Dallas: McDougal LIttell, 2003. Print.
= Salem Witch Trials =

By: Julia M.
=== ﻿ The Salem Witch Trials were a dark time in America’s history -- outrageous accusations flying and people handing over their own family members. How did the Salem Witch Trials start? What were the punishments for witches? And who was a witch? All of these questions and more will be answered, but just watch out because you don’t know who you can trust. ===

There are many stories of how the Salem Witch Trials started, but most common tail was this…….
===// In Salem, the minister's child and niece started to act strange, they twitched, and cried. They made odd noises and huddled in corners. The minister summoned the village doctor who couldn ’t treat them, because they had no illness. They were victims of witchcraft! After // //countless interrogations, and after their symptoms intensified into terrible pains and seizures, hallucinations of dim figures and shadows, the children finally named the witches responsible. The three accused witches were Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba. Tituba claimed she was bewitched by Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne and had no control of what was going on. But the symptoms didn’t stop. Eventually 150 “witches” were arrested and then the trials started// //. //=== === We don’t know what exactly happened, but we know the trials were started in June as a new governor came into office, Sir William Phips. Phips set up a court for larger trials. 19 people (mostly women) were hanged and Giles Corey was crushed to death by rocks because he refused to admit he was a warlock (male witch). Others died of fever in hot, crowed jails as they waited for trial. Many citizens were against the Salem Witch Trials, so new rules were put into place. After the new rules went into effect, only 4 of the 21 "witches" put on trial were found guilty and sentanced to hang. They were going to be hanged with 8 other witches who were convicted of witchcraft during the older trials, but Phips let all the “witches” go after paying their bail and postponed the hanging. The government sent officials over to run the trials, but by this time they were ended. Survivors of the trials were repaid and given their land back from the government and the names of the “witches” who were hanged or crushed to death were not listed until 1957 and 1992. So, were the people hanged real witches or just in the wrong place at the wrong time? The world may never know. ===

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Roach, Marilynne. In the Days of the Salem Witchcraft Trials. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996. 1-13.

__By: Matt__
===As you may already know the New England colonies were four coastal trade based colonies. With not much farmable land but many resources the New England Colonies thrived and depended on trade. With this thought in mind, a triangular shaped trade pattern was formed between Boston, England and Africa. From America, (Boston), goods such as fur, lumber, and oils were sent over to England in exchange for luxury items and manufactured goods. Also the colonies would send tools, rum and gunpowder down to Africa, were in return they would send slaves up to America via the “middle passage”. Although the trade had many advantages for the Americas and England, we must also assess the impacts of this 400 year trade. === ===Starting with the effects on the New World, most impacts caused by the Triangle Trade were beneficial. Bringing slaves to the New England Colonies filled all gaps in labor shortage as well as providing cheap work. After disease decimated the native population in the new world, natives from Africa were the only significant source of man labor. This, however good for the Americas, had big consequences for the people of Africa. === ===Staring with the population devastation, it is estimated that over ten million slaves were transported from Africa to the New World, most of which died on the way. It is said that living conditions on the middle passage was so bad for slaves that, some people thought it be better to jump overboard. These horrible facts, luckily, did not make up the entire triangular trade. === ===The final point of the triangle was made by the trade to and from England, where luxury items were sent to the Americas. Probably being on the best side of the trade, England became very wealthy selling goods such as guns cloth, and beer to high living families in the New England Colonies. === ===From this review it is hard to tell if the Triangle Trade from the New England Colonies, to England, to Africa was more good or bad. Either way we can say that the New World benefitted the most while Africa hit the hardest consequences. In the end it is up to you to decide if the Triangle Trade was good or bad, but one thing is for sure, it will always have an effect on history. __Definitions__ __MIDDLE PASSAGE__- The waterway that spans between Africa and America, commonly known as the route on which slaves were brought to America by. __LABOR SHORTAGE__- A time in the colonies when there were not enough workers to fill all the job slots, filled by slaves eventually. <span style="display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">__DECIMATE-__ To completely wipe out. ===

Garcia, Jesus. "Creating America." //New England Colonies: Commerce and Religion//. Ed. Roger Beck. Evanston, Illinois: McDougal Little, 2003. Print.

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">King Phillips War <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">By: Brandon

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">In 1675-1676 a brutal war called King Philip’s War took place in the New England colonies. This war was fought between the Native Americans and the Europeans. King Phillip was the leader of the Native Americans in the war. He led the Metacom and tried to ally with the Wampanoag for a stronger force but it wasn’t enough. The cause for this war was that more settlers were coming in pushing the Native Americans away. This upset the Native Americans but the Europeans didn’t care this brought them to war.

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Over the course of the war many people were killed which lead to terrible disadvantages. For example the Natives lost their leader King Phillip, along with about another 3,000 people were killed. The Europeans lost about 600 settlers, more than 45 villages were attacked and 12 villages were destroyed. The Europeans won the war and continued to take over the land. When different cultures meet it is a challenge for people because of different beliefs. and more but you must learn to respect or it leads to terrible events like war.

=<span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Garcia, Jesus. "Creating America." New England Colonies: King Phillip's War. Ed. Roger Beck. Evanston, Illonois: McDougal Little, 2003. =

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">__﻿__ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">__After Knowledge__ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">For a few fun puzzles that require your knowledge of the New England colonies from our wiki, click on the following links: A maze from the mayflower in England to the New World: the Puritan’s Journey []

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">A cross word of our wiki vocabulary: []