New England Colony

This is an essay about the religion, clothing, town setup, economy, and education in the New England Colony.

A lot of the population in New England Colony were Puritans, Christians who wanted to make their churches "pure" by having very long and strict church services.  Their church services lasting almost all day!  You couldn't fall asleep or even go to the bathroom.  In other colonies, such as Rhode Island, you could have freedom of religion.  The Puritans had to wear pretty simple clothing to church; if you didn't you would probably be punished!

The town's most important building is the meeting house or town church which at least once a year people gathered together to vote on leaders and laws, but only white men who owned property could vote.  The common was an area that people could put cattle in; every house was build around it.

In New England almost everybody grew their own food.  Many people bartered their surpluses.  Lots of the free-market economy was made of the lumber industry.  Several people were fishers or whalers, people who used the whale's blubber to make oil for lamps.

New England's education system was that towns with at least 50 families must have a school.  A typical school consisted of one room with a, usually male, teacher.  The had strict teachers that would whip students for bad behavior or even a wrong answer!